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Gains from crypto savings use toward mortgage deposit

Why is legal returns on the above not allowed to be used toward a mortgage deposit.  Is there any lender that allows this.??

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  • ACG
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    Who is refusing it? 
    It is not something I have come across but I would not expect it to be a deal breaker but I can understand why some lenders may not like it. 
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  • Browntoa
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    Im assuming that they are not happy about the audit trail for the deposit . Money laundering regulations
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  • MWT
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    I'd hope there would be a way to use it, especially if this is a straight-forward situation such as a purchase of BTC for example, held for a period of time, then sold at a profit with the profit included in the annual CGT calculation.
    Gets a bit more complex if this is the proceeds of mining though.


  • Thrugelmir
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    Can you evidence both the purchase and the sale with a full audit trail? 
  • secla
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    id assume as its used for quite alot of illegal activitys
    If you can prove the purchase and sale of it I would have thought theres lenders that would accept it
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