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Sep, 11 2019

Sep, 11 2019

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The Portuguese tax authority has now clarified that both cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency payments are not taxed in the country. This is clear from a report published on 26th August by the Portuguese business paper “Jornal de Negócios“. It states that the Portuguese tax and customs authorities have confirmed that transactions in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (payments, purchases, sales) are exempt from VAT.

The agency reportedly completed the clarification of a case of a local crypto firm and issued an official court report on it. In the document, the agency notes that the exchange of crypto-fiat money is VAT-exempt and adds that users of Bitcoin and Co. do not have to pay income tax.

Bitcoin exemption from judgment from 2015

In the official statement, the Portuguese tax authority quotes a ruling by the European Court of Justice in 2015 concerning the large Bitcoin Bitcoin portal Bitcoin.se.

The competent court decided that Bitcoin is a means of payment and that the exchange should therefore be exempt from VAT. However, the Swedish Tax Office then argued against the judgment, claiming that the court did not fully understand the matter.

The current statement follows an earlier tax assessment by the Portuguese tax authorities that cryptocurrencies are not taxed in the country. A document published by the Authority in 2016 states that the proceeds from the sale of cryptocurrencies in Portugal are not subject to income tax.

In early 2013, the Portuguese central bank, Banco de Portugal, issued a statement referring to a 2012 European Central Bank document.

The Portuguese bank expressed concerns about the ECB’s recognition of Bitcoin as an “innovation phenomenon in virtual currency models”, claiming that Bitcoin could not be considered a safe currency because it was issued by unregulated entities.

Source: Thebitcoinnews.com


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