Preparing for the Tax Authority’s Enforcement in the Virtual Currencies Field

Goldfarb Seligman held a unique seminar on preparing for enforcement by the Tax Authority on virtual currencies. Guidelines and important practical tools were presented during the seminar for reporting to the Tax Authorty, and for voluntary anonymous disclosure in particular, including tax calculation methods, report filling and more. The seminar was led by Adv. Tal Atsmon, partner and Head of the Tax Department at Goldfarb Seligman, and Adv. Liat Graber, a partner in the department. Adv. Liraz Tubul of the Tax Department also participated. We were honored to host Mr. Meni Rosenfeld, Chairman of the Israeli Bitcoin Association; Mr. Bart van Leemput, Capital Partner, Group Managing Director, Swiss bank Lombard Odier & Co. Ltd.; and Mr. Tomer Ravid, CEO, BloxTax.