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Re:Virtual currencies can be exchanged tax-free in Europe af... by ThomPete on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:07PM (#10434701)
Can we change the headline to "sales tax-free" instead of tax-free which indicates something rather different.
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Re:Virtual currencies can be exchanged tax-free in Europe af... by saym on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:31PM (#10434841)
I'd like it to read something to the effect of: EU takes step to treat virtual currencies as currency rather than a commodity.
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Re:Virtual currencies can be exchanged tax-free in Europe af... by scotty79 on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:28PM (#10434829)
Europe has no sales tax. Just VAT.
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Re:Virtual currencies can be exchanged tax-free in Europe af... by bdcs on Thursday October 22, 2015 @04:37PM (#10434879)
Yes, Europe has no conventional sales tax, but VAT is a tax on sales, to be sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax

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