The German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH, Urteil vom 14. Februar 2023 – IX R 3/22) confirms the opinion of the fiscal court of Cologne that sales profits from cryptocurrencies are taxable. The court decided that cryptocurrencies...more
Just 10 years ago, only your millennial, techie cousin had ever heard of, let alone purchased, any cryptocurrency. Fast forward to 2021, and the volume of cryptocurrency transactions has grown to $15.8 trillion....more
10/6/2022
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Virtual Currency
After a year of wrangling, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) has finally published explanations on how virtual currencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and Co.) and other tokens (hereinafter: cryptocurrencies)...more
5/18/2022
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Taxation
Nach einjährigem Ringen hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF) nun endlich Ausführungen dazu veröffentlicht, wie virtuelle Währungen (z. B. Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin und Co.) und sonstige Tokens (nachfolgend:...more