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Marcel R. Jung
The purpose of the extraordinary General Meeting of the Swiss Branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) on 8 February 2018 in Basel was to concretise the tax law provisions and to put up for discussion appropriate fundamentals for the tax treatment of ITO and to set the first courses for the Swiss tax practice.
In this Memorandum I have explained and analysed the considerations on the tax treatment of Initial Token Offerings (ITO) presented by representatives of Swiss tax administrations within a refined overall framework. ITO and Tokens demonstrate the tax challenges of the digital economy for the tax practice and the legislator.
- General Meeting of the IFA Swiss Branch on 8 February 2018
- Three levels: Issuer, Investors and Employees
- Legal analysis of the legal relationship as starting point
- Analyse of the tax risks of the issuer
- Tax treatment of ITO and Tokens
5.1 Participation Rights Token: Right to a proportion of the EBIT
5.2 Participation Rights Token: Right to a proportion of the licence revenue
5.3 Utility Token: Right to an activity of the issuer - Tax Rulings
- Conclusion and outlook
Download this Memorandum as a pdf.
