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Gaming Control Act 1993
47NPayments of fees, taxes and levies – type 2 business
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47N Payments of fees, taxes and levies – type 2 business
(1) This section applies to a Licensee who:
section 47C; and
(b) has been granted a licence under this Division to conduct a
type 2 business.
(2) The Licensee must pay to the Territory, at the times specified in the
agreement, the fees (if any) for the licence specified in, or
calculated in accordance with, the agreement.
(3) Without limiting the Licensee's liability to pay any other tax under a
law of the Territory, and subject to subsection (5), the Licensee
must also pay to the Territory, at the times specified in the
agreement:
(a) as a tax on the approved games conducted each month, the
tax amount for the month; and
(b) the levies (if any) specified in, or calculated in accordance
with, the agreement.
(4) The tax amount for a month is tax at the rate of 50% calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
TA = (R x 0.5) - A
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where:
TA is the tax amount for the month.
R is the net revenue from the approved games conducted in the
month.
A is the GST offset for the month, being the lesser of the following
amounts:
(a) the global GST amount calculated under the A New Tax
System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth),
division 126, for the month for the approved games conducted
in the month;
(b) the net revenue from the approved games conducted in the
month multiplied by 0.5.
(5) If the tax amount for a month is less than zero, no tax is payable on
the approved games conducted that month.
(6) In this section:
approved games means the approved games specified in the
agreement.
gross revenue means the total amount of money received or
receivable by the Licensee from players in respect of the approved
games conducted under the Licensee's agreement.
net revenue means gross revenue from the approved games less
the cost of tickets purchased by the Licensee for the approved
games.
player means an individual who participates in an approved game.