IAG MAR 2023

IAG MAR 2023年3月 亞博匯 16 JUNKETS REVEAL MACAU GOVERNMENT HAS REINTRODUCED 5% TAX ON COMMISSION INCOME 博彩中介指政府重新 向業界收取5%佣金稅 ACCORDING TO SOME MACAU JUNKETS , the Macau government has reintroduced a 5% commission tax payable by all junkets on commissions earnt each month. Under the recently passed law on junkets, titled Legal Framework for Operating Games of Chance in Casinos, junkets are entitled to receive a 1.25% commission on rolling chip turnover, which is paid to them by their concessionaire partner. The law also notes that junkets are required to pay a 5% tax on their commissions, to be paid to the government on a monthly basis. While this tax was already in place long before the new law was passed late last year, it had previously been waived. Kwok Chi Chung – President of the Macau Association of Gaming and Entertainment Promoters – told IAG that the government is now demanding payment of the tax. “The tax has always existed, but the previous Chief Executive had granted a waiver of the tax and now the government is reintroducing it,” Kwok said. “The tax has definitely had an impact on the revenue of junkets and will reduce their income, but it is not a new tax. There are many taxes that have been exempted in Macau in the past, such as the tourism tax.” However, Kwok also noted that junket income had risen significantly in January in a positive sign for the industry. “Junkets are engaged in a business governed by the new Gaming Law and the industry is adapting to the operation mode under this new law, but all in all there was good business in January,” he said. “The MOP$11.58 billion in gaming revenue also exceeded estimates, indicating that Hong Kong’s customer base is making a significant contribution to gambling revenue. Junkets saw a significant increase in rolling chip turnover in January, with both mass and premium mass customers increasing significantly.” 有澳門博彩中介人 指出，儘管1月份澳門博彩毛收入創下新高， 但政府依然向博彩中介徵收5%的佣金稅。 新的《博彩中介法》（《娛樂場幸運博彩經營業務制度》） 規定下，博彩中介人的收入來源是轉碼數1.25%佣金，該佣金由 承批公司支付。 《博彩中介法》提到，博彩中介需要每個月向政府提交佣金 稅。該稅是博彩中介獲得佣金收入後，向政府繳付5%的稅項。 此筆稅項需要每月向政府提交。但在此之前，博彩中介是豁免提 交佣金稅。 有澳門媒體指出，澳門政府向博彩中介重新徵收「佣金稅」。 就此，《亞博匯》向澳門娛樂博彩業中介人協會會長郭志忠求證。 郭志忠指出，這筆稅收過去曾經獲豁免。「之前的行政長官 曾批示豁免徵收這筆稅項，現在政府重新徵收。」 「但稅收對博彩中介的收入一定有影響，會令收入減少，不 過這並非新的稅項。正如澳門有很多稅項在過去都是獲豁免，例 如旅遊稅。」 此外，對於1月份博彩中介的轉碼數方面，他指出博彩中介 的轉碼數有上升。 「115億賭收也超出了預期，顯示香港客源對賭收有很大貢 獻。博彩中介在1月的轉碼數都有大幅上升，中場客人以及中場 高端客都大幅增加。」