A new modification of the controversial decree that approved the tax on Large Financial Transactions (IGTF) in Venezuela at the beginning of February allowed cryptocurrency users in this Latin American country to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
According to Decree No. 4,784 issued on February 23, 2023, new provisions in the IGTF will allow the purchase and sale of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin, as well as payments made with these assets for goods and services in Venezuelan territory.
The measure will also allow remittances sent abroad by institutions for this purpose through cryptocurrencies or other entities other than Petro allowing to generate a tax burden for the beneficiaries.
The decree is valid for one year from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, number 42,575, dated February 23, 2023.
The measure also allows foreign exchange operations to be carried out by individuals and legal entities without paying the disputed tax.
However, the decree specifies that “special taxpayers”, a type of special tax determined by the Tax Code of the nation’s oil, should not benefit from the norm, and therefore should be contributed with the respective one that ranges between 2% and 20%; according to the type of operation carried out and specified in Official Gazette No. 6,687 of the tax approved by the National Assembly at the beginning of last February.
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