With Tax Reform in the rear view manner, Congress is pressing the IRS to issue additional virtual currency guidance.
Soon? Two Weeks? I wouldn't be surprised to find out some guidance is already in the works.
You can read more here.
https://waysandmeansforms.house.gov/uploadedfiles/letter_irs_virtual_currencies.pdf
Open Issues Include:
- Taxation of Forks
- Taxation of AirDrops
- Basis alternatives to "specific identification"
- Migration of utility token rights from a smart contract to a main net chain (token swap).
- Taxation of tokens issued in Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) (i.e. to companies).
- Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) requirements
I still owe a couple articles on the latter two points and FBAR is a topic I hope to address by the end of the month due to the upcoming October 15th deadline.
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