Bitcoin & Co.: Following the ruling of the Fiscal Court of Baden-Württemberg, now also the Fiscal Court of Cologne on the taxation of cryptocurrencies
Overview of the case law of the fiscal courts In our last article, we reported on the ruling…
BMF draft: amendment of the VAT Application Decree (Umsatzsteueranwendungserlass – UstAE) regarding the management of venture capital funds
In July 2021, the Fund Jurisdiction Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) extended the VAT exemption in section 4 No. 8 lit.…
5th anniversary of PayTechLaw! Happy Birthday & Cin-Cin!
Five years of burning keyboards, creativity, passion and red-hot topics from the areas of FinTech, payment, banking, crypto,…
Bitcoin & Co. : Draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part 2
In Part 2 of this article on the draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies…
Bitcoin & Co.: Draft BMF letter on the in-come tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part (1)
Initial Situation For some years now, Steffen has been reporting on the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies in his…
Bitcoin & Co.: current caselaw regarding the taxation of profits from the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies
Background In part 1 and part 6 of my posts on the taxation of cryptocurrencies, I looked into…
The tax treatment of Libra: old wine in new barrels?
What is the Libra cryptocurrency? Libra is a cryptocurrency which, like other cryptocurrencies, is based on a blockchain…
Cash machines & VAT: Is outsourcing the operation of cash machines exempt from VAT?
In my blog entry last year, I took a general look at the VAT exemption of so-called white…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (7): Bitcoin on the balance sheet and in the annual accounts
For businesses who voluntarily or as required by law (have to) prepare annual accounts, the question arises as…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (6): Losses in value of cryptocurrencies. What to do from a tax perspective?
The new year has only just entered its third quarter and looking at the price development of Bitcoin…