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Thailand Relaxes Crypto Assets Tax Rules – Bangkok Post

Rules allow traders to offset annual losses against gains for taxes due on cryptocurrency investments, and exempt a value-added-tax of 7% for cryptocurrency trading on authorised exchanges


Falling crypto currency values could turn into downward selling spiral with few new buyers to provide price support.
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Thailand’s cabinet has relaxed tax rules for investments in digital assets to help promote and develop the industry following a surge in cryptocurrency trading in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, the Bangkok Post reported.

The rules would allow traders to offset annual losses against gains for taxes due on cryptocurrency investments, and exempt a value-added-tax of 7% for cryptocurrency trading on authorised exchanges, finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.