New York State Tax Agency: Bitcoin buyers don’t need to pay sales tax in New York

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By Stan Higgins | coindesk.com

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has said that bitcoin purchases will not be subject to sales taxes.

According to a tax guidance memorandum from the agency’s Taxpayer Guidance Division dated 5th December (hat tip Marco Santori), digital currencies are a type of “intangible property” and, as such, are not subject to a sales tax when purchased.

The move comes months after the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its initial guidance on taxing bitcoin as a type of property, and provides an answer to a long-brewing question about how state sales taxes in the US may be applied to bitcoin transactions.

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