Bulgarian Parliament Approves Decrease of Gambling Tax

Novinite – The Bulgarian Parliament approved at first reading on Wednesday the amendments to the Gambling Act.The amendments were passed with 110 votes in favor, 79 against and 2 abstained will basically reduce the gambling tax about three times. The proposal was motioned by Members of the Parliament of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) headed by the chair of the parliamentary budget committee Yordan Tsonev. A discussion with them was held last week. However, the BSP surprisingly demanded a postponement of the vote, arguing that the draft law had not been discussed…