A view from comparative tax law: Cryptocurrencies, transactions and taxable events. Tax treatment in Peru, problems and recommendations

Currently, we are facing a significant increase in transactions with cryptocurrencies as an alternative to the traditional payment system, and even as an investment; so, most countries in the world have already taken action on the tax treatment of these transactions: There are various pronouncements...

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Autores: Durán Rojo, Luis, Pachas Luna, Ernesto
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/24812
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/24812
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Derecho Tributario
Criptomonedas
Legislación Comparada
Impuesto a la Renta
Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Intercambios con criptomonedas
Minería de criptomonedas
Principios Constitucionales
Tax Law
Cryptocurrencies
Comparative Legislation
Income Tax
Value Added Tax
Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Cryptocurrency Mining
Constitutional Principles
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Resumo:Currently, we are facing a significant increase in transactions with cryptocurrencies as an alternative to the traditional payment system, and even as an investment; so, most countries in the world have already taken action on the tax treatment of these transactions: There are various pronouncements issued by the tax authorities in the world and, in some jurisdictions, specific legislative measures have been adopted to regulate the tax effects of transactions with cryptocurrencies. For that reason, it is necessary to evaluate the current tax treatment of activities with cryptocurrencies in Peruvian legislation, in order to identify -from a comparative perspective- the main tax problems and to provide some guidelines to be taken into account for an eventual regulation.