Spain Declares Bitcoin VAT Exempt
The General Directorate of Taxes (DGT), has considered that Bitcoin and other digital currencies will be classified as financial services. Consequently, transactions with Bitcoin are considered exempt from VAT under the Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of Value added Tax approved by the Spanish government. The Spanish DGT concludes that Bitcoin is closely linked to payment instruments, which allows the transfer of money and, as such, this kind of transactions will be VAT exempt. The consultation ends stating that virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin,....
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Bitcoin transactions are exempt from value-added-tax (VAT) in Spain, says Spanish tax lawyer Alejandro Gómez, The General Directorate of Taxes, a subsidiary of the Spanish taxing authorities, made the statement in a response to a request from Gómez. According to Gómez, the consultation found that Bitcoin payments were a form of financial service and thus exempt from VAT under the Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006. A translated version of the consultation concludes, "Therefore, we can conclude from the Granton Advertisingjudgment, that of the concept "other negotiable....
Spain's bitcoin community is celebrating following confirmation that the cryptocurrency is exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the country. Bitcoin had always been exempt from VAT, but a spokesperson from Spain's tax office, Ministerio de Hacienda, told CoinDesk the decision had been clarified following a question from a bitcoin aficionado. The confirmation is based on the interpretation of EU VAT Directive 2006/112/CE, which recognises bitcoin as "financial service". Both bitcoin startups and legal experts in Spain are praising the administration's decision, which provides clarity in an....
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