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DARK SECRETS: Thailand approves relaxed tax rules for digital assets | Vintage Vibes

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith (File photo: Bangkok Post)

The cabinet on Tuesday relaxed tax rules for investments in digital assets to help promote and develop the industry following a surge in cryptocurrency trading in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

The rules, in line with an earlier announcement, will allow traders to offset annual losses against gains for taxes due on cyptocurrency investments, and exempt a value-added-tax of 7% for cryptocurrency trading on authorised exchanges, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told a news conference.

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