News & Analysis as of

Internal Revenue Service Digital Assets Regulatory Agenda

The United States Internal Revenue Service is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury. The IRS is charged with collecting revenue and enforcing the Internal Revenue Code.  
Paul Hastings LLP

Latest Executive and Legislative Actions Continue Crypto-Friendly Movement

Paul Hastings LLP on

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for the financial and crypto sectors, with developments on Capitol Hill and from key regulatory agencies. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Michelle Bowman as the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - March 13, 2025

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

2024 Crypto Tax Year in Review

The crypto tax space saw significant developments in 2024. As 2025 ushers in new regulatory shifts (as our colleagues discussed here), tax changes may be on the horizon. In anticipation, this review revisits crypto tax...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

New Administration Action on Cryptocurrency Tax Regulations

Seward & Kissel LLP on

The Seward & Kissel Tax Group has collected some data and intelligence about what crypto tax changes we may see this year. President Trump aims to assess and revive cryptocurrency regulations via executive order, Congress...more

A&O Shearman

President Trump's early days in office signal that pro-crypto reforms are ahead

A&O Shearman on

In the past week, we have seen the possible end to the ‘crypto winter’ in the United States, with the Trump Administration signaling that a range of pro-crypto reforms are ahead. These signals, which will likely develop into...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Newsletter - January 24, 2025

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Roundup January 6 – 10, 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 6, 2025 – January 10, 2025....more

DLA Piper

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – October – December 2024

DLA Piper on

This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - April 2024 #3

Troutman Pepper Locke on

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

How Will the New Crypto Tax Proposal Potentially Affect Your Current Digital Strategy?

Allen Barron, Inc. on

How will the administration’s new crypto tax proposal affect your current digital strategy? How do recent price surges in many cryptocurrencies affect the taxable events of US taxpayers? The value of many...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Digital Assets Reporting Requirements Under Section 6050I

On January 16, 2024, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that the agencies are postponing the implementation of increased reporting requirements for digital asset transactions under the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Dueling Crypto Banjos: Two Very Different Reactions to Treasury’s Proposed Crypto Reporting Scheme

Treasury recently delivered a mother lode of proposed tax reporting rules to the crypto industry.  By and large, the crypto industry is booing loudly, complaining that the rules are overbroad and that there is not enough time...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Treasury Delivers Mother Lode of Tax Reporting Rules to the Crypto Industry’s Doorstep

On August 29, 2023, the IRS published detailed proposed regulations addressing digital asset broker reporting requirements (the “Proposed Regulations”). The Proposed Regulations elaborate on the 2021 changes to the Internal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed Regulations From the IRS Outline Reporting Requirements for Cryptocurrency “Brokers”

McDermott Will & Emery on

On August 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published new proposed regulations on tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrency brokers. The proposed regulations build on efforts to expand IRS regulation over...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins: How to Stay Safe in 'Wild West' of Crypto

DarrowEverett LLP on

Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention of Bitcoin in 2009 opened the door to rethinking the way value can be transferred and stored. However, crypto markets have long been considered by most analysts and attorneys as the “Wild West” of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IRS Delays Infrastructure Act's Broker Reporting Requirements

Fenwick & West LLP on

On December 23, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Announcement 2023-2 in response to the new broker reporting rules that were part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the Infrastructure Act)....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

U.S. Senators Propose First Comprehensive Regulation for Digital Assets

Earlier this week, U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced the first comprehensive legislation to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets to promote innovation, delineate...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Congress and the IRS Make Moves to Improve Taxpayer Compliance for Cryptocurrency Transactions

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, testifying before Congress in April 2021, estimated the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected in the United States to be close to $1 trillion....more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Legal Report: December 2021

Perkins Coie on

Senate Holds Hearing on Stablecoins - The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on stablecoins on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, featuring testimony from a cross section of law,...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Treasury and the Service Propose Regulations on Cloud and Digital Content Transactions

On Aug. 14, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the classification of “cloud transactions” for...more

20 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide