The agency explains that cryptocurrencies are not regarded by SARS as
a currency for income tax purposes or Capital Gains Tax, rather they are regarded as «assets of an intangible nature.»
This means that SARS does not consider cryptocurrencies as
a currency for income tax purposes or Capital Gains Tax rather, they are regarded as assets of an intangible nature.
Not exact matches
For tax purposes, virtual currencies are treated as capital assets or income depending on whether the virtual currency was held for investment purposes, or if the virtual currency was received as a form of compensation (e.g., if the donor is a miner or received compensation in the form of virtual currenc
For tax purposes, virtual
currencies are treated as capital assets or
income depending on whether the virtual
currency was held
for investment purposes, or if the virtual currency was received as a form of compensation (e.g., if the donor is a miner or received compensation in the form of virtual currenc
for investment
purposes, or if the virtual
currency was received as a form of compensation (e.g., if the donor is a miner or received compensation in the form of virtual
currency).
What with the
currency risk,
currency - 0conversion fees (or hassles of avoiding them like making phone calls) and drawbacks of RRSPs (e.g. convert capital gains and dividends to regular
income for tax purposes, etc), it's not surprising I often hear Canadians say they don't do much foreign diversification!
For U.S. federal
income tax purposes, Barclays Bank PLC and investors agree to treat all iPath ETNs, except certain
currency ETNs, as prepaid executory contracts with respect to the relevant index.