South American nation Brazil has revealed its intention to crack down on foreign crypto exchanges operating within its axis, sparking wild reactions across the crypto community, especially among the Brazilian crypto faithful.
According to the revelation that is making rounds in the Web3 space, Brazil, through its tax authority, will be demanding some information from overseas trading platforms operating in Brazil.
Brazil's tax authority is summoning top crypto exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, OKX, and KuCoin to clarify their operational and tax practices in the country.
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What Information Is The Tax Authority Requesting For?
Findings from reputable sources noted that the tax authority would mandate foreign-based exchanges transacting within the Brazil borders to present precise explanations about their operation models and how well they have been cooperating with service providers stationed in the South American country.
Notably, trading platforms domiciled in Brazil will not partake in the above procedure, which the tax revenue service stated will help in its investigations of illegal operations and taking appropriate measures.
Commenting on the topic, Andrea Chaves, the deputy secretary of inspectio for Brazil's Federal Revenue Service, stated, "We need to understand how these exchanges operate in Brazil and ensure there is no illegality. Additionally, we seek information on Brazilian assets subject to taxation."
Similarly, Wagner Lima, the risk management coordinator at the Federal Revenue Service, stated that the government, via its tax authority, hopes to ascertain that these foreign exchanges are complying with a 2019 regulation.
Implications?
While no exchange was suspected of having breached operational regulations, investigations like the one expected to begin soon in Brazil will undoubtedly expose some of the abroad-stationed trading platform misdoings. Hence, it could result in staging new rounds of scrutiny that might culminate in the withdrawal of the affected exchange licenses.
At the time of drafting this report, no concrete source was bold to state the date for the commencement of the procedures. However, judging based on the time and eagerness of the tax authorities, the procedure will likely kick off any moment from now, involving renowned foreign exchanges like Coinbase, OKX, Binance, KuCoin, etc.
