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🇬🇧UK tax agency publishes detailed guidance for crypto holders

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Dec 19, 2018 ⋅  1 min read

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has tax released guidance for individuals that hold cryptoassets. Investors will be required to pay capital gains tax when they sell, while individuals who receive tokens from their employers as a form of payment, from mining, transaction fees, or airdrops will have to pay income tax and national insurance contributions. Other provisions cover forks, lost keys, and stolen assets.

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