Written question asked by Ian Gibson (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 May 2009. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 7 May 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.

Taxation: Bingo

Question: (2) what estimate he has made of the net change in revenue to the Exchequer from changes to the taxation of bingo clubs announced in the 2009 Budget.

Answer

The estimated revenue impacts of the changes to the taxation of bingo are set out in Table A1 of the 2009 Financial Statement and Budget Report. The revenue impacts of the relevant Budget measures are shown in the following table.

£ million, +ve is an Exchequer yield
		Indexed	Non-indexed
Measure number	Description	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2009-10
47	Gambling participation fees removal of VAT	-50	-55	-60	-50

49	Bingo duty: increase rate to 22 per cent.	+35	+35	+35	+35

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 492 c422W; 272847
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Bingo Taxation
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Taxation: Bingo

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