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Re: [2014-06-10] ABC Australia: Virtual coin but taxation still real: ATO on Bitcoin
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Swordsoffreedom
on 11/06/2014, 00:47:57 UTC
Well I clicked on the article for some reason suspicious on newbie press with short urls but its real.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s4021976.htm
Virtual coin, but taxation still real: ATO targets Bitcoin

Basically a conversation on Bitcoin regulation in Australia

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CHRIS UHLMANN: The Australian Taxation Office has been grappling for years with the difficult question on how to classify the digital currency Bitcoin.

Freedom of Information documents obtained by AM show the tax office has been keeping a detailed watching brief on Bitcoin related issues and news.

The file shows a few years ago the agency was sceptical but soon realised that people could use internet currencies to avoid paying tax. Now it appears the tax office has got its head around digital currencies and is preparing to release rules on how it will treat Bitcoin transactions under taxation law.