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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Demand Tax Reforms Tailored to Digital Assets

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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Despite a favorable regulatory framework, cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan view the country’s tax regime as detrimental to their organic growth. More so now than ever that a recent amendment to Japanese financial laws categorized digital currencies as bona fide assets.
The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), which represents all licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, sent a letter to the authorities earlier this month demanding appropriate changes to the tax guidelines for decentralized digital assets.

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JVCEA Proposes Special Tax Laws for Digital Currencies

In the letter addressed to the regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA), JVCEA highlighted how existing tax laws for cryptocurrencies can be improved to complement the steadily improving regulatory framework. The following suggestions were made:
  • Anybody who pays taxes on their cryptocurrency investments should be granted a three-year grace period to furnish registration information and other documentation, if applicable.
  • There should be no taxation on small-scale transactions involving cryptocurrencies.
  • The FSA should declare all cryptocurrency issuance from ICOs as capital transactions (as opposed to taxable income under existing regulations).
  • Transaction of cryptocurrency derivatives should be taxed separately with adequate provisions for the transfer of losses.
  • The government should introduce special tax laws and tax breaks for certain financial deals involving cryptocurrency projects.
Interestingly, these demands have come at a crucial time when pro-crypto tax reform lobbyists have once again suffered a setback on the political front with former House of Councilor member, Takesi Fujimaki, losing his re-election bid late last week. Fujimaki, a former advisor to George Soros and an ex-JPMorgan Chase employee, is a vocal proponent of the decentralized digital economy in Japan. He has been playing a vital role in JVCEA’s campaign calling for a reformed tax regime. The resignation of Yoshitaka Kitao, SBI Group CEO and former president of the association, was another major blow JVCEA had to deal with in the recent past. Meanwhile, do you think cryptocurrency exchanges in other countries should take a leaf out of JVCEA’s book and put up a united front to push for favorable regulations? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Shilpa is a freelance tech writer and journalist who is deeply passionate about artificial intelligence and pro-freedom technologies such as distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies. She has been covering the blockchain industry since 2017. Before her ongoing stint in tech media, Shilpa was lending her skills to government-backed fintech endeavors in Bahrain and a leading US-based non-profit dedicated to supporting open-source software projects. In her current role, she focuses on...
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