<p>I recommend using the services of a user on <a href="http://www.localbitcoins.com" rel="noreferrer">LocalBitcoins</a> with a high rating and high number of transactions completed.</p>

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2012-11-24T05:11:36.703Z
2012-11-24T05:11:36.703Z
Colin Dean
<p>You don't. In some cases, you may have to pay capital gains tax on that, which I think is running around 14%, but it depends on a few factors that only your CPA can answer. Well, you might be able to go unnoticed if you meet a guy in a cafe and he hands you cash, which is where localbitcoin type places on the web can hook you up.</p>

<p>Another route is to find a service that can get you Amazon and Walmart gift cards. See, with Walmart in the USA, you can even use the gift card at some select locations where they have a "Murphy's" out front in order to get fuel, and you already know some Walmart locations have grocery stores inside. So, if your major daily expenses in life are rent/mortgage, major purchases (requiring a loan, like a car/SUV/truck), groceries, fuel, and "stuff", then between Walmart and Amazon you can handle all that except the rent/mortgage and major purchases.</p>

<p>There are services to give anonymous ATM VISA cards like <a href="http://xmlgold.eu/" rel="nofollow">XMLGold.eu</a>, but the IRS probably won't like that. Still, after I emailed and asked just because I was curious, XMLGold will definitely stick one in the mail or FedEx if you want, and even ship to the USA. Legal compliance, they realize, is your own deal.</p>

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2013-04-10T19:25:51.010Z
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Volomike
<p>For someone in the USA what is the easiest way to convert bitcoins to usd while incurring minimal fees. I've heard of using mtgox with dwolla, or mtgox with internation wire transfer. But it strikes me as tedious to use dwolla. Why isn't there something like direct deposit, simple and fast?</p>

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2013-04-10T00:34:53.120Z
The reason it's hard is because money services businesses have a number of laws to comply with.  Bitcoin is new, and that makes many of the money processors worried about how their operations will be impacted.  A simple one stop shop in the US will be very expensive to implement in the US because of state fees, SEC & related entity (SIPC) fees and required minimum capital.  Leveraging existing relationships keeps your fees low and distributes risk.
makerofthings7
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2012-09-02T23:20:45.740Z
You can ask someone who owns Bitcoins near you to sell them to you directly;).
ThePiachu
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Easiest way to convert bitcoins to usd
user782220
# Easiest way to convert bitcoins to usd

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-02)

For someone in the USA what is the easiest way to convert bitcoins to usd while incurring minimal fees. I've heard of using mtgox with dwolla, or mtgox with internation wire transfer. But it strikes me as tedious to use dwolla. Why isn't there something like direct deposit, simple and fast?

**Tags:** exchanges, mtgox, sell-bitcoins

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: You can ask someone who owns Bitcoins near you to sell them to you directly;).  
> **username_1**: The reason it's hard is because money services businesses have a number of laws to comply with.  Bitcoin is new, and that makes many of the money processors worried about how their operations will be impacted.  A simple one stop shop in the US will be very expensive to implement in the US because of state fees, SEC & related entity (SIPC) fees and required minimum capital.  Leveraging existing relationships keeps your fees low and distributes risk.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2012-11-24. Score: 5

I recommend using the services of a user on [LocalBitcoins](http://www.localbitcoins.com) with a high rating and high number of transactions completed.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-04-10. Score: 0

You don't. In some cases, you may have to pay capital gains tax on that, which I think is running around 14%, but it depends on a few factors that only your CPA can answer. Well, you might be able to go unnoticed if you meet a guy in a cafe and he hands you cash, which is where localbitcoin type places on the web can hook you up.

Another route is to find a service that can get you Amazon and Walmart gift cards. See, with Walmart in the USA, you can even use the gift card at some select locations where they have a "Murphy's" out front in order to get fuel, and you already know some Walmart locations have grocery stores inside. So, if your major daily expenses in life are rent/mortgage, major purchases (requiring a loan, like a car/SUV/truck), groceries, fuel, and "stuff", then between Walmart and Amazon you can handle all that except the rent/mortgage and major purchases.

There are services to give anonymous ATM VISA cards like [XMLGold.eu](http://xmlgold.eu/), but the IRS probably won't like that. Still, after I emailed and asked just because I was curious, XMLGold will definitely stick one in the mail or FedEx if you want, and even ship to the USA. Legal compliance, they realize, is your own deal.


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