Colombian Tax Authority Tightens Control Over Cryptocurrency Usage
The DIAN, the Colombian tax authority, has announced it is taking special measures to tighten controls on taxpayers currently using cryptocurrencies to transact. With these actions, the organization seeks to detect any taxpayers that have used crypto assets and failed to report these activities, or reported them erroneously. This action seeks to thwart cryptocurrency-related tax evasion in the country. Colombian Tax Authority Targets Tax Evaders The Colombian tax authority, called the DIAN, has announced that its next target is cryptocurrency-utilizing tax evaders. According to a....
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The Colombian tax authority, DIAN, has reminded taxpayers that they need to start registering cryptocurrencies in their statements starting this year. The director of the DIAN, Lisandro Junco, reminded cryptocurrency users that this kind of asset is taxed as any other asset held by citizens. Colombia has already collected $1 billion in digital economy-related taxes.
Colombian Citizens Must Start Including Crypto in Their Tax Statements
The Colombian tax authority has reminded taxpayers about their duty of declaring cryptocurrency assets in their tax statements starting this year.....
The Colombian government has issued new regulations that force exchanges and individuals to report cryptocurrency transactions to the UIAF, the anti-money laundering watchdog in Colombia. The transactions must be reported via an online reporting system, and exchanges will be required to issue periodic reports of suspicious transactions made by users. Colombia Tightens AML Controls New regulations that direct users and exchanges to report cryptocurrency transactions over a certain amount have been approved in Colombia. Resolution 314 establishes that cryptocurrency transactions over $150,....
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Bitcoinexaminer reports that Colombia’s central bank, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, has issued a document that suggests all Bitcoin activity in the country will soon be illegal. According to local newspaper. "Most importantly … the Colombian state is the one with a monopoly over money. Our currency is reliable, safe and generates no risk, while other forms of money do not have the same level of support and guarantees.” Tuesday’s announcement will be the Colombian government’s first public mention of digital currencies. An unnamed source in the El Tiempo report hinted that....