1st govt office begins accepting Bitcoin

[Matt Collins]

This is actually the tax collector in my home county:

If cash, check or credit card seems too old-fashioned, Seminole County, Florida Tax Collector Joel Greenberg said this week his office will begin accepting bitcoin as payment for new IDs, license plates and property taxes starting next month.


Greenberg said accepting bitcoin and bitcoin cash as a payment method will promote transparency and accuracy in payment.


“There’s no risk to the taxpayer,” said Greenberg, who has often raised eyebrows since his 2016 election by moves including encouraging certain employees with concealed-weapons permits to carry a firearm openly as a security measure. “Blockchain technology is the future of the whole financial industry.”


Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies like it, aren’t issued by the government or regulated by a bank and exist solely online. Detractors of the digital currency say its volatility makes it risky.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...514-story.html

[phill4paul]

Revenooers. Tax ticks of the worst order.