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Ladbrokes owner GVC faces probe by UK tax authority
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21 July 2020
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Ladbrokes owner GVC has said it is "shocked" the UK's tax body is widening a query into "prospective business offending" related to its previous Turkish online gaming unit.
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It said HM Revenue & Customs had expanded its probe into providers GVC utilized in Turkey to consist of other within its group.
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GVC sold its Turkish organization in December 2017.

The business stated it was co-operating with examination.

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GVC were notified of the advancement on Monday, however said it had yet to be informed of which of its subsidiaries were being examined.

It stated it was "amazed by the choice to extend the examination in this promotion code method and are disappointed by the lack of clearness offered by HMRC as to the scope of its investigation".

"HMRC has actually not yet offered information of the nature of the historic conduct it is investigating, with the yohaig code exception of a reference to area 7 Bribery Act 2010, nor has it clarified which part of the GVC group is under examination."

Section 7 states that a commercial organisation is guilty of an offence if a person associated with that company allurements another individual to acquire or retain company, or to obtain or maintain an advantage in the conduct of organization.
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GVC's share price was down 10.6% to 778.2 p on Tuesday following the news.

The UK Gambling Commission told the BBC that it was "helping" with the examination.
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HMRC declined to comment.

In July 2019, GVC was forced to deny reports that it was still benefiting from its former Turkish subsidiary, worrying that it no longer had ties with business.

"The board re-iterates the fact that subsequent to the disposal of the group's Turkish-facing organization, GVC has no activity either straight or indirectly connected to the Turkish market," GVC said.

"Furthermore, the board also unconditionally refutes recommendations that the group, or senior management, continue to benefit from any operations servicing the yohaig code Turkish market."

Liz Coleman, previous HMRC tax inspector and specialist of advisory company Integrated Dispute Resolution, said the examination might go on for a long time.

"HMRC investigations are normally lengthy and thinking about the size of GVC it could be going on for several years, although if there's a targeted method it could be much shorter," she said.
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"They have to analyse all the computer records too, so this promotion code might include much more time."
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The HMRC's choice comes just a week after Kenneth Alexander revealed that he was stepping down as GVC's primary executive.

Mr Alexander took over in 2007 and manage the company's acquisitions of rivals Ladbrokes Coral and Bwin.party.

GVC reported a 22% drop in total net incomes for the second quarter this promotion code year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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