Post
Topic
Board Legal
Re: UK - Capital Gains, Tax and Gambling
by
Jcw188
on 14/01/2014, 21:56:47 UTC
No, you have to pay taxes on the 100 btc you made.  The fact that you then gamble the money has no bearing on the fact you have to pay tax on the 100 btc.  If your line of thinking was true, then I could gamble all my income every year in a 99.99% winning game and not have to pay any taxes.