This document announces a webinar on August 30th hosted by Taxlinked.net about the taxation and regulation of cryptocurrencies. It will feature several experts who will discuss topics like the role of different jurisdictions in cryptocurrency regulation and taxation, differentiating utility coins from other coins, and whether cryptocurrency receipts constitute income or capital. The webinar aims to answer questions submitted in advance on these issues. Brief biographies of the six expert panelists are provided, showing their backgrounds in law, taxation, and blockchain. Attendees are encouraged to register for the event.
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TAXATION &
REGULATION OF
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
& BLOCKCHAIN
TECHNOLOGY:
A WEBINAR
Thursday, August 30 at 10 a.m.
London BST
2. Questions to Be Covered
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• What role do you see the Isle of Man playing
in the regulation and taxation of
cryptocurrency?
• Which jurisdiction is home to the most
crypto-friendly banks?
• Which jurisdiction has the best regulation,
taxation and banking solutions for
cryptocurrencies?
• Normally, assets do not back up
cryptocurrencies. How would you persuade
potential investors that investing in these
currencies is not pure speculation?
• Some ICOs focus on utility coins. How would
you differentiate utility coins from other
types of coins? Do you see a future for utility
coins?
3. Questions to Be Covered
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• Cryptocurrencies are not very popular for
governments in some jurisdictions. How
could these governments be persuaded
that these currencies would not
undermine their authority to govern?
• In terms of the question of territoriality,
when you are selling a cryptoasset, where
is it located? This is relevant for those tax
residents in countries with the (semi)
territorial systems of taxation like UK,
Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.
• Are the receipts from selling a cryptoasset
income or capital?
• And many more!
4. Dr. Charalambos Savvides
Law Lecturer, University of Nicosia, and Managing Director,
Ch. P. Savvides & Associates LLC, Cyprus
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Dr. Charis Savvides is an experienced advocate and law lecturer in the
University of Nicosia with over 10 years of experience in Corporate,
Competition and Financial law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University
of Sheffield in the UK, with his doctoral thesis being on competition law
and more specifically on the EU regulatory framework on state aids to
firms in difficulty. Charis is managing director of his own law firm in
Cyprus, Ch. P. Savvides & Associates LLC, which comprises three distinct
units, i.e. litigation, corporate and fund units, with a diverse national and
international clientele. His expertise covers both mainstream corporate
legal issues and more contemporary and advanced financial and
investment areas, such as investment funds, Forex and digital currency,
especially ICOs.
Our Experts
5. Anna Tsabari
Tax Lawyer, Ampeli Tax Law Offices, Israel
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Adv. Anna Tsabari is an attorney with Ampeli Tax Law Offices since 2016.
She has gained extensive experience in various fields of taxation during
former employment at leading tax firms, as well as Ernst & Young Israel,
and is currently primarily focused on international and cryptocurrency
taxation in Israel. Anna has an LLM (cum laude) degree in a jointly
hosted program by the University of California, Berkeley and the
University of Tel-Aviv, and she is a member of the Israeli Bar since 2011.
Anna has co-authored several articles in professional taxation
publications and daily newspapers in Israel.
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6. Thomas Jacobsen
Managing Director, Papilio Services Ltd., Malta
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Thomas Jacobsen is the founder of the company and heads the
organisation and the firm’s private clients’ department. He is the
company’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer and is also the
company’s accredited agent with Identity Malta for Malta’s residence
and citizenship by investment programmes. After graduating from the
University of Oslo, with a law degree specialising in International Tax,
Thomas spent some time working as a lawyer for the Royal Norwegian
Air Force. Thomas relocated to Malta in 1997 and spent ten years
working within the tax and legal department of PwC. He has, over the
past years, assisted and advised a number of international and local
clients with their tax compliance requirements and on various cross
border issues.
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7. Nikola Korbar
CEO, Center for Economic Research, Serbia
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Nikola Korbar is the CEO of the Center for Economic Research Belgrade, a
regional leader for education of banking, auditing, financial,
management and IT professionals. He has more than two years of
professional experience with cryptocurrencies and blockchain
technology and more than five years experience as an executive. He
founded DigitalMoneyPulse, the first Serbian cryptocurrency educational
platform in 2016. His primary interests are focused around
cryptocurrency and blockchain disruptions, but not in a classical 'Bitcoin
enthusiast' way, more from a professional economic standpoint
(especially taking full advantage of his other spheres of interest). His
biggest focus is currently on blockchain technology and how can it be
used to take humanity to the next step of digital revolution.
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8. Dmitry Zapol
International Tax Advisor & Partner, Interfis, UK
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Dmitry Zapol is an international tax and business adviser with practical
knowledge of the principles of individual and corporate international
taxation and cross-border business planning. He joined IFS in September
2010 after earning his LL.M (Tax) degree at King’s College, London. Five
years prior to this, Dmitry earned his LL.B Law at Durham University.
Dmitry is a qualified Russian lawyer and, prior to coming to the UK, he
was an associate at Moscow City Bar Association “Barshchevsky &
Partners.” Dmitry holds the Advanced Diploma in International Tax
(ADIT).
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