Puerto Rico To Become Cryptocurrency Capital Due To Favorable Tax Laws
One of the controversial topics in recent times is the payment of tax on cryptocurrency gains. In the USA, the IRS termed virtual currencies as property which means that holders will pay taxes like holders of fundamental properties or stocks. The agency even sent a subpoena to many centralized cryptocurrency exchanges to give up the information of non-compliant taxpayers. Even though many people in the cryptocurrency community frown against such taxes, the government is bent on ensuring compliance. Presently, non-compliance to the crypto tax payment requirement attracts legal action. So,....
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Puerto Rico has recently used legislation to force capital controls. The country has imposed a 2% fee on any money transmission, forcing Paypal's to pull out of the country. Following an attempt to start capital controls, Puerto Rico government passed a law that forces all peer-to-peer transactions to be taxable at a 2% rate. With this move the country's government is looking to extract any additional sources of income from Puerto Rican citizens. This was the main reason leading the international online financial institution, PayPal to abandon the country. With the new imposed fees PayPal....
Crypto capital is moving to Puerto Rico as tax regulations are much more favorable than in the U.S. proper. The United States territory of Puerto Rico is seeing a resurgence of interest among crypto investors attracted by the fact it doesn’t charge federal income tax and eligible investors can pay zero taxes on their crypto gains.Under local law Act 22, those who live in Puerto Rico for at least half of the year are exempt from taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains — meaning they can keep most or all of the profits from crypto or other investments without having to renounce U.S.....
To mitigate austerity and resolve debt, Puerto Rico should follow in El Salvador’s footsteps and make bitcoin legal tender.
Working out a repayment plan should be the top priority for the Puerto Rican government, but that will not be the case for the foreseeable future. Puerto Rico is not often mentioned in a positive content when it comes to the financial sector. Neither is this story, unfortunately, as the country decided to default on its debt. But at the same time, the reason for doing so makes a lot of sense. All of this is still somewhat good news to push Bitcoin adoption in the country to new heights, though. Defaulting on debt is never a good thing, particularly not for a region so deeply indebted as....