Comment by Hi_My_Name_Is_Dave on 30/11/2017 at 09:17 UTC

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View submission: Don't invest recklessly

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even though you have to pay taxes on bitcoin

Do you? You pay taxes when you sell bitcoin, but lets say you bought 10 bitcoins when they were $40 each, now that you have 100,000, do you pay taxes even though you haven't cashed them out?

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Comment by coffee_snake at 30/11/2017 at 15:43 UTC

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yes. capitol gains. you must pay taxes on your earnings. but only once you've cashed out or even spent those btc

Comment by [deleted] at 30/11/2017 at 10:40 UTC

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Capital gains tax I think?