Amid Double Taxation, Australia Govt Now Links Bitcoin to Corporate Tax Evasion

By March 30, 2015Bitcoin Business

In the latest hurdle to beset the cryptocurrency sphere in Australia, a new government tax paper has listed Bitcoin among the methods which make it difficult for authorities to track tax avoidance. The difficulty of bitcoin taxation

The Re:think paper published by the treasury states that when the current Australian tax system was designed, “[n]ew ways of transacting, including cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, were not contemplated.”

The end result, the government says, is that: “[t]hese […]

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