The government of Cambodia has collected a total of US$34.7m in taxes from the country’s casino operators in 2015, a 33 per cent increase over the previous year.
Ros Phearun, deputy director general of the Finance Ministry’s industry department, attributed the increase to a stronger nationwide tax collection strategy.
The Cambodian government last year launched a strategy to boost its revenue “by improving the transparency, efficiency and equity of the tax system and monitoring tax collection more closely.”
The strategy helped the government collect more tax revenue from non-gaming sources within casinos, such as restaurants and nightclubs.
