The passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules generally impose unfavorable tax treatment on certain U.S. shareholders of foreign corporations that generate excess passive income or hold excess passive assets. In...more
A sovereign nation’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender raises interesting questions — and legal ramifications.
On June 8, 2021, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted to establish Bitcoin as unrestricted legal...more
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