Bitcoin is decentralised and anonymous so how can governments issue /enforce taxes on any transactions made with bitcoin?
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1How did the government issue or enforce taxes in a cash based society? By investigating people who seem to have more than they report.– Pieter WuilleJan 15, 2017 at 22:45
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very similar to bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50699/…– Nick ODellJan 15, 2017 at 23:04
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Yes, but we can't close as a duplicate unless one or the other gets an answer.– Murch ♦Jan 15, 2017 at 23:28
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I guess the answer is we don't know. As If the answer is, they can't then I'm sure they will have to make it illegal or how will government and society function.– AaronJan 16, 2017 at 0:07
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The current IRS action is focused on transactions that earned money then were traded out for dollars, without declaring the capital gains. So it is not the BTC that is being taxed, it is the dollar increase.– SDsolarJan 16, 2017 at 23:00
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Governments can set up laws and regulations and then set up "departments" to monitor and enforce.
Whether it is successful or not is another question. No doubt they will have to skill up and understand how digital currencies really work, maybe monitor a few people, monitor the flow of their btc's and audit them, create some "high profile" cases to be made examples of etc.
One can draw an analogy with cash.
Bitcoin is (...) anonymous
You won't go to the governmental office to say you have created a wallet. But they have huge control over your ISP probably and can check what are you send/receive to/from Internet...
answered Jan 16, 2017 at 20:49
Sebastian Xawery WiśniowieckiSebastian Xawery Wiśniowiecki
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The government wants you to convert back in the future, then pay taxes on capital gains and sales that follow.
