[5-1-2014]- LiveMint: Are bitcoins currency or asset?

[BTCIndia]

http://www.livemint.com/Money/3qcKrBcAMIisahVOyOygYK/Are-bitcoins-currency-or-asset.html

[Benson Samuel]

http://www.livemint.com/Money/3qcKrBcAMIisahVOyOygYK/Are-bitcoins-currency-or-asset.html

Sriram Govind and Samira Varanasi are lawyers with the international tax practice and members of the bitcoin practice group at Nishith Desai Associates.

Nice to see a contribution from NDA.

[thenoblebot]

So we should treat it as an (intangible) asset it seems.

[atc1]

So we should treat it as an (intangible) asset it seems.

Yeah,but taxing it is still a long away away.