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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders urge closure of ‘$50 billion crypto tax gap’

A number of United States lawmakers have urged the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury to speed up the closure of tax loopholes being exploited by “crypto tax evaders.”In an Aug. 1 letter, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Bob Casey and Richard Blumenthal warned the top officials of both

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Ukrainian government reports $81M tax loss from unregulated crypto exchanges since 2013

According to data provided by the Ukrainian government, cryptocurrency exchanges offering services in the country have failed to contribute more than $81 million to the national budget in the last decade.In an Aug. 2 notice, the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine reported unrelated crypto exchanges were responsible for at least

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Judge suggests IRS issued $4K refund over tax lawsuit based on quality of lawyers: Report

Oral arguments began on July 26 for an appeals case on a complaint a Tennessee couple filed against the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on calculating their taxes based on earnings from staking tokens. Joshua and Jessica Jarrett received a refund check from the IRS in 2021 after filing a

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Thodex CEO sentenced to Turkish prison for failure to submit tax documents

Three months after Faruk Fatih Özer — the founder and former CEO of Thodex — was detained in Türkiye, he received a prison sentence of seven months and 15 days for failing to submit documents requested during the trial.Thodex was once one of the biggest crypto exchanges in Türkiye before

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IRS probes crypto traders using Puerto Rico tax breaks: Report

Prosecutors from the United States and agents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are reportedly investigating wealthy crypto traders and fund managers suspected of illegally benefiting from Puerto Rico’s tax breaks. According to a June 12 report from Bloomberg, investigators are currently building civil and criminal cases against a number of

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US Senate Finance Committee asks digital asset community how to tax it in open letter

United States Senate Financial Services Committee Chair Ron Wyden and ranking member Mike Crapo released an open letter to the digital asset community on July 11 asking for input on the taxation of digital assets. The senators are looking for solutions to highly complex taxation issues, so much so that

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