Questions tagged [currency]
For questions directly relating to currency, its use and legalities - not just when currency is involved
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In Germany, is there a reward for reporting possible tax fraudsters or money launderers to the authorities?
I could well be wrong and I don't want to go into specifics here, but...
Let's assume I know of a business that in reality generates a few hundred thousand euros in revenue and yet shows a P+L with ...
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What are the relevant U.S. laws that cover businesses that disburse cash?
I'm interested in starting a business that sends customers rolls of quarters (and maybe at most 1-2 per week at most), e.g. for paying for laundry washing and drying machines. I'd like to be able to ...
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Is exchanging Indian currency at premium legal?
Is exchanging/selling Indian currency notes, like the ones which have special sequences numbers or are extra old (antique), at premium legally allowed?
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Is defacing currency such as coins illegal?
So on reddit today I saw this quarter that was artistically carved and made into a necklace/medallion. I've also seen people that create rings out of quarters and not to mention those penny-pressing ...
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Is a school legally required to accept pennies as payment?
At my public high school in Florida, Seniors are required to pay for parking in the Senior parking lot.
There is a student who doesn't like that he has to pay, so in order to spite them he went to ...
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Images of real coins used as "rewards" in games
There are some educational math "games" for androids targeted at pre-highschool students.
Since their goal is to make learning fun, they some times include rewards which are visually ...
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Bitcoin service regulations
Most governments don't consider Bitcoin to be currency, so it's somewhat of a legal gray zone regarding regulation. I know most exchanges must follow KYC/AML systems because they trade with fiat too, ...
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Is it legal to earn money via selling online currency (videogame)?
(Europe/Netherlands)
Let's say I'm a World of Warcraft or Runescape player, in these games there are certain prices for gold, for example a X amount of ingame Runescape money might be worth a Y ...
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Which country's laws apply to a gambling website?
I´m thinking of starting a Gambling site based on Steam Skins currency. This would transfer to virtual currency and the skins deposited to private profiles. The problem here is that I wonder if I´m ...
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Would currency from another dimension be considered counterfeit? [closed]
This is, of course, entirely hypothetical. We are assuming that the currency is otherwise identical to the currency of the country in question. While I am open to the legal implications for the ...
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Does Paypal have the authority to charge for currency conversion?
Paypal charges somewhere around 4% to convert US dollars to Aussie dollars when they pay me. What is this fee for? All conversions are computerised now. I have written them and they don't respond. To ...
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Borrowing from a relative or friend without documentary evidence — is it money laundering?
Suppose a person borrows money from a relative or friend, say, 10 million USD, without documentary evidence — the transaction is purely based on trust and cultural norms.
If the borrower invests the ...
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