????如果謝帕德分析得沒錯，那么比特幣交易者在將比特幣兌換成其它商品或美元時應該按照什么方式對他們征稅呢？按照他們的角色嗎？交易者？投資者抑或是經銷商？不過有一件事非常明確，因為比特幣交易非常容易被定位，所以征稅不可避免。

????如果你是比特幣短線交易的參與者，需要頻繁買進賣出比特幣，跟那些把比特幣當作日常貨幣使用的人一樣，那么，你的全部所得將按照普通收入課稅——稅率高達39.6%。

????比特幣的一大賣點是，它的數量有限，不能無限增發。這當然有助于比特幣用戶避免通脹帶來的財富縮水。美國一項明確的政策目標即以每年2％的速度使美元穩步貶值，因此，這一年年累積起來可不是個小數目。

????但問題在于，美國國稅局會評估你相對于美元從比特幣上獲得的收益。假如你將自身財富投資于比特幣，經常用它進行交易，那么美元通漲越嚴重，你要繳的稅將越高。還有一個問題就是，記錄、同時向美國國稅局報告個人或公司頻繁進行的比特幣交易所導致的成本相當高。

????所以，如果你對比特幣作為貨幣的保值能力感興趣，那就得做好心理準備，向美國聯邦政府繳納高額費用，以享受使用比特幣的樂趣。

????比特幣內在的一大矛盾在于，它的吸引力主要是因為人們認為它獨立于政府之外。但日益清楚的一點是，一種貨幣要被廣泛使用，甚至成為穩定的價值儲存手段，它必須得到世界各國政府的認可。而短期來看，政府不大可能放棄對貨幣體系的控制權。（財富中文網）

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????If Shepard's analysis is accurate, then how bitcoin users would be taxed when they sell their bitcoins for goods or dollars would depend on whether that person is a trader, investor, or dealer. But one thing is for sure, the transaction would be taxed, as bitcoin transactions are easily traceable.

????And if you're a bitcoin user that is buying and selling the currency on a short-term basis, as one would expect from a person using bitcoin like everyday currency, any gains you realize would be taxed as ordinary income -- as high as 39.6%.

????One of the main appeals for bitcoin is the fact that it was designed so that there can only be a finite number of bitcoins created. This, of course, will help those who keep their wealth in bitcoin avoid the hidden tax of inflation. The United States has an explicit policy goal of devaluing its currency at a steady 2% per year, and that adds up to quite a bit over time.

????But here's the rub: The IRS will value the gains you make on bitcoin vis-a-vis the dollar. The more inflation in the dollar, the higher your tax bill will be if you keep your wealth invested in bitcoin and transact often using it. There's also the issue of the high cost of record-keeping and reporting to the IRS an individual or company's frequent bitcoin transactions.

????So, if you're interested in bitcoin as a currency for its ability to maintain value, you're also going to have to plan on paying a high price to the feds for the pleasure of using it.

????The great contradiction inherent in bitcoin is that so much of its appeal comes from its supposed independence from the government, but it's increasingly clear that for the currency to be widespread enough for it to be a stable store of value, it will have to have to receive the blessings of governments across the world. And those governments are unlikely to cede their control over the monetary system anytime soon.