Tax increase for slot machines: Delmenhorster operators raise the alarm!

Tax increase for slot machines: Delmenhorster operators raise the alarm!

Delmenhorst, Deutschland - A storm brews himself over Delmenhorst! The city plans to drastically increase the amusement tax for slot machines - from 20 to a whopping 25 percent! Occasional hall operator Jörg Waldeck raises the alarm: "The sales have not risen, the cost!". Two providers had to give up and the closure of further venues is imminent. The entire gambling environment is further burdened by the impending increase in tax, while the illegal betting providers are shooting out of the ground like mushrooms.

The industry under pressure

Daniel Cicek, another machine display, warns of the challenges that the industry will burden even more through this tax increase. "We are already fighting with declining sales and also have to assert ourselves against the illegal competition," emphasizes Cicek. He demands more controls to combat the illegal providers, and the department head Sina Dittelbach appeals to the citizens: "Please indicate illegal gambling directly to the town hall!". The situation is tense and could lead to a massive decline in venues, which the city treasury could burden even more in the long term.

changes in dog tax

Not only the amusement tax is increased! The dog tax is also adjusted - the administration plans to change a procedure here that enables discounts to apply for discounts for twelve months. CDU councilor Jürgen Wäßer tries to alleviate the tax increase, suggests 22.5 percent. SPD parliamentary group leader Alexander Mittag, on the other hand, insists on 25 percent and warns of further cuts in the social areas. The committee has decided to wave through the tax increase after it was stopped by the city council last year. The citizens of Delmenhorst are located before, while the city administration is apparently willing to collect vigorously.