Canadian Taxability of Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin Taxable? Disclaimer: all information provided is meant for discussion, education or opinion purposes only and is not intended as professional advice. With the explosion in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices throughout the last year and its evolution towards wider adoption, speculation and legitimacy, people want to know: Is Bitcoin taxable? The short answer is...yes. Sorry, but yes. Bitcoin is definitely taxable in Canada. I'm not addressing other jurisdictions in this post. Frankly, I'm surprised that anybody thinks that profitable activity would be ignored by any government without trying to get their cut. Also, I'm just going to refer to Bitcoin as a catch all phrase for cryptocurrency throughout this post. There is also a distinction to be drawn between the Bitcoin enthusiast class that believes in it as a separate currency and the investor class that wants it to go up and trade it back to a traditional currency, this post is meant...