Bank of Russia has considered new detailed rules and regulations for taxing nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and trading digital securities.
It has been reported that they released a report that outlined their findings on November 7, which will be open to comments until December 7. Russia’s chief financial regulator mentioned that some digital assets may be regulated like traditional securities.
However, it also suggests that digital securities, as well as certifying property rights using NFTs, may need more detailed rules regarding taxation. Furthermore, the Bank of Russia suggests that the traditional stock market and digital asset trading can work together as one.
The report said that in this way, the same access rules apply to digital assets as to the traditional stock market. This includes investors taking a financial literacy test in some cases, the report suggests. Lastly, the report emphasizes the regulation of smart contracts.
Likewise, the use of the word “regulation” might sound scary to some, but to others, it’s a good thing. It will take regulation to establish NFTs as a legitimate asset class, and more countries are moving towards NFT regulation.
This will protect the people who are investing, trading, and creating digital assets, which is a step in the right direction. There must be a happy medium between taxing too much and taxing too little.
Thus, in light of these new tax rules and regulations, it will be interesting to see how the country goes about implementing them.
Source: NFT Evening