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Accounting for Cryptocurrencies
Whether they confuse, scare, or excite you, most people have heard about cryptocurrencies in recent years. Elon Musk has been tweeting about them, El Salvador has officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, and corporates are beginning to accept and hold various cryptocurrencies. As there is wider adoption, more businesses will end up acquiring these digital assets which raises the question on how to account for them.
What are the tax rules for the new Cryptoassets phenomenon?
It may feel like an alien world, full of complicated jargon and unseen digital transactions, but HMRC has been considering how cryptoassets should be taxed for years and have recently pulled together all their existing guidance into a new Manual. There isn’t any new legislation to go with it because they consider that existing rules cover this new way of trying to make money – many would disagree but how do you know what to do about your tax in the meantime?