South Korea to delay new tax regime on cryptocurrencies until 2022
The postponement follows a successful lobbying campaign by local crypto advocates. The South Korean government has officially postponed a new tax regime on cryptocurrency gains until 2022.According to Yonhap on Dec. 1, the planning and finance committee of South Korea’s national assembly passed amendments to the country’s tax laws wherein a new cryptocurrency tax regime will come into effect in January 2022.On Nov. 25, the legislature suggested delaying the adoption of a cryptocurrency income tax rule to Jan. 1, 2022 instead of October 2021.The decision will provide local crypto businesses....
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More than half of the survey respondents favored the controversial crypto tax law in South Korea. An opinion poll conducted by South Korean television station YTN has shown significant support for the planned cryptocurrency tax regime in the country.According to a report by The Korea Herald, 53.7% of the 500 participants polled by South Korea survey firm Realmeter expressed support for the crypto tax law coming into effect in January 2022.However, respondents in their 20s — the most active crypto trading age demographic in South Korea — were most likely to oppose the cryptocurrency tax....