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Bingo-in mad at Tony's Den taxes!
CAMPAIGNERS are urging the
chancellor to axe the tax in next month's budget to help struggling
bingo halls maintain a full house.
Managers
argue they pay more tax than casinos, bookmakers and other gambling
establishments, and with falling attendances, it's putting pressure on
their day-to-day trade.
Selby MP John Grogan and Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Selby and Ainsty seat Coun Wendy Nichols visited Walkers Bingo Hall in town on Friday to campaign for a fairer deal.
Mr Grogan said betting shops and casinos didn't have to pay double taxation, unlike bingo halls, which had to pay gross profits tax and VAT.
He added: "Bingo is a popular pastime among people of all ages. Walker's Bingo is a social centre for many people as well as a business.
"In recent years, it has been harshly treated compared with betting shops and casinos.
"I think the bingo industry has a strong case, and I will be making representations to the chancellor, Alistair Darling, prior to this year's budget, calling for a fairer system to be adopted."
Coun Nichols, who's a regular player at Walkers along with her mother Alderman Rachel Cunliffe, said: "I think the current system is grossly unfair. All we're asking for is a level playing field for taxation."
John Nellist, marketing manager for Walker Bingo's mother company Top Ten, said the crippling tax rules had seen the closure of five of its outlets in the past 14 months.
Selby Walkers manager Peter Sandford added: "All we want is a fair system. Give us the same rules as everyone else."
A petition has been started on the Prime Minister's website to try and put pressure on the government to scrap the current system. Log-on to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveOurBingo/ to have your say.
Written by Staff
www.selbytimes.co.uk
Selby MP John Grogan and Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Selby and Ainsty seat Coun Wendy Nichols visited Walkers Bingo Hall in town on Friday to campaign for a fairer deal.
Mr Grogan said betting shops and casinos didn't have to pay double taxation, unlike bingo halls, which had to pay gross profits tax and VAT.
He added: "Bingo is a popular pastime among people of all ages. Walker's Bingo is a social centre for many people as well as a business.
"In recent years, it has been harshly treated compared with betting shops and casinos.
"I think the bingo industry has a strong case, and I will be making representations to the chancellor, Alistair Darling, prior to this year's budget, calling for a fairer system to be adopted."
Coun Nichols, who's a regular player at Walkers along with her mother Alderman Rachel Cunliffe, said: "I think the current system is grossly unfair. All we're asking for is a level playing field for taxation."
John Nellist, marketing manager for Walker Bingo's mother company Top Ten, said the crippling tax rules had seen the closure of five of its outlets in the past 14 months.
Selby Walkers manager Peter Sandford added: "All we want is a fair system. Give us the same rules as everyone else."
A petition has been started on the Prime Minister's website to try and put pressure on the government to scrap the current system. Log-on to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveOurBingo/ to have your say.
Written by Staff
www.selbytimes.co.uk
