According to Sabino, amendments have already been presented to the text of Provisional Measure (PM) 1.182/2023, which regulates sports betting and that does not contain revenue allocation for his ministry. Therefore, he is seeking alternatives to propose changes in the allocation of resources.
Celso Sabino does not know if the revenue would come from the increase in the 18% rate on the GGR to be applied to bookmakers or the rearrangement of the percentages presented in the PM.
He surprised by stating that the taxation set by the government is low. “All over the world, this sector is taxed at a much higher rate, 40%, 50%.”
Quoted to report to the Chamber on the taxation of sports betting, deputy Felipe Carreras claims to be in favor of including Tourism as a source of funds for the measure. He commented that “it is coherent to provide resources for tourism” and that “the value cannot be lower or higher than that of Sport.”
“I spoke yesterday with deputy Felipe Carreras, who is a parliamentarian who works a lot in this segment, and the information I had is that there is already a project with constitutional urgency along with this PM,” added Sabino.
“The advantage of the Bill with urgency is that, with 45 days, it locks the agenda. The PM, however, does not block the agenda,” concluded Sabino, in relation to the procedure of the matter in the National Congress.
Source: GMB
