{"id":30829,"date":"2022-06-16T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30829"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:44:34","slug":"macaus-gaming-law-amendment-bill-introduces-increase-on-ggr-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-gaming-law-amendment-bill-introduces-increase-on-ggr-tax","title":{"rendered":"Macau\u2019s gaming law amendment bill introduces increase on GGR tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Legislative Assembly has published the final draft of Macau&#8217;s general gaming law amendment, which is expected to be sent to the plenary for voting this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The final draft gaming law amendment bill has finally been published and it turns out that it sets a new tax rate on gross gaming revenue (GGR). The proposed new tax liability is 40 per cent, but <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-tax-burden-to-be-reduced-if-casinos-attract-foreign-players\" target=\"_blank\">as Focus Gaming News had anticipated<\/a>,\u00a0it could be reduced by up to 5 per cent if casinos can attract players from outside China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau\u2019s current GGR tax is 35 per cent of gross income, but authorities also collect a 1.6 per cent tax on franchisees to fund the cultural, social, economic, educational, scientific, academic and charitable activities of the Macau Foundation and another 2.4 per cent for urban and tourism developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the new law,\u00a0<strong>casinos could be exempt from paying those extra levies<\/strong>\u00a0if they can show they have attracted players from other jurisdictions. The second standing committee signed its final draft on June 15 and now\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vote-on-macaus-gaming-law-amendment-bill-could-take-place-on-june-21\" target=\"_blank\">the Legislative Assembly will hold a plenary meeting<\/a>, likely on June 21, to vote on the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/feature-whats-in-store-for-the-future-of-the-gaming-industry-in-macau\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feature: what\u2019s in store for the future of the gaming industry in Macau?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Legislative Assembly has published the final draft of Macau&#8217;s general gaming law amendment, which is expected to be sent to the plenary for voting this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Legislative Assembly has published the final draft of its general gaming law amendment, proposing a new 40% GGR tax rate, an increase from the current 35%. The draft includes provisions for a potential 5% tax reduction and exemption from additional levies if concessionaires successfully attract players from outside China, signaling a strategic shift in market focus. The bill is now slated for a plenary vote this month.","focusai_entities":"Legislative Assembly, Macau Foundation, Second standing committee","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Tax Financial Impact","query":"How will the proposed 40% GGR tax, with the conditional 5% reduction for non-China player attraction, alter the financial models and capital allocation strategies of Macau's integrated resort concessionaires?"},{"label":"Non-China Player Verification","query":"What specific, auditable criteria and reporting mechanisms will the Macau government establish to verify the attraction of non-China players, and how will this impact operator data collection and compliance infrastructure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-30829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30866,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions\/30866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}