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Bitcoin exchanges unable to claim tax returns on cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin exchanges will not be exempt from the UK’s digital services tax, according to HMRC, and are also not qualified as money.

Bitcoin exchanges unable to claim tax returns on cryptocurrencies
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Cryptocurrency exchanges have been informed that they are exposed to the charge, as the digital asset “are not financial instruments” which leaves exchanges unable to claim tax returns on them, The Telegraph first reported.

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