The U.S. government will treat Bitcoin as property for tax purposes, applying rules it uses to govern stocks and barter transactions, the Internal Revenue Service said in its first substantive ruling on the issue.
Today’s IRS guidance will provide certainty for Bitcoin investors, along with income-tax liability that wasn’t specified before. Purchasing a $2 cup of coffee with Bitcoins bought for $1 would trigger $1 in capital gains for the coffee drinker and $2 of gross income for the coffee shop.Bloomberg
Bitcoin Is Property, Not Currency, in Tax System: IRS
Richard Rubin and Carter Dougherty
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And so, it becomes a tax system, draining net dollars as one or the other loan would, via increased velocity.
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