An intervention by the European Commission may force Germany’s Bundesrat (federal council) to delay its final vote on approving its proposed 5.3% tax charge on player stakes, to be enforced on online slots and poker verticals.
The controversial tax charge, remains the outstanding issue for Germany’s Bundesländer (state governments) to resolve in order for all provisions of the Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling to be passed into law.
As stands, the tax charge faces a tight summer timetable, as the Länder must agree on the measure by 7 June, in order for the Bundestag (Parliament) to draft the legislation as federal condition of Germany’s overhauled Interstate Treaty which will come into force on 1 July.
