Tax breaks for pokies venues in firing line of Victorian inquiry

The scheme allows gaming machine revenue to be taxed at a lower rate, provided 8.33% was invested back into the community. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

A Labor-led parliamentary inquiry in Victoria is expected to call for an overhaul of a tax minimisation scheme for poker-machine venues that has been widely criticised by local councils, public health experts and anti-gambling groups.

Guardian Australia understands a report by the public accounts and estimates committee, to be tabled in parliament’s next sitting week, will recommend changes to the so-called “community benefit” scheme for pokies venues.