New Tax Burdens For Selling Gold

Gigantic congressional bills, crammed with every goodie needed to buy a senator or congressman, filled with little rewards for special interest groups who help the right people, and often jammed with just plain foolishness, are the hallmark of how business has been conducted for many decades in our capitol. The massive healthcare bill passed by Democrats last winter is an excellent example of this messiness. Section 9006 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amends the Internal Revenue Code so that, beginning in January 2012, a Form 1099 will have to be filled for all purchases of gold which exceed $600. This, of course, has nothing to do with health care at all. It does have to do with collecting yet more money from Americans in income taxes: $17 Billion over the next ten years, the Joint Committee on Taxation reports.

People are increasingly turning to gold as a hedge against financial collapse. As long as people can have the real security which comes from owning something portable, convertible, and which is not subject to the whims of federal financial bureaucrats, free citizens can maintain a degree of independence from the heavy hand of government. The right to own gold is analogous to the right to own firearms. Both empower the individual citizen in a very direct and practical way.

The new tax measure could have a devastating impact upon the businesses that buy and sell gold. Pet Heller, the owner of Liberty Coin Service in Michigan, has an estimated 1,000 customers every week. These are often people looking for some security in very uncertain economic times. Because the price of gold is so high, about $1,200 an ounce, a very high percentage of sales transactions at Liberty Coin Service will involve more than $600 worth of gold. Heller figures that he will be filing between 10,000 and 20,000 tax forms each year. That, in turn, will require Liberty Coin Service to hire a couple of clerical employees just to handle this mountain of new paperwork. The impact of that, of course, will be to reduce Heller’s profit margin and to raise the price he has to charge customers for the gold he sells.

Perhaps the worst consequence of this new tax law is that huge corporations and very wealthy Americans will find this only a minor inconvenience. If a billionaire wants to buy gold, he is probably going to buy a very large amount of gold at one time. Americans in the middle class, seeking refuge from the economic problems of our nation, are more likely to save up to buy a much smaller amount, $1,000 perhaps, and then when he can afford it, buy some more gold.

Another very troubling aspect to this new tax change is that it seems directed at those who urge Americans to protect themselves by investing in gold. Glenn Beck, for example, and other outspoken critics of our slide towards socialism, are spokesmen for companies that sell gold. Congressmen Weiner of New York has openly condemned these libertarians and the gold industry as forming an “unholy alliance.” Punishing political critics with the IRS Code is, tragically but clearly, part of the whole system of power in Washington.

The last flaw in this new law is that many Americans, knowingly or often unknowingly, will not file the IRS 1099 form. Oppressive and complex laws almost always lead some citizens to move into the underground economy and others to unwittingly violate the law. Although coin dealers will surely understand the new law, it is dubious whether a citizen who has saved up thousands of dollars of gold and then needs to convert that into cash will know that he will need to file a tax form for every gold sale of over $600.

It is hard to understand just what real good this measure in a federal bill intended to improve health care will actually achieve. It is certain, however, to weaken our freedom, complicate our lives, and push some Americans into innocent violation of federal law.

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Market Hits $4 Trillion a Day as Investors Chase Profit in Growing Economies

Currency trading volume around the world has hit $4 trillion a day, fueled by investors in the wealthiest nations looking to diversify beyond their home markets in a time of economic turmoil.

The $4 trillion mark represents a 20% gain from $3.3 trillion in 2007, the last time the global foreign-exchange markets were surveyed, according to the Bank for International Settlements. While the survey found continued growth in currency trading, it did reflect a slowdown in the market’s growth from the prior survey, when trading volumes had soared 69% from $1.9 trillion in 2004.

The BIS survey, taken every three years in April, this time provides a snapshot of the currency market during the height of the European debt crisis and at a time when lightning-fast computer models have juiced trading volumes.

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