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Discover the strategies and mindsets that transform cutting-edge deep tech ideas into thriving businesses. Christian Soschner delves into the world of deep tech, exploring how entrepreneurs and investors build value and navigate the unique challenges of breakthrough industries.
Each episode features candid conversations with top investors, industry disruptors, and insightful book reviews – dissecting the strategies behind success, observed through my lens, shaped by 35+ years of building organizations and insights from ultrarunning, chess, and martial arts.
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- Entrepreneurial Journeys: Go behind-the-scenes with founders turning deep tech concepts into impactful companies.
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- Focus on Impact: Understand the business models, investment strategies, and market trends that fuel deep tech's potential for real-world impact.
Whether you're building the next big thing, investing in it, or keen on understanding this transformative space, this podcast is your guide to success in the world of deep tech.
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Beginner's Mind
#54: Oliver Mavher and Michael Deichsel - Crypto Trading and Taxes - The Past, The Present, and The Future
In this conversation, I will talk with Oliver Mavher and Michael Deichsel about Crypto Trading and taxes.
Topics we discuss in the show:
The questions that I consider relevant for everybody owning digital assets:
- What if someone gets paid in Bitcoin or other Cryptocurrencies? Is that a taxable event?
- What if someone invests in those novel digital assets and they gain in value?
- Does the location of the wallet or crypto exchange make any difference for taxation? Which tax law is applicable?
- What about European ETFs and their offshore counterparts that replicate the price of digital assets?
- What about investments in companies that invest in digital assets?
- Are there differences between retail investors, investment funds, and other institutional investors?
- And many more questions similar to the above
Who are the Tax Experts in this Episode?
I am delighted to welcome
to find answers to a multiverse of questions around crypto investments and taxes.
Shownotes:
Video
Timestamps:
(00:00) Opening What are the Real Life Tax Consequences of Trading with Cryptocurrencies?
(02:47) Opening Oliver Mavher – Support for Digital Companies in Tax Matters
(08:45) What are Security Token Offerings?
(11:00) Opening Michael Deichsel – Crypto and Taxes
(16:10) What is the Tokenization of the Economy?
(18:15) Smart Contracts
(24:15) What are Digital Assets in Terms of Tax Laws?
(27:00) Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador?
(29:07) Banking the Unbanked.
(30:55) Cryptocurrencies and the Environment
(34:13) What are crypto assets?
(37:00) What are NFTs?
(39:00) NFT and Taxations in Austria
(45:30) Changes in Tax Laws in Austria
(49:05) Taxable Events when BTC is used for salaries
(54:15) Using Cryptocurrencies for everyday purchases – what are the taxable events?
(56:45) Taxable events when trading cryptocurrencies outside Austria – A case for double taxation treaties?
(01:00:00) Different Cases for Taxation and their Consequences
(01:03:00) Taxation for Companies when holding Digital Assets
(01:07:00) Expected changes to the tax laws
(01:09:00) The difference in Taxation between Crypto Currencies and Digital Assets
(01:13:00) Where to get advice for Crypto Taxation?
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