Andreas Antonopoulos: Sales Tax on Bitcoin is

Andreas Antonopoulos: Sales Tax on Bitcoin is "Monumentally Stupid"

Sales tax on bitcoin would be a "monumentally stupid" idea, according to Andreas Antonopoulos, a bitcoin enthusiast, author, and expert - as pointed out today by Startup Smart. The words, which many in the community would agree with, come following a guidance related to bitcoin released by the Australian Tax Office earlier this year, which indicates the country's Goods and Service tax (known as the GST) is effectively applied twice to bitcoin transactions. "It's as monumentally stupid as it would have been in 1994 to classify the internet as a fax machine service, and put it under the....


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