Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 3324 (C. 157)
Excise
The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 (Remote Gambling Taxes) (Appointed Day) Order 2014
Made
17th December 2014
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 104(3) and 104(4) of the Finance Act 2009( 1 ).
Citation and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 (Remote Gambling Taxes) (Appointed Day) Order 2014.
2. —(1) In this Order, “remote gambling taxes” means
(a) general betting duty( 2 );
(b) pool betting duty( 3 ); and
(c) remote gaming duty( 4 ).
Appointed day
3. The day appointed as the day on which sections 101 (late payment interest) and 102 (repayment interest) of the Finance Act 2009 come into force for the purposes of remote gambling taxes is 1st January 2015.
Mark Lancaster
Gavin Barwell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
17th December 2014
A person is required to pay a general betting duty under sections 142(2) and 142(4) of the Finance Act 2014 (c.26) . Under regulation 4(1) of the General Betting, Pool Betting and Remote Gaming Duties (Returns, Payments, Information and Records) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. 2014/2912 ) (“the Regulations”), a person liable to pay any general betting duty under the above sections need not do so for 30 days after the end of the accounting period mentioned in those sections.
A person is required to pay a pool betting duty under section 151(1) of the Finance Act 2014. Under regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, a person liable to pay any pool betting duty under the above sections need not do so for 30 days after the end of the accounting period mentioned in that section.
A person is liable to pay a remote gaming duty under sections 162(1) and 162(2) of the Finance Act 2014. Under regulation 4(2) of the Regulations, a person liable to pay any remote gaming duty under the above sections must ensure that it is paid not later than 30 days after the end of the accounting period mentioned in those sections.