South African Tax Review Expresses Concerns Regarding Bitcoin

In February of 2013, former Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan announced that the South African government would begin a review to assess the current tax policy framework and its role in supporting growth, employment, development and fiscal sustainability. The members who would make up that committee, which came to be known as The Davis Tax Committee, were announced in July of that year and their First Interim Report on BEPS1 was released for public comment late last month. Contained within the report are some concerns that Bitcoin might impact on tax compliance in the future. Continue reading


  1. Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. 

Japanese Newspaper Reports 99% Of Bitcoins At Mt.Gox Lost Due To Fraud

Yomiuri Shimbun, one of five national Japanese newspapers, is reporting via its English 'The Japan News' website that of the 650,000 bitcoins that went missing in the aftermath of the Mt. Gox collapse, 99% of the coins have been lost due to the fraudulent activities by an unknown individual or party. An additional 7,000 bitcoins are reported to have been stolen due to cyber-attacks. Continue reading