British finance minister Gordon Brown will reveal a plan in his budget next month to encourage the online gambling industry, the Daily Telegraph reported today.
He will use the 21 March budget to announce companies could obtain a British licence and still remain based overseas in return for a tax - possibly as low as 2% or 3%, the newspaper said in an un-sourced report.
Named a Remote Gaming Duty, the new tax would enable gambling firms to avoid paying British VAT, it said.
Comment was not immediately available from the Treasury.
Internet gaming groups will be able to relocate to Britain and obtain a licence from September under the Gambling Act, the Telegraph said.
However, all have said they would decline the chance if it meant paying a tax on gross wins, it added.
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