Belgium Tax Body: No VAT Needed for Bitcoin Transactions

By September 22, 2014Bitcoin Business

Belgium’s Federal Public Service Finance (FPS) has issued a new statement finding that domestic digital currency transactions are currently not subject to value-added tax (VAT).

The ruling from the tax body was revealed in an email to local digital exchange Belgacoin , which was concerned it would need to pay VAT on digital currency trades.

Speaking to CoinDesk, an FPS spokesperson confirmed that bitcoin transactions are currently exempt from the country’s VAT Code, as bitcoins are not […]

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