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In a significant policy shift, the IRS has revised Form 14457, Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application, the cornerstone of its Voluntary Disclosure Practice (VDP), by removing the controversial...more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
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
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
On January 10, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury and IRS released final and proposed regulations that provide tax guidance for the digital economy....more
On January 14, 2025, the Treasury Department and IRS issued final and proposed regulations on sourcing income from digital content and cloud transactions. Why is Source Important? While U.S. persons generally are...more
On 12/19/24, anticipating the 2025 filing season, the IRS published Tax Preparation 2025 Useful Pointers in IR-2024-311: Prepare to file in 2025: Get Ready for tax season with key updates, essential tips. As the 2025 filing...more
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
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 30, 2024 – January 3, 2025. December 30, 2024: The IRS released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2025-1,...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently finalized Treasury Regulations (the “Final Regulations”) and published two notices and a Revenue Procedure (the “Transitional Guidance”) for broker reporting of certain...more
On June 28, 2024, the Treasury and the IRS released final regulations on reporting requirements for brokers of digital assets (the “Final Regulations”) and provided transitional relief, including Notice 2024-56, Notice...more
In August 2023, the US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) proposed regulations to fulfill the Congressional mandate to require US tax reporting of digital asset transactions by brokers and other intermediaries. After evaluating...more
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TITGA”) recently has released a report on the status of efforts by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to develop the digital asset monitoring and compliance strategy...more
El 3/6/24, el IRS publicó un recordatorio a todos los contribuyentes de que todas las fuentes de ingresos deben declararse en su declaración de impuestos. El IRS está prestando mucha atención a todas las fuentes de ingresos...more
On 3/6/24, the IRS released a reminder to all taxpayers that all sources of income must be reported on their tax return. The IRS is paying close attention to all sources of income derived from digital asset transactions, the...more
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
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
Per recent transitional guidance, the IRS will not require taxpayers to report transactions involving receipt of digital assets under Section 6050I....more
La Sección 6001 del Código de Rentas Internas requiere que los contribuyentes mantengan libros y registros adecuados y “que toda persona responsable de cualquier impuesto requerido por el Código, o de su recaudación, debe...more
Internal Revenue Code Section 6001 requires Taxpayers to maintain adequate books and records and “that that every person liable for any tax imposed by the Code, or for the collection thereof, must keep such records, render...more
On September 8, 2023, the IRS announced a multitude of compliance initiatives aimed at high-income taxpayers, partnerships, digital assets, FBARs and labor brokers. According to the announcement, the IRS has finalized its...more
Introduction Until Notice 2023-27, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was silent about the tax treatment of nonfungible tokens (NFTs). When the IRS turned to NFTs, it focused on one aspect of NFTs: whether certain NFTs should...more
Since 2019, Form 1040 has included a general question regarding the taxpayer’s cryptocurrency activity. Over the years, the IRS has modified the scope of its cryptocurrency inquiry. On the 2021 Form 1040, this question read:...more
In a recent article, we observed that the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) could address the complex tax issues presented by emerging digital assets either by developing a cohesive framework for taxing these...more
You need to consider how you’ll report digital asset transactions on your 2022 tax returns. Tax reporting requirements for digital assets have changed yearly since 2019, when the IRS first added a question about crypto to IRS...more