Does Sweden have poker tax?

Hello there,

This is my first post so hello to everyone

Anyway does anyone know if you have to pay poker taxes in Sweden?

p.s I am not from Sweden duhh

depends on which sites you play on

yes,

you want to move from thailand to sweden?

lol

IIRC it's the same as with Finland, you don't pay taxes on winnings from sites that are within EEU (european economic union)

Is pokerstars in EEU btw? Isle of man seems to play by it's own rules, separate from the rest of EU...

EDIT: Also, from what i've heard, the burden of proof is on the prosecutor to prove that the winnings are from a site outside EEU, which is a plus

Don't think PS is considered a European site, at least according to the Swedish rules. Fairly sure they go by "base of operation".

Thx for the info, well i am in Thailand now but my girlfriend is swedish so it depends where i am planning on staying in the future etc ..

On March 20 2010 11:02 Seangsom wrote: Thx for the info, well i am in Thailand now but my girlfriend is swedish so it depends where i am planning on staying in the future etc ..

Score.

On March 20 2010 11:24 Maynard! wrote: Show nested quote + On March 20 2010 11:02 Seangsom wrote: Thx for the info, well i am in Thailand now but my girlfriend is swedish so it depends where i am planning on staying in the future etc .. Score.

Racist

On March 20 2010 12:03 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Show nested quote + On March 20 2010 11:24 Maynard! wrote:   On March 20 2010 11:02 Seangsom wrote: Thx for the info, well i am in Thailand now but my girlfriend is swedish so it depends where i am planning on staying in the future etc .. Score. Racist

is swedish a race?

On March 20 2010 17:11 player999 wrote: Show nested quote + On March 20 2010 12:03 LemOn[5thF] wrote:   On March 20 2010 11:24 Maynard! wrote:   On March 20 2010 11:02 Seangsom wrote: Thx for the info, well i am in Thailand now but my girlfriend is swedish so it depends where i am planning on staying in the future etc .. Score. Racist is swedish a race?

is race a synonym for ethnicity?

no

On March 20 2010 08:09 nicksson wrote: depends on which sites you play on

I know that in Denmark(Which is very similarly to Sweden, though better) you don't pay taxes on poker winnings if the pokersite have EU license. Not all sites in EU have that but most of them have. If you play live tournaments outside of EU or online outside of EU you have to pay taxes on that.

Also, I think you might have to pay taxes on it if you're dependent on poker. I dunno. I'm drinking at a friends house and it turned out to be fucking boring

heard sweden tax is like 70% on gambling winnings. but that might only apply to sites outside the EU.

no, thats wrong

you dont pay taxes if you play on a site that is based within the EU. there has been a couple of precendets that gave the players right in courts (obeying the greater EU)

outside EU it's 30 %. but the rules are still weird .if you read them literally its basically 30 % of every hand that you win, which obv is insane, and it's not applied anyway.

if you were a terran in starcraft and you were fighting the zerg, doesn't this qualify you as a racist?
very few people actually have white ro black skin. My skin is so white, it can't even tan, it burns or gets freckles/skin cancer.
theres anglo saxons and africans and asian
where you ancestors lived for many 1000s of years determines race
i happen to believe the japanese people are the most evolved cause they have been on an island for so long. Like the lost land that had dinosaurs on it.

On March 20 2010 08:24 True wrote: IIRC it's the same as with Finland, you don't pay taxes on winnings from sites that are within EEU (european economic union) Is pokerstars in EEU btw? Isle of man seems to play by it's own rules, separate from the rest of EU... EDIT: Also, from what i've heard, the burden of proof is on the prosecutor to prove that the winnings are from a site outside EEU, which is a plus

Isle of man does not count as EEU, thus is pokerstars not tax free. The Government of Gibraltar is EEU and tax free tho!

Also it's as Dusty said, base of operation counts.

Anyone know where ongame has there servers?

Like Red Kings, Eurobet for example?

Are you actually a Thai male who nabbed a Swedish tourist?