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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Give Unto Caesar – Crypto?

On June 25, 2024, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced H.R. 8822 (the “Bill”), which would add Section 6316A to the Code, allowing individuals to pay their federal income tax using Bitcoin. According to Gaetz, “enabling...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS Confirms That Staking Rewards Are Part of Gross Income

On July 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which provides that cryptocurrency stakers should include the value of the rewards they earn from staking in their gross income....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

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The Biden Administration Proposes Changes to the Taxation of Cryptocurrency Transactions

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On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed certain very limited changes to the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions. The proposals do not change the current treatment of cryptocurrency as property for federal...more

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Crypto Mining and Retirement Accounts

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Crypto Mining and Retirement Accounts - Crypto mining has been extremely profitable over the last few years, with Bitcoin miners making an estimated $15 billion of revenue and several mining companies going public in 2021....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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The Taxation of Stablecoins

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Over the past few years, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have received the lion’s share of attention from crypto enthusiasts and investors, sending the price of these coins to new highs. The price of...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

Subprime Market Redux: Will Leverage Be Crypto’s Downfall?

I Predicted the Subprime Lending Bubble’s Collapse. The Signs Are The Same For Crypto. When I predicted the bursting of the housing market’s subprime lending bubble in 2006, a lot of people called me crazy....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

Gray Reed

Taxpayer Guidelines for Cryptocurrency in 2021

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Cryptocurrency is more accessible than ever before. Banks are continuing to both implement procedures for and, in some cases, develop their own cryptocurrencies. Paypal allows users in the U.S. to buy, sell and hold select...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

So much of Virtual Currency is still subject to Interpretation

On February 12,2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Report  on Virtual Currencies which discusses whether Taxpayers  who use Virtual Currency (VC) are fully meeting their tax obligations.  ...more

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BitBlog Bi-Weekly Update - February 2020

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Many crypto entrepreneurs are seeking to build decentralized networks in which a token serves as a means of exchange on, or provides access to a function of the network.  In the course of building out the network, they need...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Virtual Currency

On Oct. 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 concerning the tax consequences of virtual currency hard forks, as well as FAQs on the taxation of virtual currency generally. This...more

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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

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Stick a Fork in It? IRS Issues Updated Guidance on the Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Forks and Provides Answers to a List of...

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Five years or so years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) provided its first, and until this week, only formal advice on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in Notice 2014-21. This guidance, while helpful in...more

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IRS Issues Sends Letters to Over 10,000 Taxpayers with Cryptocurrency Transactions Without Providing Anticipated Guidance

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On July 26, 2019, the IRS announced that it was in the process of sending letters to over 10,000 taxpayers with a history of cryptocurrency transactions by the end of August, noting that the letters were sent to taxpayers...more

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Maltcoin - Using Malta Pension Plans to Manage Bitcoin and Crypto Currency Investments

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the IRS sent letters to over ten thousand taxpayers who own cryptocurrency for failing to declare income from trading cryptocurrencies. Basically, the IRS said, “We know who you...more

Burr & Forman

IRS Sends Out 10,000 Crypto-Currency Tax Letters

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The IRS this week announced that it is the process of sending out 10,000 letters during the next month, reminding taxpayers with crypto-currency accounts about their tax obligations arising from such transactions....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Tax Time and Virtual Currency

Virtual Currency (VC) investors continue to have accounting challenges at tax time. They are seeking to better understand and comply with their U.S. tax regulatory obligations when using VC. ...more

BakerHostetler

Satisfying Tax and Other Liabilities With Cryptocurrency

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Ohio appears to be the first state that will accept bitcoin as payment for tax bills. Other states, such as Arizona, Georgia and Illinois, have considered allowing bitcoin tax payments, but the bills have not passed the...more

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2018 is almost over and still no guidance from IRS on the treatment of Virtual Currency

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On September 19, 2018, the House Ways and Means Committee wrote a letter to the IRS urging the IRS to “issue updated guidance, providing additional clarity for Taxpayers seeking to better understand and comply with their tax...more

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¿Vale la pena el riesgo de la Moneda Virtual?

Hemos leído que la Moneda Virtual (MV) es un "activo especulativo" que, en determinadas circunstancias, puede utilizarse para pagar bienes o servicios o ser retenido para inversiones; y que su intercambio o uso de intercambio...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Is Virtual Currency worth the Risk?

We have read that Virtual Currency (VC) is a “speculative asset” that under certain circumstances may be used to pay for goods or services or be held for investment; and that its sale, exchange or use has tax consequences...more

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