{"id":13571,"date":"2025-11-26T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=13571"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:26:45","slug":"guineas-gaming-regulator-faces-cnt-backlash-over-inadmissible-tax-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/guineas-gaming-regulator-faces-cnt-backlash-over-inadmissible-tax-letter","title":{"rendered":"Guinea\u2019s Gaming Regulator faces CNT backlash over \u2018inadmissible\u2019 tax letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Transitional Council (CNT) has condemned ARSJPA\u2019s directive to gambling operators, highlighting legal violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Guinea.- The National Transitional Council <\/strong>(CNT) of Guinea<\/strong> has publicly condemned a letter from the Director General of the Gaming and Related Practices Regulatory Authority<\/strong> (ARSJPA), describing it as \u201cinadmissible<\/strong>\u201d. The letter, dated February 4, 2025 (Letter No.\u202f0024\/ARSJPA\/DG\/2025), instructed gambling operators not to pay legally mandated taxes<\/strong>, triggering a strong backlash from the country\u2019s legislative body in November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CNT, Guinea\u2019s temporary legislative body during the transitional period, acts like a parliament<\/strong>, reviewing laws<\/strong>, overseeing government agencies<\/strong> and monitoring compliance in key sectors such as gaming. Its oversight powers became particularly important during the review of Guinea\u2019s 2025 supplementary<\/strong> budget law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this review, the CNT emphasised the application of the two categories of levies established under the Initial Finance Law 2025: a 15 per cent<\/strong> tax on gross gaming revenue and a 7 per cent<\/strong> levy on Non-Commercial Profits (BNC) for winnings exceeding GNF1m (\u20ac90).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNT rebukes ARSJPA for defying tax law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Council claims that ARSJPA instructed operators \u201cto refuse to pay these legally established<\/strong> taxes”, according to a Guinee114.com report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNT said: “In other words, an administrative service<\/strong> opposed the application of a law duly proposed by the Government, adopted by Parliament and promulgated by the President of the Republic, without any legal basis whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council described ARSJPA\u2019s actions as contravening \u201cthe principle<\/strong> of the hierarchy of norms and the obligation<\/strong> of all state bodies to respect the law.\u201d The Council called on the Prime Minister<\/strong> to ensure these tax measures are implemented in accordance with the Finance Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNT also highlighted a legal inconsistency<\/strong> concerning ARSJPA\u2019s status. While Law 08 of March 13, 2023, establishes the authority as an Independent Administrative Authority (AAI), Decree 045 of January 28, 2023, grants it the status of a public administrative body, creating a conflict<\/strong> between statutory law and executive decree. The CNT recommended repealing<\/strong> the decree<\/strong> and aligning ARSJPA\u2019s framework with Law 08.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Senate investigates Liberia Broadcasting System over gambling deal<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Transitional Council (CNT) has condemned ARSJPA\u2019s directive to gambling operators, highlighting legal violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":13573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Guinea's National Transitional Council (CNT) has strongly condemned the Gaming and Related Practices Regulatory Authority (ARSJPA) for instructing gambling operators to withhold legally mandated taxes, including a 15% GGR levy. This action directly contravenes the 2025 Finance Law and highlights significant governance and regulatory compliance issues within the nation's iGaming sector, prompting the CNT to call for the Prime Minister's intervention.","focusai_entities":"National Transitional Council (CNT), Gaming and Related Practices Regulatory Authority (ARSJPA)","focusai_location":"Guinea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PM's Intervention Impact","query":"What specific actions is the Prime Minister expected to take to resolve the conflict between the CNT and ARSJPA, and what is the projected timeline for resolution?"},{"label":"Operator Tax Liability","query":"Given ARSJPA's directive, what is the immediate tax liability status for gambling operators in Guinea, and what are the potential legal ramifications for non-compliance with either directive?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60023,60012],"tags":[2689],"class_list":["post-13571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-west-africa","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13571"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13607,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions\/13607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}