Barter and Cryptocurrency Transactions
These Can Result in Taxable Income, and PST and GST/HST Payable Do you trade goods or services which you would normally sell in the course of your business? Have you started using Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies for transactions? Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are treated as financial instruments for GST/HST purposes, so no GST/HST is collected on a supply of the currencies. However, there can still be sales tax implications. If a transaction would have