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TIGTA Reports: Virtual Currency Tax Compliance Enforcement Can Be Improved

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The number of virtual currency types has added to this problem. According to TIGTA, the number of virtual currencies has grown significantly since April 2020, from 5,000 to over 26,000 (420 percent) as of July 2023. The two...more

BakerHostetler

No Further Warnings - Prosecutors Bring First Pure Legal Digital Asset Tax Indictment; More Criminal Cases to Come

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After years of explicitly warning taxpayers that failing to report or underreporting income from transactions involving digital assets would lead to criminal charges, federal prosecutors are now beginning to follow through on...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Activos Digitales 2023 Formulario 1040

El 01/22/24, el IRS le recordó a los contribuyentes que deben responder nuevamente a la pregunta sobre activos digitales 2023 en los formularios 1040 y 1040-SR y reportar todos los ingresos relacionados con activos digitales...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Digital Assets 2023 Form 1040

On 1/22/24, the IRS reminded taxpayers that they must again answer the digital asset 2023 question on Forms 1040 and 1040-SR and report all digital asset related income when they file their 2023 federal income tax return, as...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - September 2023

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Proposed Regulations Would Impose New Reporting Requirements on Transactions Involving Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets

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In response to a provision in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued proposed regulations that would impose new tax reporting...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Treasury and IRS Release Proposed Regulations Regarding Reporting Requirements for Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Transactions

On August 25, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations regarding information reporting, determination of amount realized and basis, and backup...more

ASKramer Law

Tax Return Reporting of Cryptocurrency

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You need to consider how you’ll report digital asset transactions on your 2022 tax returns. Tax reporting requirements for digital assets have changed yearly since 2019, when the IRS first added a question about crypto to IRS...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Tax Losses Realized During the Crypto Winter

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Debacle- Understanding the etymology of a word often enables us to better understand or appreciate its use in contemporary speech. For example, the word “crypto” is derived from the Greek word “krypto,” which describes...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins: How to Stay Safe in 'Wild West' of Crypto

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Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention of Bitcoin in 2009 opened the door to rethinking the way value can be transferred and stored. However, crypto markets have long been considered by most analysts and attorneys as the “Wild West” of...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Digital Assets 2022 US Tax Form Instructions

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In an early release (10/17/18) of Draft IRS Tax Forms 1040 and 1040-SR Instructions, the IRS has provided U.S. Taxpayers digital assets holders a bit more clarity about how to report digital assets on their 1040 income tax...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Global Developments in the Taxation and Reporting of Digital Assets

Just 10 years ago, only your millennial, techie cousin had ever heard of, let alone purchased, any cryptocurrency. Fast forward to 2021, and the volume of cryptocurrency transactions has grown to $15.8 trillion....more

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Crypto and NFT Firms Make Announcements; Treasury Interprets Crypto Reports; Crypto Enforcement Actions by CFTC, SEC, IRS, DOJ and...

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Exchange Reaches Agreement to Sell Assets; New Crypto Products Launch - In a press release this week, Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency exchange that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced that it selected the...more

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The Tax Man Isn't Leaving: The IRS Continues to Issue John Doe Summonses Relating to Virtual Currency Transactions

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Key Takeaways - ..A court approved the issuance of a John Doe summons by the IRS to a bank aimed at identifying individuals who are potentially avoiding their income tax obligations relating to cryptocurrency...more

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IRS Continues to Hunt for Cryptocurrency Investors with John Doe Summonses

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The IRS knows it has a problem, in that it knows there are far more cryptocurrency transactions than are being reported on tax returns. The IRS may also get an $80 billion increase in funding for enforcement that will help...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

States Turning Eyes to Taxation of Cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

As the IRS ponders its approach to taxing cryptocurrency and NFTs, states are increasingly imposing taxes on some digital asset transactions, including the use of cryptocurrencies...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Crypto Trading Safe Harbor – We’re On Our Own

The District of Columbia Bar Tax Legislative and Regulatory Update Conference, a two-day conference on tax legislative and regulatory developments, included a one-and-a-half hour panel on taxation of cryptocurrencies and...more

Miller Nash LLP

Today In Tax: Uncertainties Surrounding Cryptocurrencies, Mining, NFTs, and More

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While the number of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets continue to grow, the IRS’s published guidance is inadequate in addressing how to tax these new digital assets and transactions involving them....more

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Congress and the IRS Make Moves to Improve Taxpayer Compliance for Cryptocurrency Transactions

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, testifying before Congress in April 2021, estimated the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected in the United States to be close to $1 trillion....more

Dechert LLP

U.S. Treasury Signals that Cryptocurrency Miners & Stakers Will Not Be Subject to Broker Information Reporting Tax Requirements

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On February 11, 2022, in a letter addressed to certain U.S. Senators, the U.S. Department of the Treasury indicated that cryptocurrency miners, cryptocurrency stakers or related hardware or software providers would not be...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Legal Report: December 2021

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Senate Holds Hearing on Stablecoins - The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on stablecoins on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, featuring testimony from a cross section of law,...more

Freeman Law

New Tax Reporting Requirements for Cryptocurrencies and Other Digital Assets in Senate Infrastructure Bill

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On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after months of negotiations. Tucked away within the sweeping legislation are measures that would extend Form 1099-B and cost basis reporting...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Debunking Five Myths About Cryptocurrency

A surge in cryptocurrency prices this year created many crypto paper millionaires and brought millions into the game. But the digital currency market is a rollercoaster ride. As a result, many of those fortunes have already...more

Cole Schotz

Cryptocurrencies And The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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As previously discussed, there are quite a few regulatory schemes surrounding Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies. In addition to the FinCen Rulings, each State has its own regulations. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Infrastructure Bill Provision Expands Cryptocurrency Reporting Requirements

On August 1, 2021, the US Senate unveiled the draft text of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bill), a highly anticipated $1 trillion infrastructure package negotiated by the White House and a bipartisan group of...more

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