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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Entering the Digital (Asset) Age: White House Report Recommends Changes to the Taxation of Digital Assets

The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets recently issued a detailed report, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology,” recommending regulatory and legislative proposals to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations Applicable for Front-End Service Providers Facilitating Digital Asset and...

On December 30, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) published the final regulations (Final DeFi Regulations) relating primarily to persons who are front-end service...more

McGlinchey Stafford

When Are My Rewards for Staking Cryptocurrency Taxed?

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The IRS recently released Revenue Ruling 2023-14, in which it addresses the tax treatment of cryptocurrency staking rewards. The IRS phases the issue as follows: If a taxpayer that uses a cash method of accounting...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Jarrett Leaves Unanswered Questions on Taxation of Staking Rewards

In the latest turn of events for the closely followed Jarrett case concerning the taxation of staking rewards, on September 30, 2022, the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted the United States’...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

US Crypto Regulatory Enforcement Ramps Up – NFTs Now More in Focus

For the past decade the crypto space has been described as the wild west. The crypto cowboys and cowgirls have innovated and moved the industry forward, despite some regulatory uncertainty. Innovation always leads regulatory...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Taxing NFTs as an Investment in “Art”

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Segue- Earlier this month, the Treasury released a study in which it examined how transactions in “high-value art” may facilitate the laundering of illicit proceeds.[i] The study also considered efforts that be undertaken by...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Recent Tax Developments Concerning Staking Rewards

Stakers—taxpayers involved in proof of stake (PoS) validation of blockchain transactions—continue to operate in uncharted tax waters. PoS blockchains represent over half of the $1.68 trillion cryptocurrency market...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

What You Need to Know About the Taxation of NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are today’s hottest digital assets. They are also completely ignored by the Internal Revenue Service—to date, at least—even in the agency’s pronouncement on the taxation of cryptocurrencies. In...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Introduction to NFTs

As today’s hottest digital assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the arts and investment worlds by storm. But what are they, exactly, and how are they to be treated for tax purposes? This article provides an overview...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Taxation of NFT Creators

NFTs offer artists, musicians, celebrities, influencers and other creators an opportunity to develop, market and control the future of many types of digital content that they produce. Less understood is how these assets will...more

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