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<title>{{ _("GNU Taler") }} - {{ _("Governments") }}</title>
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{% include "common/navigation.j2.inc" %}
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<h1>{{ _("Advantages for governments") }}</h1>
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<h2>{{ _("Taxable") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Taler is an electronic payment system that was built with the goal of supporting taxation.
With Taler, the receiver of any form of payment is known, and the payment information comes
attached with some details about what the payment was made for (but not the identity of the customer). Thus, governments can use this
data to tax buisnesses and individuals based on their income, making tax evasion and
black markets less viable.") }}</p>
<p>{{ _("Thus, while one of the key goals of Taler is to provide anonymity for
citizens spending digital cash to buy goods and services, we also ensure that the state can
observe incoming transactions to ensure businesses engage only in
legal activities, and do not evade taxes (such as income tax,
sales tax or value-added tax). However, this observational capability does not
extend to the immediate personal domain. In particular, sharing access to funds
within a family or copying coins between multiple devices is not subject to
monitoring.") }}</p>
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<h2>{{ _("Secure") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Taler's payments are cryptographically secured. Thus, customers, merchants and
the exchange can mathematically demonstrate their lawful behavior in court in case
of disputes. Financial damages are strictly limited, improving economic security
for individuals, merchants, the exchange and the state. Most importantly, an
independent auditor can ensure that there is no "bad exchange"
within the Taler system who might threaten the economy due to fraud.") }}</p>
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<h2>{{ _("Libre") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Taler is free software implementing an open protocol standard. Thus, Taler will
enable competition and avoid the monopolization of payment systems that threatens
global political and financial stability today.") }}</p>
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<h2>{{ _("Efficient") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Taler is designed to be efficient. Unlike timeline-based payment systems like
BitCoin, Taler will not threaten the availability of national electric grids or
(significantly) contribute to environmental pollution.") }}</p>
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<h2 id="overview">{{ _("Taler as seen by governments") }}</h2>
<p>{{ _("Governments can observe traditional wire
transfers entering and leaving the Taler system, and
require merchants and exchange operators to provide certain
information during financial audits. Exchange operators
are expected to be permanently checked by auditors,
while merchants may be required to reveal information
during regular tax audits.
Information available to the government includes:
") }}</p>
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<li>{{ _("From the banking system:
The total amount of digital currency
obtained by a customer. The government could impose
limits on how many digital coins a customer may
withdraw within a given timeframe.") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("From the banking system:
The total amount of income received
by any merchant via the Taler system.") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("From auditing the exchange:
The amounts of digital coins legitimately withdrawn by
customers from the exchange, the value of non-redeemed digital coins
in customer's wallets, the value and corresponding wire details
of deposit operations performed by merchants with the exchange, and
the income of the exchange from transaction fees.") }}</li>
<li>{{ _("From auditing merchants:
For each deposit operation, the exact details of the
underlying contract that was signed between
customer and merchant. However, this information would
typically not include the identity of the customer.
Note that while the customer can decide to prove that it was his
transaction (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the
merchant failed to deliver on the contract),
merchant, exchange and government cannot find out the customer's
identity from the information that Taler collects.") }}</li>
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