If you’re paying those Lightning invoices using a kyc wallet/exchange, don’t be surprised if they rat you out to the government for not paying capital gains taxes on that bitcoin. Find yourself a good non-custodial/no-kyc Lightning wallet to avoid this problem.
@binary_watcher Right you’re buying hamburgers with your fiat savings and as a result ending up with less bitcoin…like Alice.
Capital gains tax on bitcoin spending is a nuisance, but having any gains means you saved wisely in bitcoin instead of fiat.
For example, let's say a year ago Alice saved $10 and Bob bought and saved 20,000 sats for $10. Today, Alice buys a burger with her $10, owing no taxes but having nothing left. Bob buys a burger for 10,000 sats, now worth $10. His spent sats doubled in fiat value, so he might owe something like 1,000 sats in taxes. Even after taxes, Bob still has 9,000 sats left over.
Bob made the right choice to save and spend bitcoin, despite capital gains taxes.
For those deadset on paying your taxes, saving in bitcoin and then spending it after it’s appreciated in value is still more advantageous than saving and spending fiat in order to avoid having to pay any capital gains tax.
Capital gains tax on bitcoin spending is a nuisance, but having any gains means you saved wisely in bitcoin instead of fiat.
For example, let's say a year ago Alice saved $10 and Bob bought and saved 20,000 sats for $10. Today, Alice buys a burger with her $10, owing no taxes but having nothing left. Bob buys a burger for 10,000 sats, now worth $10. His spent sats doubled in fiat value, so he might owe something like 1,000 sats in taxes. Even after taxes, Bob still has 9,000 sats left over.
Bob made the right choice to save and spend bitcoin, despite capital gains taxes.
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