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In 2019, Joshua Jarrett paid income tax on 8,876 Tezos tokens he earned through staking. In 2020, Jarret asked the IRS to return the taxes he paid, arguing that the tokens were not income, but rather “created property.” The IRS currently treats digital assets as property for tax purposes, but
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A Nashville couple’s lawsuit over taxes they paid on unclaimed and unsold Tezos staking rewards is coming to an end with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agreeing to issue them a refund.The decision may set a precedent for future guidance on how crypto rewards earned through staking are taxed. At
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The IRS is hot on the trails of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens. They see these as fertile grounds for fraud, including tax evasion, market manipulation, and money laundering. Unfortunately, whether it’s a celebrity or not, people are always susceptible to getting into the trap. The popularity of digital assets has created
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) put crypto in the crosshairs, where Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hope to scoop up enormous tax dollars. This reporting regime is projected to rake in an astounding $28 billion over the next ten years. No other provision in this
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed that $3.5 billion in crypto was seized during the fiscal year 2021. This represents 93% of all funds seized by its criminal investigation unit during the same time period. The agency expects to seize billions of dollars more in cryptocurrency next year. IRS Says
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The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Criminal Investigation Unit (CI) unit seized $3.5 billion in cryptocurrency during fiscal 2021, which accounted for 93% of its criminal investigation seizures, according to the agency’s annual criminal investigation report published Thursday. Source
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Binance has hired a veteran financial criminal investigation agent to head up suspicious activity reporting as it continues to strengthen its regulatory compliance front.Amjad Qaqish, a former criminal investigation special agent at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), was named as the largest crypto exchange’s director of global suspicious activity
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At the IRS-CI, Price headed international investigations into individuals and groups looking to use cryptocurrency for illegal intent, including the successful prosecution of the operator of Helix, a darknet mixing service that sent out transactions in mixed batches to mask the identity of senders. In his 15 years in law
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to propose new tax reforms to regulate the crypto investments in the United States, with the latest notice sharing tax obligations for the marijuana industry.The notice, signed by IRS Commissioner De Lon Harris, reflects the priorities of the United States federal agency to ensure
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Over the last few weeks, Americans have read about the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) upping its tax enforcement to catch cryptocurrency users who have not paid taxes. According to one report, the IRS may get access to bank inflows and outflows via Joe Biden’s American Families Plan. On top
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