UK digital services tax targets crypto exchanges
Britain’s crypto exchanges will be levied with a 2% tax which is likely to be passed on to investors warned CryptoUK. A recent update to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regulations has introduced a digital services tax that will be levied on cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the United Kingdom.Crypto exchanges in the UK will now have to pay a 2% digital services tax according to a Telegraph report. Britain’s tax authority, HMRC, does not recognize digital assets as financial instruments and therefore exchanges are not eligible for financial exemptions.On Nov. 28, the authority....
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