{"id":369719,"date":"2019-01-30T17:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=369719"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:43:55","slug":"ducking-bitcoin-taxes-will-not-help-industry-grow-bittax-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/ducking-bitcoin-taxes-will-not-help-industry-grow-bittax-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducking Bitcoin Taxes Will Not Help Industry Grow: Bittax Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
Early Bitcoin believers ventured into the digital currency industry because of its autonomy and anonymity. But the anti-establishment attitude cannot help the sector grow, according to Bittax<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Israel-based crypto tax specialist said that most people would not pay taxes off their crypto-based capital gains. However, if a majority of the crypto industry becomes a tax defaulter, governments will put more roadblocks before its mass adoption plans. Or Lokay Cohen, the vice president at Bittax, explained that Bitcoin would gain momentum as a broadly accepted currency only when it passes through tax and money laundering systems.<\/p>\n “For example, there is no way to liquidate the money and buy a car or a house,” Lokay Cohen told NewsBTC. “[Not] without financial institutions evaluating the source of the money.”<\/p>\n Lokay Cohen also cited the latest developments in the regulatory space whereby countries had established robust intergovernmental data sharing protocols.<\/p>\n “Today, more than ever, the economic system is supervised, and the enforcement authorities have many tools for combating tax evasion,” she said. “This is true of Bitcoin, which is not as anonymous as many people think.\u00a0<\/span>Authorities are beginning to require information about users from organizations involved in the field,” said Lokay Cohen. “And this information will eventually be exchanged internationally.”<\/p>\n While there are traders that willingly hide their crypto trades<\/a> from the taxman, many do not understand their tax liabilities. In the US, for instance, each trade is taxable. Coupled with wild volatility of the crypto market, it becomes impossible for taxpayers to evaluate what they owe to the Internal Revenue System (IRS). What’s further make it worse is flexibility around the taxation laws<\/a> that concern cryptos.<\/p>\n A case from April 2018 discussed an individual who owed IRS $50k in crypto taxes. He shared his grievance on Reddit, explaining that he had bought 8 Bitcoins at the rate of $7,200 before the 2017 crypto boom. As the frenzy kicked in during December 2017, the man exchanged his bitcoins for other altcoins. He later admitted that he didn’t know his crypto-to-crypto trades were taxable.<\/p>\n After the crypto crash, the taxpayer’s investments reduced to just $30k.<\/p>\n “How do I pay this,” he asked<\/a> the fellow Redditors. “Do I have to sell my altcoins, and give them what I can? Or is there some workaround? Has all my savings gone now? I feel like [that] I might have accidentally ruined my life because I didn’t know about the taxes.”<\/p>\n Regulators want taxpayers to report every crypto trade in their tax filings. While it is easier for traders that trade occasionally, the same cannot be said about day traders. Their daily transactions could fare anywhere between 1 to 10 and keeping track on each one of them, to report the gains and losses, is a mundane task for an average Joe.<\/p>\nSelf-Reporting a Menace<\/h2>\n
Assessment of Crypto Liabilities<\/h2>\n