The growth of the Internet, coupled with periodic economic downturns, has spurred continual growth in the barter industry — with tax consequences that are often overlooked by taxpayers engaging in ...

Economics may have evolved since ancient times when bartering was the only way to pay for goods and services, but some companies still see the value of exchanging goods and services with other ...

Are you considering accepting cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Litecoin) from your customers as payment in lieu of traditional government-issued currency? If so, you are not alone. Numerous businesses ...

Before the notion of buying and selling, there was the concept of bartering. With so much financial uncertainty looming over the country for the past decade, many businesses have turned again to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Birch is a London-based advisor on digital financial services. You will probably remember that in your Economics 101 class ...

Companies of all sizes engage in barter. When large corporations do this, the transaction is most often referred to as a swap. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, recognizes barter as a ...

We have allowed powerful companies to enter our homes and lives to extract personal assets worth billions of dollars without paying us one cent for taking them. These assets are so valuable that the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“Trade Dollars used in modern trade and barter transactions among businesses participating in barter exchanges are a legal and robust form of commerce in America," ...