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A few months ago, the U.S. Treasury Department put out its long-awaited proposed rule for enforcing broker reporting standards on cryptocurrency entities. The proposal suggested capturing hosted wallet providers, payment processors, some decentralized finance (DeFi) entities and others as "brokers," meaning these groups would be subject to specific crypto tax
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United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said it will share the data of 42,000 users with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in compliance with a court order. The information will be sent to the IRS in early November. On its support page, Kraken specifies that the summons to produce “a wide
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will share selected user information with the IRS starting from the next month. According to The Block, the decision comes after it was ordered by a court order received in June. “Kraken expects to share this information covered by the court’s order in early November 2023.” The Block The IRS and
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The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended the commentaries period for crypto tax reporting rules proposed in August 2023. The public consultation will last until Nov. 13. The “Gross Proceeds and Basis Reporting by Brokers and Determination of Amount Realized and Basis for Digital Asset Transactions” were made public
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For two years, the cryptocurrency world has been waiting to see how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would implement the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Put simply, this law established new reporting requirements that risked setting a de facto ban on cryptocurrency mining and exposing millions of Americans to new
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Coinbase crypto exchange chief legal officer Paul Grewal called on the crypto community to join the movement against the United States Treasury’s proposed tax reporting regulations on cryptocurrencies. Grewal urged the community to oppose the proposed regulations, as they could set a dangerous precedent for surveillance.Grewal took to X (formerly
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Coinbase’s tax leader has requested the IRS to reconsider its proposed cryptocurrency tax guidelines. Coinbase, one of the prominent digital asset platforms, has openly objected to the U.S. Treasury Department’s new propositions on digital asset transaction reporting by brokers. The company’s chief concerns center around potential invasions of user privacy and
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Aside from Coinbase has raised concerns about the potential adverse impact of the proposed law across various sectors within the digital asset ecosystem. The recent proposal from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding crypto tax regulations has drawn strong criticism from Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States.
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In August, the Treasury Department published its nearly 300-page proposed rule, meant to finally comply with the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It sets out reporting obligations for centralized crypto exchanges, payment processors, some hosted wallet providers, some decentralized exchanges and people or entities that redeem crypto tokens. Original Source
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Seven members of the United States Senate have called on the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to advance a rule imposing certain tax reporting requirements for crypto brokers “as swiftly as possible”.In an Oct. 10 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, a group
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