{"id":777008993,"date":"2023-09-06T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008993"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:21:07","slug":"nz-online-gambling-tax-plan-could-face-legal-hurdles-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nz-online-gambling-tax-plan-could-face-legal-hurdles-experts-say","title":{"rendered":"NZ online gambling tax plan could face legal hurdles, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A proposal to regulate and tax online gambling in New Zealand may require legislative changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- A proposal to regulate and<strong> tax online gambling<\/strong> in New Zealand has come under scrutiny for potential legal complications.\u00a0A proposal to tax offshore platforms has been made by the National Party as part of their pre-election tax policy ahead of the upcoming general election on October 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, legal experts argue that the proposal would require legislative amendments. The National Party wants to mandate online casino operators to register and report their earnings. Non-compliant services would face IP geoblocking measures.\u00a0They estimate that the move could generate approximately NZ$179m (US$105m) a year, which could offset other proposed tax cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, New Zealand&#8217;s Gambling Act forbids the approval of new casino licences or expanding casino gambling opportunities but does not mention online gambling, which would require the law to be amended first. <strong>Rachel Piper<\/strong>, a tax partner at KPMG, emphasised the complexity of addressing the online gambling tax loophole and the need for careful consideration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Labour Party have also raised concerns, suggesting that achieving the estimated revenue would require a significant increase in online gambling activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealands-waimate-council-approves-sinking-lid-policy-for-slots\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Zealand\u2019s Waimate Council approves sinking lid policy for slots<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A proposal to regulate and tax online gambling in New Zealand may require legislative changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand's National Party has proposed regulating and taxing offshore online gambling platforms, projecting NZ$179m in annual revenue. However, this initiative faces scrutiny from legal experts and the Labour Party, who highlight the necessity of significant legislative amendments to the existing Gambling Act and question the feasibility of the revenue estimates.","focusai_entities":"National Party, KPMG, Rachel Piper, Labour Party","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Waimate","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.97), operator_casino (0.96), affiliate_publisher (0.85), tech_data (0.88), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.92), journalist_researcher (0.98)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Pathway for NZ?","query":"What specific legislative amendments to New Zealand's Gambling Act would be required to enable the proposed regulation and taxation of online gambling, and what is the projected timeline for such parliamentary processes?"},{"label":"Revenue Feasibility & Impact?","query":"Given the Labour Party's concerns, what detailed economic modeling supports the National Party's NZ$179m revenue projection, and what are the potential impacts on existing land-based GGR and NGR if online gambling is regulated?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008993","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=777008993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009016,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008993\/revisions\/777009016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}