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user-inactivated · 3900 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bitcoin is taxable property - not currency

Which raises the question -- feds may not see btc as legitimate currency, but if they see it as a legitimate cap investment then all the various rebates and cap loss waivers apply. I guess.

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JakobVirgil · 3900 days ago · link ·

if you are paid in btc in works the same as being paid in stock. When you use btc to buy something you pay capital gains on the honor system i guess

+discuss