One source — it's unclear whether he is the same source who provided the above quote — said that other measures, such as value - added and capital gains
taxes on cryptocurrency trades and corporate taxes on exchanges, are also being discussed in government circles.
Apart from a number of rules that were already issued, the National Tax Service (NTS) is currently drafting a framework on how to effectively collect
taxes on cryptocurrency trading transactions.
South African citizens will now be expected to pay income
tax on their cryptocurrency trading as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) released a statement covering South African cryptocurrency tax laws on April 6, 2018.
South African citizens will now be expected to pay income
tax on their cryptocurrency trading as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) released a statement covering...
South African citizens will now be expected to pay income
tax on their cryptocurrency trading as the South African Revenue...
According to Nikkei Asian Review, the new law which is awaiting official documentation into the Royal Gazette will see cryptocurrency investors in the country, which is run by a military government, pay a 7 % Value Added
Tax on cryptocurrency trades plus another 15 % on capital gains.
Apart from a number of rules that were already issued, the National Tax Service (NTS) is currently drafting a framework on how to effectively collect
taxes on cryptocurrency trading transactions.
Not exact matches
The country's regulators may institute a capital gains
tax on cryptocurrency and prevent youngsters from signing up for
trading platforms.
South Korea's government said
on Thursday it plans to ban
cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil as the nation's police and
tax authorities raided local exchanges
on alleged
tax evasion.
However, despite having a somewhat lenient stance
on the crypto -
trade going around in the nation, the country has been very strict
on anyone who has been evading their
taxes or using
cryptocurrencies for illegal purposes.
The Thai regulator approved a
tax on the
trade in
cryptocurrency, allegedly in order to protect «naive merchants» from the loss of personal funds.
As per the latest updates, the Central Board of Direct
Taxes will levy Capital Gain
Tax on the profits earned in
trading of
cryptocurrencies.
Notices were issued earlier this month to about 100,000
cryptocurrency traders urging them to pay taxes on the profits earned from Cryptocur
cryptocurrency traders urging them to pay
taxes on the profits earned from
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«Various scenarios such as the imposition of a value - added
tax, a capital gains
tax, or both
on trade; and the collection of corporate
tax from local
cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as the initiation of authorized exchanges with licenses are being discussed.»
Because it has substantial evidence that
cryptocurrency investors have been making capital gains
on their virtual currency
trades and not properly reporting them
on their
tax returns.
The country's regulators may institute a capital gains
tax on cryptocurrency and prevent youngsters from signing up for
trading platforms.
«A lot of people are kind of shocked,» when they discover how much they owe in
taxes based
on their
cryptocurrency trades.
SEOUL (Reuters)-- South Korea said
on Wednesday it may
tax capital gains from
cryptocurrency trading as global regulators worried about a bubble, with Australia's central bank chief warning of a «speculative mania» that has seen the digital asset making rip - roaring gains.
As reported in late December, Korean authorities first set upon enforcing a ban
on anonymous
trading of
cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as a means to crack down
on financial fraud,
tax evasion and money laundering.
the agency was monitoring
cryptocurrency trading inside the country, and the country's National
Tax Agency revealed that it was considering a value - added tax, a capital gains tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
Tax Agency revealed that it was considering a value - added
tax, a capital gains tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
tax, a capital gains
tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
tax or both
on cryptocurrency trades.
Now, trying to tame the wave of wild
cryptocurrency speculation in the country, South Korea is imposing
trade bans for minors and looking for ways to impose
taxes on investment returns.
In November 2017, the head of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service said that the agency was monitoring
cryptocurrency trading inside the country, and the country's National
Tax Agency revealed that it was considering a value - added tax, a capital gains tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
Tax Agency revealed that it was considering a value - added
tax, a capital gains tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
tax, a capital gains
tax or both on cryptocurrency trad
tax or both
on cryptocurrency trades.
If you received
cryptocurrency payments in a
trade or business — like being paid for your services or for sales of intellectual or tangible property — they are
taxed as income based
on what the
cryptocurrency was worth
on the sale date.
Exchanges in the country will be asked to submit details of transactions above a certain threshold to the
tax authorities, and gains made
on cryptocurrency trades after appreciation will also be liable to capital gains
tax.
South Korean policymakers have taken some measures, such as banning
cryptocurrency trading from anonymous accounts and they also plan to implement a
tax on the digital assets.
Antonopoulos stated that «governments can choose to either do nothing — which is okay; make things worse for
cryptocurrency trading — like what Australia did by imposing sales
taxes on all
cryptocurrency transactions; or they can make things easier for companies by reining in the banks and encouraging companies by creating a level playing field.»
... When they [
cryptocurrencies holders] begin to pay
taxes on it, when it ceases to be an avenue for avoiding
taxes, when it ceases to be a place where drug dealers are
trading and making transactions, then I'll be interested.»
One of the major issues governments have with
cryptocurrencies is the difficulty in
taxing profits made
on trading.
The move of
tax collection
on cryptocurrency trades signifies that global regulators are legalizing crypto markets — which would help in enhancing trader's confidence.
For
cryptocurrency traders, the ability to use like - kind exchange rules to avoid U.S.
tax on trades is a bit of a «good news / bad...
Recently they also came with strict measures to tackle anonymity and money laundering in the
cryptocurrency space, and review a possible capital gains
tax on crypto
trading taking effect from 30 January onwards.
Crypto investors will be liable to pay a 7 % value added
tax (VAT)
on all of their
cryptocurrency trades as well as a 15 % capital gains
tax on their returns.
Various scenarios such as the imposition of value - added
tax, a capital gains
tax, or both
on trade; and the collection of corporate
tax from local
cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as the initiation of authorized exchanges with licenses are being discussed.
Thus, unless the individual taxpayer carries
on an active
trade or business concerning
cryptocurrencies, income from the sale or purchase of
cryptocurrency is not subject to
tax in the context of the Personal Income Tax (PIT) code, Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira, the lead tax partner at international law firm Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira & Associados pointed o
tax in the context of the Personal Income
Tax (PIT) code, Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira, the lead tax partner at international law firm Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira & Associados pointed o
Tax (PIT) code, Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira, the lead
tax partner at international law firm Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira & Associados pointed o
tax partner at international law firm Rogerio Fernandes Ferreira & Associados pointed out.
«Governments can choose to either do nothing — which is okay; make things worse for
cryptocurrency trading — like what Australia did by imposing sales
taxes on all
cryptocurrency transactions; or they can make things easier for companies by reining in the banks and encouraging companies by creating a level playing field,»
In an attempt to revise laws regarding income
taxes levied
on cryptocurrency trading, Australia has asked the public for its input
on tax obligations.
Most focused
on the
tax element — blockchain projects based in the state would have to pay $ 0.01 per token mined,
traded or transferred — but missed the main point of the legislation, which was to set Vermont up as a safe haven for
cryptocurrency projects.
According to Nikkei, investors dealing with
cryptocurrency will have to pay a seven percent value added
tax on all of their crypto
trades as well as 15 percent extra
on capital gains made from speculation.
Now investors will no longer be able to avoid income
tax on these
trades without holding onto a specific
cryptocurrency for over a year.
Up until this point,
cryptocurrency trades have typically resided in this legal gray area, granting most traders a loophole for deferring
taxes on short - term capital gains.
«Various scenarios such as the imposition of value - added
tax, a capital gains
tax, or both
on trade,» another anonymous source is quoted, «and the collection of corporate
tax from local
cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as the initiation of authorized exchanges with licenses are being discussed,» adding transparency between ministries and banks will allow capital to be better monitored.