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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Updated FinCEN FAQs Provide Three Important Clarifications on Reporting Obligations Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) went into effect earlier this year, although many uncertainties about the CTA's application still remain. To help remedy those uncertainties, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

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Through the Looking Glass: US Internal Revenue Service Finalizes Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Regulations

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In August 2023, the US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) proposed regulations to fulfill the Congressional mandate to require US tax reporting of digital asset transactions by brokers and other intermediaries. After evaluating...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Don’t Forget to File (Accurately): 2024 Brings Heightened IRS and DOJ Focus on Non-Filers and Digital Assets

The IRS has increased funding for collection and enforcement, with a stated focus on high income non-filers and digital assets (among other areas). The DOJ has also emphasized a focus on digital assets, and the Department...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IRS Says Crypto Protocol Changes Are Not Taxable

On April 21, 2023, the IRS released Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 202316008 (the “CCA”), which provides that cryptocurrency protocol changes are not treated as realization events and do not give rise to gross income for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Back to the Future ... Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

The cryptocurrency industry may be breathing a sigh of relief following the release of recent IRS guidance on cryptocurrency tax reporting, which effectively postpones the January 1, 2023 effective date of the digital asset...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Warning to All U.S. Taxpayers Who Use Cryptocurrency: “Crypto” Doesn’t Mean Your Currency is Secret — or Protected — from the IRS

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On August 15, 2022, the federal court in the Central District of California authorized the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer headquartered in California. A John Doe summons is a device...more

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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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Crypto Reporting Requirements Aim to Address Tax Gap

As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control its use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax...more

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Cryptocurrency Stakeholders Should Prepare for Increased Tax Enforcement

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As we recently noted in our OnPoint dated October 20, 2021, the rise in interest from retail and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market has attracted increased regulatory and enforcement attention in the past...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The IRS Is Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting

If you’ve engaged in cryptocurrency or other virtual currency transactions worth $20,000 in any one year between 2016 and 2020, the IRS wants to hear from you. The IRS believes thousands of taxpayers are not telling the...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Cryptocurrency Tax Update

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The IRS continues its campaign against cryptocurrency investors and traders who evade income taxes on currency gains. As we wrote in 2016, the IRS was successful in compelling Coinbase, a large digital currency exchange, to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Stake your claim: Taxpayers claim the creation of cryptocurrency is akin to baking a cake and non-taxable

In a US District Court complaint filed May 26, 2021, a married couple is seeking a refund of taxes they paid on cryptocurrency tokens the husband created, asserting that current law does not permit the treatment of created...more

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IRS Releases Additional Tax Guidance on the Transition from Interbank Offered Rates

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On October 12, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2020-44 (the Revenue Procedure) providing additional guidance related to the transition from an interbank offered rate (IBOR) to another replacement...more

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IRS Advises that Virtual Currency Received in Exchange for Microtasking is Subject to Ordinary Income Tax and Self-Employment Tax

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As discussed in previous blog entries , the IRS has been engaged in an ongoing campaign intended to address noncompliance related to the use of crypto currencies, including a virtual currency compliance campaign spearheaded...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Bitcoin, the IRS, and the Love that was Lost

We have all heard the stories. Romeo and Juliet, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and my personal favorite, Illsa Lund and Rick Blaine. Everyone loves a great love story.  A developing romance leading to an emotionally pleasing and...more

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IRS Issues New Guidance for Virtual Currency Donations

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) quietly added two new questions and answers regarding virtual currency donations to its answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency Transactions (FAQs) on December 26,...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS issues FATCA Relief but not for All

On September 6, 2019, IRS announced Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens.  These are procedures for certain persons who have relinquished, or intend to relinquish, their United States  citizenship, who wish to come...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup December 23 – 27, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 23 – 27, 2019. December 20, 2019: The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup December 9 – 13, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 9 – 13, 2019. December 10, 2019: The IRS issued a notice providing that the requirement...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS CI Highlights International Efforts to Tackle Cryptocurrency Abuse, Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

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ABA Tax Fraud Panel to Discuss IRS CI and Crypto Criminals - The Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) has made it clear that it is focusing on the abuse of digital currencies to further tax evasion,...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Taxpayers, have you sold, received, exchanged or acquired Virtual Currency?

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During the month of October 2019, IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24,  FAQ’s on Virtual Currency Transactions and a DRAFT Form of Schedule 1,  which, for the first time presents the question:  “At any time during 2019, did you...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Developments in Cryptocurrency in 2018

• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff made official statements regarding when a token may or may no longer be a security • The SEC continued to bring actions related to cryptocurrency offerings against...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The “J5” is on to Cryptocurrencies

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued a “call to action” for countries to do more to tackle enablers of tax crimes. The result of this “call to action” was the establishment of an...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

No relief in sight for US Expatriates worldwide as Duplicative Reporting Requirements Continue to Burden US Expatriate Taxpayers

The National Taxpayer Advocate Report for 2017 (Purple Book) is a summary of legislative recommendations that the Office of Taxpayer Advocate (OTA) believes will strengthen taxpayers rights and improve tax administration. ...more

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Many are now looking for IRS Guidance on Virtual Currency

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Due to its unprecedented level of value appreciation, Bitcoin investors, consumers and businesses are looking for IRS Guidance. IRS recognizes that “virtual currency” may be used to pay for goods or services, or be held for...more

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