Many people will have heard of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, perhaps Stellar, Tether or Eos and there are thousands of new forms of cryptoasset which are less currency like and can have other attributes which can make them essentially a form of tokens tradable on different platforms worldwide.

How do you tax Bitcoin? Are cryptocurrency or cryptoasset gains or profits taxable? Can you obtain tax relief if you make losses on Bitcoin? How do you tax Ethereum profits?

Gains on transactions in cryptoassets, of which Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, are potentially taxable in the same way as other investments.  This will usually be as a capital gain, unless exceptionally a trading pattern can be established.

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