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🌍 General — Did you know? In the U.S., if you use crypto to buy a gift card, the purchase counts as a sale of the crypto. You need to calculate gain or loss at that time. Even small purchases count. Source: cleartax.in/s/crypto-tax-rat…
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🌍 General — Did you know? France exempts occasional crypto traders from paying wealth tax (IFI) on crypto. Only professional traders include crypto in their net wealth for wealth tax. Source: cleartax.in/s/crypto-tax-rat…
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🇸🇩 Sudan — Did you know? Sudan prohibits the use of crypto. There is no tax regime because transactions are banned. Source: cleartax.in/s/crypto-tax-rat…
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🇱🇸 Lesotho — Did you know? Lesotho has no laws on crypto. There are no crypto-specific taxes. The local economy relies on remittances and cash. Source: cleartax.in/s/crypto-tax-rat…
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🌍 General — Did you know? Austria treats lending and staking rewards as investment income subject to 27.5 % tax. Losses from lending cannot offset capital gains from sales. Category matters. Source: cleartax.in/s/crypto-tax-rat…
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🌍 General — Did you know? Swiss authorities value your crypto at the year-end price published by the tax administration for wealth tax purposes. You don’t need to provide your own valuations unless the coin is obscure. Source: koinly.io/blog/crypto-tax-wo…
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