Korean Crypto Taxation Plans
The South Korean government is”planning to taxation cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings [ICOs],” The Korea Times reported on Monday, citing a written statement by the country’s incoming finance minister, Hong Nam-ki.
Hong Nam-ki at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
President Moon Jae-in nominated Hong month to replace Kim Dong-yeon as the finance minister of the country. He has been serving as the chief of the government policy coordination office, under the office of the minister. “Hong must go through a parliamentary confirmation hearing, even though his nomination isn’t subject to approval by lawmakers,” Yonhap News Agency explained. “In South Korea, Prime Minister is the only cabinet post which requires a vote by legislators.”
On Sunday, Hong submitted written replies to questions asked by an opposition lawmaker about his tax policies to the National Assembly and best bitcoin casino program . They had been for his confirmation hearing that took place on Tuesday, the publication noted.
“The taxation plan would be finalized in accordance with the creation and improvement of the taxation infrastructure and the trend on international discussions,” Hong was quoted by The Korea Times as saying. He added:
A task force consisting of experts from relevant government agencies including the National Tax Service and the private sector will be formed to examine cases and hammer out the taxation planBitcoinRush rating >New Finance Minister’s View on Crypto
The South Korean incoming finance minister wrote that”Cryptocurrencies are a new phenomenon and so there’s no internationally agreed regulatory framework.” He then confessed that”there are these lingering problems like the market overheating and investor protection. Therefore, we will need to be careful in building the regulatory framework.”
Regarding ICOs, he reiterated that they are currently banned domestically. Nonetheless, he noted that the government would carefully consider them”after seeing market conditions, international trends and investor protection issues,” elaborating:
We will determine our policy orientations on ICOs with agencies after receiving feedback from experts and reviewing the financial regulator’s market survey’s results.
Furthermore, Hong justified the government’s decision to exclude crypto exchanges from the category of startup businessesadvantages they enjoy. He believes that”the exclusion reflected the criticism that crypto exchanges were vulnerable to illegal acts and were merely a brokerage service independent from blockchain technology,” The Korea Times conveyed.
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