OECD releases framework to combat international tax evasion using digital assets
The OECD said it planned to present the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on Oct. 12-13. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, has published a framework aimed at having tax authorities achieve greater visibility on crypto transactions and the users behind them.In an Oct. 10 announcement, the OECD said it planned to present the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, or CARF, to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on Oct. 12-13. The crypto tax framework proposed automatically....
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