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GAMBLING REVENUES AND TAXES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EUROPEAN COMPANIES Eva Karai Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3 Maria Lakatos Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3 Judit Nagy Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. Janos Erdei Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2019.63 4th International Thematic Monograph - Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era, Belgrade, 2019, Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans in cooperation with the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Ohrid, North Macedonia; ISSN 2683-5673, ISBN 978-86-80194-29-5; Editors: Vuk Bevanda, associate professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia; Snežana Štetić, full time professor, The College of Tourism, Belgrade, Serbia, Printed by: SKRIPTA International, Belgrade
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Abstract: Not only the operating system but the accounting method is strongly regulated in gambling companies. The accounting and tax regulations that differ by countries influence the accounting practices and so the financial statements of the companies. Revenues are one of the main indicators of the financial performance of an entity. We studied the presentation form and content of European gambling revenues using the presented financial statements of gambling companies between 2004 and 2013. We examined whether the divergent recognition and measurement methods led to a material impact on the comparability of the financial statements. Our results show that the potentially high gambling tax rate and its different accounting practice can hamper the decision making of users of these financial statements and the reliability of revenue-based indicators both on company and industry level. 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