On Aug. 25, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the sales or exchanges of digital assets, including
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To address the tax implications for taxpayers who stake cryptocurrency on a proof-of-stake blockchain and receive validation rewards, on July 21 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2023-14
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On Aug. 15, 2022, a federal court in the Central District of California authorized the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a John Doe summons on OX Labs Inc. d/b/a
Continue Reading IRS Targets Customers of Cryptocurrency Prime Dealer SFOX in Latest John Doe Summons
The Washington state Department of Revenue (WDOR) in July 2022 published detailed guidance on the sales tax consequences of non-fungible token (NFT) sales, the first such guidance in the
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Tax Practice Shareholder Pallav Raghuvanshi is quoted in an April 29 Thomson Reuters Checkpoint article titled “The Long Read: Catching Up With Crypto.”
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On Feb. 15, 2022, the IRS announced revisions to Form 14457, the Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application. The longstanding Voluntary Disclosure Practice is a way for taxpayers who
Continue Reading IRS Announces Revisions to the Application Form for Voluntary Disclosures with New Provisions for Cryptocurrency, Employment Tax, and Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
The U.S. Senate passed its infrastructure bill (the “Bill”) that includes additional cryptocurrency reporting requirements, which are expected to generate $28 billion in revenue. The Bill currently does not provide
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The IRS has published guidance stating that pre-2018 swaps among Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin are not eligible for 1031 tax-free exchange treatment. This means that investors who made swaps among
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On May 20, 2021, the Treasury Department released a report that proposes new reporting requirements for transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions. Under the proposed plan, financial institutions, payment settlement entities, and
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Recent John Doe summonses show the IRS is expanding its use of those summonses to aggressively investigate potential tax evasion. Within the past week, the IRS has received authorization to
Continue Reading The IRS Continues Aggressive Use of John Doe Summonses to Investigate Tax Evasion Related to Use of Cryptocurrency, Offshore Service Providers