Yep. But they were talking about declaring that one of the last purchased BTC (at a much higher buying price) is the one being sold. That completely ignores FIFO (First In First Out) that I supposse is a standard on most western countries.
All my bitcoins were purchased about one month ago. I can show you records. I bought it from a guy in the corner of some street, I don't know where, and I can't find him anymore, but here it is in the block explorer. That's my very first one. The next one is a few days later. See, here. (pointing to a print out of blockchain.info or any other block explorer and the paper wallet in question.)
I bought bitcoins because I saw it on CNN and CNBC and Fox News last month.
I understand your point, and maybe in your country that would work... But let's see what would happen in Spain (and probably MANY other countries):
- You say all were purchases one month ago, Ok. With WHICH MONEY? Ok, you say cash... why did you have so many cash outside the banking system are you a criminal??? Where does it come from?
- Anyway... You couldn't have make any single purchase of BTC for cash in excess of 3.000€ (legal limit for cash purchases). But then you say... ok, one BTC at a time is under that limit... ok
But then you can't say FROM THE SAME GUY, also you can't say it was 50 purchases in a few months of one BTC each from 50 different guys, because that would be SMURFING/STRUCTURING.
And, again, where did you obtain those 50 * 2000 = 100.000€ in first place? I don't see it in your tax reports....
- Also, you mention you can show records... Ok, let's see those records... Do you have any banking receipts for the deposits to the exchanges? Oh no, it was cash.. ok ok... Well, I am sure you have signed receipts from the individuals you purchased those BTC, don't you? With enough data so that we can also raise an audit on them and check the coherence of your claims.
I could go on and on about how much the tax office has growth its power and methods of control. Maybe not in your country, and maybe you are lucky and they never notice (which doesn't mean it was risk free) but just saying that it's not that easy to avoid big trouble in the future if you don't comply from the beginning.
What if your BTC stash is worth a few millions some day... Do you think your story, without any sound proof of it, will stand?