Digital assets: Creation and accounting records

Abstract

The Law on Digital Assets (here in after' the Law) entered into force at the end of 2020, but due to a six-month postponement its implementation started on 31.06.2021. In the meantime, the National Bank of Serbia and the Securities Commission (as the two main regulatory authorities established by the Law) have adopted 19 secondary legislation acts in the form of decisions and bylaws. With reference to that, the Ministry of Finance adopted amendments to the Law on Corporate Income Tax and Law on Individual Income Tax regarding taxation of digital assets transactions. In addition to regulation of the legal framework and taxation, this issue also requires regulation of the accounting method, i.e. recognition and measurement of digital assets - which is the topic of this paper.