Digital Asset Final Regulations: What Tax Professionals Need to Know
In 2021, Public Law 117-58, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, §80603, required brokers to report transactions involving digital assets similar to stocks. This includes information on sale pr... Tynisa (Ty) Gaines, EA (She/Her)
What Enrolled Agents Need to Know About Form 8300 and Digital Assets
Businesses who accept cryptocurrency (crypto) as payment and many tax practitioners who provide compliance services for those businesses were relieved to hear that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has delayed the require... Amber Gray-Fenner, EA, USTCP
The Best (and Worst) Countries for Crypto Taxes in 2023
Cryptocurrency (crypto) has taken the world by storm, revolutionizing the way we perceive and use money. With this digital and financial revolution, the issue of crypto taxes has become a major concern for... Zac McClure and Tynisa (Ty) Gaines, EA (She/Her)
Are Non-fungible Tokens Collectibles?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) became incredibly popular during the recent cryptocurrency boom and remain actively traded as a new asset class. Non-fungible tokens are unique digital assets that can represent ownership of v... Zac McClure
Year-End Crypto Tips for Practitioners
The cryptoasset space continues to evolve and change rapidly, and there several major changes that tax practitioners need to be aware of as 2022 enters the home stretch. The question about whether clients will be coming to practitioners with que... Dr. Sean Stein Smith, CPA
The IRS Is Moving the Crypto Disclosure Question to the Front of Form 1040: Here Is What You Need to Know.
Cryptocurrency Question Moved to the First Page of Form 1040 New for the 2020 tax year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asks taxpayers on the very first page of Form 1040 the following disclosure question:... Zac McClure and Barrett Strickland
Crypto Tax Tech Tools To the Rescue?
What is a crypto tax tool? For the purpose of this article, a cryptocurrency tax tool is defined as a software program designed to assist taxpayers and tax professionals with the often onerous job of calculating gains, losses, and other tax implications associated... Andy Frye, EA; Joshua Azran, CPA
Cryptocurrency Taxation Trends: Spring Always Follows Winter
Writers who cover the cryptocurrency space are nothing if not prolific. Well into 2018, legions of them trumpeted the glow of the crypto messiah. Those same writers now have the grimmer task of writing about what is commonly called the “crypto winter.” ... Michael Minihan