Bitfinex Forces Users to Submit Tax Information, May Share with Government

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has recently notified some of its users that they are required to submit their tax information so the company can then send it over to the British Virgin Island’s (BVI) government, which “may” exchange the info wi…

Japan Relents, Will Kill Sales Tax on Bitcoin Buying

In what will come as welcome relief to bitcoin adopters in the country, Japan is set to end its 8% ‘consumption tax rate’ imposed on buyers of bitcoin through digital currency exchanges. Japan is now looking to end the sales-tax collection on transactions related to purchases of virtual currencies like bitcoin, come spring. A report from […]

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Spain to Tax its Bitcoin Miners up to 47% of Profits

  A recent notice and update from the official taxation authority in Spain sees bitcoin mining fall under the purview of an economic activity, opening cryptocurrency mining to taxation. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency miners in Spain will see taxation of their profits, a recent notice issued by the country’s National Directorate of Tax revealed. First reported […]

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[Updated] Breaking: Bitcoin Gets a Tax Cut in Australia

Following a policy statement by the Australian Government Treasury in March that saw the authority reveal that digital currencies such as Bitcoin are likely to be exempt from double taxation via the Goods and Services (GST) tax, the Australian Government has kept its word. The Australian Government’s Budget 2016-17 has listed its intention to remove […]

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New Jersey to Begin with Double Taxation of Bitcoin

New Jersey is known for many things. As a burial ground for New York mobsters. Home to an impressive array of environmentally toxic factories. Atlantic City is the established gambling capital of the Eastern United States. Newark, New Jersey: one of the United States’s most criminal-minded cities. And a catchy state tourism jingle “New Jersey and […]

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