Income for mining or forging of digital currencies or NFT’s (cryptoassets) will not be subject to 5% federal GST/HST The Canadian Revenue Agency has proposed exempting income received from creating, or ‘mining’, Cryptocurrencies. This follows EU Cryptocurrency VAT proposals on mining, wallet services and payment
Lack of definition puts uncertainty on UK VAT obligations for traders and marketplaces The UK’s HMRC has yet to confirm the Value Added Tax status of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT’s), blockchain certificates of digital and physical assets. Whilst cryptocurrencies, another type of crypto asset, has been
Are NFT crypto assets transactions subject to EU digital services VAT rules? Update: the Committee has produced its working paper on EU VAT and NFT’s in March 2023 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT’s) trading is rising in popularity raising the question is they are liable to
NFT classified as digital service and liable to 21% VAT Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria, AEAT, has ruled that the supply of Non-fungible token is to be regarded as the supply of an electronic service and subject to the standard rate of 21% The ruling was provided
Payments for digital properties within online games outside scope of VAT The German Federal Tax Court, BFH, has ruled that sales or leasing for consideration of virtual buildings or land is outside the scope of VAT. The case covered the use of the US-based game,
VAT liabilities on mining, exchange and consideration role for cryptocurrencies and similar crypto-assets Ireland’s tax authorities, the Revenue, has confirmed the VAT and other tax obligations on virtual digital currencies, including Bitcoin and tokens. An EU review on VAT on crypto-assets is underway. Key points
EU’s VAT Committee reviews VAT treatment on cryptocurrency payment tokens The European Commission’s VAT Committee is reviewing the Value Added Tax issues arising from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Spice and utility tokens. The discussion covers the VAT position, including whether taxable supply, and then, if a
