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澳大利亚政府在线商业信息门户网站business.gov.au日前发布了“比特币业务指引”页面，以告知经营者相关的税收义务和其他监管义务。

网站不仅介绍了比特币是什么以及它是如何工作的，还特别介绍了接受比特币、税收影响、风险、以及使用数字货币支付员工工资等情况。

诸如“数字货币和加密货币是什么”、“怎样在我的业务中使用比特币”、“我应该接受比特币支付吗”这样的标题附有更详细的信息链接，这些页面为比特币新人专门设立。

在结尾部分，“畅谈澳大利亚数字货币的未来”，门户网站邀请企业主对此话题留下反馈意见

地址：http://www.business.gov.au/news-and-updates/News-and-features/Pages/bitcoin-for-businesses.aspx
附：税收准则草案

Draft tax guidelines
It follows the recent release of formal draft tax guidelines on bitcoin-related business obligations from the country’s revenue collection agency, the Australian Tax Office, which received a somewhat mixed response from the local bitcoin community.

For future tax purposes, Australians transacting in bitcoin will need to keep records on the date of the transaction and party being transacted with (a bitcoin address is adequate), the Australian dollar (AUD) value of the transaction according to reputable exchanges at the time, and a note of what the transaction was for.

Of particular interest was the non-definition of bitcoin as a form of money or ‘financial supply’ which raised concerns that bitcoins could be double-taxed under Australia’s Goods and Services Tax (GST), or that including the 10% sales tax on Australian-sold bitcoins would drive business away from local exchanges to those hosted overseas.

Employers paying salaries in bitcoin are still obligated to deduct pay-as-you-go income tax and superannuation (retirement fund) amounts in AUD.
摘自：BTCBBS (http://www.btcbbs.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=19458)

澳洲商务部网站，教企业接受比特币支付，这个太牛了，中国的商务部什么时候也表示一下啊!

够开放的，才能引领创新，应用新科技！