Coinbase is getting in on the government blockchain analytics game. The behemoth cryptocurrency exchange has initiated procurement deals with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for aRead More…
It is no secret that the United States Internal Revenue Service is working to cope with the unique challenges of taxing cryptocurrencies. In the first of a series of panels today, MarchRead More…
With the 2019 tax season upon us, the IRS is leaving nothing off the table. Cryptocurrency holders are looking for ways to avoid reporting failures on their returns, and the agency hasRead More…
Eight members of the United States (U.S.) Congress sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to provide additional clarity on cryptocurrency tax laws. A letter dated Dec.Read More…
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may consider subpoenaing major tech companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft in search of taxpayers’ unreported cryptocurrency holdings. That’s according to a slide deck presentation fromRead More…
It is easy to think of the most prominent blockchain advocates as a united front, whose ranks are tightly closed in the face of the common enemy — a horde of fierceRead More…
Cryptocurrency investors may soon have more clarity on how the IRS will tax their holdings now that the agency has said it is making that a priority. The latest IRS acknowledgment ofRead More…
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is working on its first tax guidance for cryptocurrency since 2014, the agency’s commissioner told a lawmaker Monday. In a reply to Rep. Tom Emmer’s request for furtherRead More…
From America to the United Kingdom and from Russia to Australia, cryptocurrency taxation in major bitcoin strongholds is complicated. Contradictory or non-existent laws, excessive red tape, and maddeningly vague guidelines have conspiredRead More…
It’s tax season, so sharpen your pencils for the annual ritual of labyrinthian-maze running through the IRS’s nearly 1,000 forms. “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” saidRead More…