Taxation

According to Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso, he is not willing to demand the reduction of tax rate on cryptocurrencies in the country to 20 percent due to the difficulty of numerous households investing in digital assets. On June 2, the minister attended a meeting of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs, and answered a question by Japan Restoration Association member. According to Aso, about 900 trillion yen (8.4 billion USD) of the 1900 trillion yen (17.6 billion USD) financial…

Recently, South Korean wallet provider known as Childly carried out a survey. Over 5,750 cryptocurrency users across the world were involved in the poll. The results revealed that 66 percent of respondents support cryptocurrency asset taxation. Likewise, it showed that one out of five cryptocurrency users do not support digital asset taxation. Generally, the survey showed that the cryptocurrency community is warm towards taxation. Forty-eight (48) percent of the respondents said it is mandatory to tax cryptocurrency assets; hence, they…

Reports emerging from Australia indicate that the Country's tax administrator, The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is preparing to seek out crypto traders concerning their tax obligations.  Tax Claim Goes Back Several Years A media report on Wednesday cites an ATO spokesman confirming that the agency will contact over 35,000 traders regarding their tax compliance spanning a few last years.  The Australian law regards cryptos as property subjecting them to capital gains tax. Thus trades are mandated to report all proceeds…

Cryptocurrency Legislation Over the past 4-5 years, the legislation of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and similar instruments has become one of the most critical regulatory authorities' tasks. Even though regulation is of utmost importance, the sudden spark has its reasons. Scrupulous practices such as ICO scams, exchange hacks, unregulated creation of monetary schemes, etc., have made it necessary. As a result, governments worldwide acknowledge the importance of regulatory oversight for keeping a check on the space. This has received a lot of…