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When used in combination with or when designed to work in combination with national or multinational fiat currencies they can be referred to as Complementary Currency . If the use of an alternative currency is limited to a certain region, it is called a Local Currency .

Often there are issues related to paying Tax . Some alternative currencies are considered tax-exempt, but most of them are fully taxed as if they were national currency, with the caveat that the tax must be paid in the national currency. The legality and tax-status of alternative currencies varies widely from country to country; some systems in use in some countries would be illegal in others.


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  • T.H. Greco. "Money: understanding and creating alternatives to legal tender". White River Junction, Vt: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2001.

  • M. Raddon. "Community and money : men and women making change". Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2003.

  • Bernard Lietaer. "The Future of Money". Random House: published January 2001.