Australian mayor recommends payments for taxes in Bitcoin

The mayor of Australia’s Gold Coast, Tom Tate, has suggested that city residents may be paying council rates or a local property tax in Bitcoin. Critics have flagged concerns that the price vola...

Terra Investors Grappling with Taxes After Losing Everything

Alex Dovbnya Indian Terra buyers could actually lose money with new LUNA airdrop Taxes could prevent those Indians who got burned by the Terra disaster from recovering even a portion of their losses, ...

A16z Says DAOs May Be Better Off Filing Legal Papers, Paying Taxes

The challenge is keeping a DAO decentralized while allowing it to meet the tax requirements and other practical demands of a business or nonprofit. Using well-trodden, offshore strategies to avoid tax...

IRS working to boost audit rates for higher earners

Jeffrey Coolidge | Photodisc | Getty Images The IRS is working to boost its audit rates for the wealthiest Americans, according to a statement recently released with the agency’s annual Data Boo...

Investors revisit muni bonds amid higher yields and strong credit

David Jakle | Image Source | Getty Images It’s been a tough year for municipal bonds, with investors cashing out amid rising interest rates. However, higher yields and strong credit may be spark...

John Fetterman Supports Soda Taxes & Claims They Aren’t Regressive, But Bernie Sanders Begs To Differ

Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA), now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Photo by Mark … [+] Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks...

Portuguese Parliament Rejects Crypto Tax Proposals During Budget Debate – Taxes Bitcoin News

Two proposals to tax crypto assets have failed to gain support from Portuguese lawmakers who are now discussing the state budget. The bids came from minority left-wing parties, while the ruling majori...

Capital gains may have triggered more individual taxes for 2021

The U.S. Department of the Treasury building Julia Schmalz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some investors may be grappling with the sting of higher-than-expected capital gains for 2021 and losses in 2022. ...

Thailand Exempts Crypto Transfers From VAT Until End of 2023 – Taxes Bitcoin News

Authorities in Thailand have formally introduced a value-added tax (VAT) exemption for transfers of cryptocurrencies through government-approved exchanges. The tax break, in force until the end of nex...

Millionaires call on the global elite to tax them more

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) during the WEF annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images A group of over 150 million...

Tax breaks aren’t prime reason for high-net-worth philanthropy

Maria Teijeiro | OJO Images | Getty Images Tax breaks aren’t the primary incentive for philanthropy among the ultra-wealthy, according to BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s inaugural Charitabl...

Terra Has Paid All Taxes In Full, Terraform’s Do Kwon Says

The issue between South Korea’s authorities and Terraform Lab is not over. The platform was recently called out for operating in the country without remitting taxes. The report last week revealed that...

Terraform Labs Has Paid in Full its Taxes in South Korea, Says Do Kwon

A lot has been said about Do Kwon, his cryptocurrency project, and the failure of the two native digital assets in the past two weeks. One of them included owning $78 million in taxes to South Korea, ...

The 10 Most Common Mistakes Retirees Make On Their Taxes

getty It has been said of life’s two certainties—death and taxes—death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets. Over the last 35 years, I’ve seen retirees pay a bundle in taxes they didn’t have to...

Report: Crypto traders potentially owe IRS around $50B in unpaid taxes

A Barclays report has revealed that crypto investors might not be paying their full taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), saying that the tax gap for crypto traders could be up to $50 billion, ...

House Democrats push for SALT relief in appropriations bill

Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference announcing the State and Local Taxes (SALT) Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol on April 15, 2021. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Despit...

Australian Taxation Office to Focus on Capital Gains From Crypto Assets – Taxes Bitcoin News

The Australian tax agency has listed crypto-related profits among several priority areas where more efforts are needed to ensure correct reporting. The authority has reminded taxpayers they need to ca...

Portugal Stance On Taxes – Crypto Haven No More?

Portugal is a crypto tax haven since 2018 but not for long. The country used to have a hands-off policy on crypto exchanges, sale, and trading but has now maneuvered in the opposite direction by decid...

Portugal Imposes Taxes on the Exchange of cryptocurrencies

One of the Crypto tax-free countries, Portugal was called a crypto heaven country due to its absence of crypto-related taxation on any earnings reported on crypto transactions. Portugal is now plannin...

Portugal to Impose Taxes on Cryptocurrencies

Portugal’s government has announced plans to tax crypto income.  Fernando Medina, Portugal’s new finance minister, announced in the parliament on Friday that crypto coins will be subject to taxa...

Germany Declares Crypto Gains Tax-Free After 1 Year — Even if Used for Staking, Lending – Taxes Bitcoin News

The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year even if the coins are used for staking and lending. How Crypto Gai...

IRS insists destruction of taxpayer data won’t affect payers

alfexe | iStock | Getty Images Filers won’t be affected by the IRS decision to destroy data for millions of taxpayers, the agency said in a statement Thursday. The IRS tossed an estimated 30 mil...

Tax pros ‘horrified’ by IRS decision to destroy data on 30 million filers

courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images An audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed the IRS has tossed data for millions of payers, sparking anger from the tax community. The mate...

Do Beneficiaries Pay Taxes on Estate Distributions?

SmartAsset: Do Beneficiaries Pay Taxes on Estate Distributions? Estate taxes can take a bite out of your inheritance income. While many beneficiaries can avoid the brunt of inheritance taxes, they wil...

IRS Taxes Kentucky Derby Wins, But Can You Deduct Losses?

Rich Strike’s improbable Kentucky Derby win made the owner flush, with a $1.86M purse on a horse that only cost $30,000. There were plenty of other winners too, for anyone bold and prescient enough to...

Over 60 million tax returns could be completed automatically, study says

Tom Werner | DigitalVision | Getty Images The IRS may have the ability to automate nearly half of tax returns, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The agency co...

South Korea’s New President Postpones Crypto Taxes to Promote Consumer Protection – crypto.news

The country’s new president is demonstrating his familiarity with cryptocurrency by announcing that no taxes will be levied on cryptocurrency investment profits until legislation can provide consumer ...

Is the New South Korean President intentionally delaying the crypto taxes?

The newly elected President of South Korea delayed the crypto taxes putting consumer protection legislation as its reason; others think he’s proving to be crypto savvy On Tuesday, the newly elected pr...

South Korea’s new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protections

South Korea’s newly-elected president Yoon Seok-yeol announced Tuesday he would push to defer taxation on crypto investment gains at least until a new set of regulations called the Digital Asset Basic...

Can You Deduct Rent on Your Taxes?

SmartAsset: Can You Deduct Rent on Your Taxes? If you’re wondering whether you can deduct your rent on your taxes, the short answer is yes. You can deduct rent if you live in a state that allows it. H...

3 major Chinese cities Residents are now paying taxes and charges with digital yuan 

Residents in 3  China’s major cities have begun paying taxes, stamp duty, and social security contributions in digital yuan, the country’s central bank digital currency. China’s central bank has expan...

Residents of 3 Chinese cities paying taxes and charges with digital yuan

Residents in three major Chinese cities have begun paying tax, stamp duty and social security premiums using the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) — the digital yuan (e-CNY).  According t...