Swedish Tax Authority Launches Coordinated Campaign Against Poker Players

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Swedish Tax Authority Launches Coordinated Campaign Against Poker Players

 

 

The Swedish Tax Authority Skatteverket has launched a “comprehensive campaign” against a large number of full time poker players, including raiding players’ homes across the country and sending letters with demands for full reporting of poker results.

 

Unannounced raids were conducted on Tuesday by the Serious Fraud Office, with computers and mobile phones seized.

Many Swedish players have reportedly received a letter demanding that they report their winnings between the period of 2008-2011 on sites registered outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Players are given until December 10 to file these reports.

 

One player, who’s computer and laptop was confiscated, was informed by officers that “extensive research” was performed by the tax authority, using public tournament-tracking results sites to determine the player’s winnings.

 

The letter, posted in full on pokermagazine.se, demands players report what sites they have played on in the last four years, “such as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Bodog, etc,” and under what screen names they played.

 

Information regarding entrances and winnings in any live events held outside the EEA is also being sought.

 

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