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New Zealand is considering changes to its treatment of cryptocurrencies, including dropping a tax on goods and services that many people are unhappy with, according to CoinDesk. The goods and services tax (GST) is unpopular with some. That means a “double tax” could later be applied with income tax, after the coin has changed hands.
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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. While B2B use cases of blockchain are plenty (and gaining greater traction in use cases such as trade finance and cross-border corporate payments), adoption of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies themselves remains muted in the business community.
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PayPal has dropped its bid to acquire bitcoin wallet purveyor BitGo but remains interested in investing in the cryptocurrency space, Fortune reported. PayPal had just announced that beginning in 2021 it would let customers transact in a number of cryptocurrencies, among them bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.
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In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding. TaxBit was founded by software developers, tax attorneys and CPAs to automate and simplify tax compliance for crypto users. ” TaxBit will use the funding to speed up customer growth, and make its products better.
Steve Chen, the mastermind behind a $147 million gemcoin fraud from 2013 to 2015, pleaded guilty of his crimes of tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, reported on Wednesday (Feb. As part of his plea agreement, Chen admitted to operating the U.S. The bitcoin seized was part of the value of assets confiscated last year.
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Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said, according to reports, “Any person offering an ICO or operating a digital asset exchange without SC’s approval may be punished, on conviction, with imprisonment not exceeding 10 years and fine not exceeding 10 million Malaysian ringgits.” million between 2015 and 2017 through the Finnish bitcoin exchange.
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And the operator of BitFunder, a defunct trading platform that was denominated in bitcoin, and WeExchange was sentenced for obstruction of justice as well as securities fraud, CoinDesk reported. It is meant to link agriculture organizations with workers and suppliers while also offering contract bidding transparency.
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In other news, the Ministry of Finance in Russia keeps advocating for digital currency industry rules through the introduction of new tax mandates, Cointelegraph reported. The body is reportedly aiming to bring about criminal responsibility for those that don't declare taxes on digital currency.
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have been exploited to support billions of dollars of illicit activity like cyber crime, tax evasion, extortion, ransomware, illicit drugs and human trafficking,” Mnuchin said, adding that he is “not comfortable today” with the social media giant’s planned launch.
BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”.
While our industry is accustomed to cryptocurrencies operating 24/7/365 (like email), fiat currencies have for the most part remained shackled to ‘banking hours’ or ‘business hours.’ If a voluntary fund cannot be established, a transactional tax should be imposed to fund the initiative.”.
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Bitcoin — among other cryptocurrencies — took a fall on Friday (May 11) and hit a three-week low as news surfaced that authorities raided South Korea’s largest crypto-exchange, CNBC reported. UPbit services, such as all transactions and withdrawals, are operating normally. Following the news, bitcoin dropped 5.5
The financial center operates with its own legal, regulatory and tax infrastructure and traces its roots back to 2005. India, of course, has said financial firms cannot provide such services, and China has banned the operation of domestic exchanges. Time will tell, of course.
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27), asked the court to dismiss the motion filed by the Coinbase customer and let the IRS proceed with issuing a so-called “John Doe” summons to Coinbase, which would require Coinbase to hand over information on all Coinbase customers who transferred bitcoin from 2013 to 2015. As a result, the IRS withdrew its motion for only Berns.
It’s no secret that blockchain is becoming ever more divorced from bitcoin, with which it has been traditionally associated. Imagine taxes being automatically charged appropriately and immediately on every single financial transaction and transported seamlessly, at no cost, into the tax authority’s crypto wallet,” he projected.
After all, the regulatory clime has been getting a bit heated for all things crypto based – and as has been seen elsewhere in the world, such as in South Korea , all sort of stakeholders in the bitcoin/Ethereum/etc. game have been drawing increased scrutiny from regulators … everyone from exchange operators to miners.
Cryptocurrency has come a long way since bitcoin’s emergence as an unregulated, anonymous payment technology. which the institution plans to deploy in its corporate payments operation. BitRail doesn’t yet operate in the B2B payments space.
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