Sales Tax

Japan Could Drop 8% Bitcoin Sales Tax By Mid-2017

Japan’s plans to drop an 8% sales tax on bitcoin purchases could begin as early as July 2017.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 December 2016

New York State Tax Agency: Bitcoin Buyers Don’t Need to Pay Sales Tax

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has said that bitcoin purchases will not be subject to sales taxes. According to a tax guidance memorandum from the agency’s Taxpayer Guidance Division dated 5th December (hat tip Marco Santori), digital currencies are a type of “intangible property” and, as such, are not subject to […]

Policy & regulation  ·  9 December 2014