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IRS Releases New Tax Form Asking Taxpayers About Cryptocurrency Activity
The IRS just released a new Schedule 1 for the 2019 tax season asking every taxpayer about their cryptocurrency activity. Specifically, the form requires taxpayers to respond to the following question: “At any time during 2019, did you receive, sell, send, exchange or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency.”Signalling increased enforcement, the IRS included this question…
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December 06, 2019
Understanding IRS 8949 Cryptocurrency Tax Form
In 2014, the IRS declared that cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, is treated as property for tax purposes. In 2019, the IRS released further guidance through Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which brought cryptocurrency in even further alignment with equities and other capital assets for tax purposes. Taxpayers are required to report their capital gains and losses on the same form (IRS Form 8949) as stocks…
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November 18, 2019
Huobi.com Shutting Down for U.S. Users
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi.com announced that it is shutting down operations to U.S. users. United States Huobi users have until November 13, 2019 to move their assets off of Huobi.com Users should connect their API’s to their TaxBit account or export their transaction history so that they have records of taxable transactions, per IRS requirements.Exchanges shutting down can make it very…
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November 07, 2019
Poloniex Shutting Down for U.S. Users
Large cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced that it is shutting down operations to U.S. users. TaxBit is here to shed some insight and share how to prepare from a tax standpoint. U.S. Poloniex users have until December 15, 2019 to connect their API’s to their TaxBit account or to export their transaction history so that they have records of their taxable transactions.On February 26, 201…
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October 22, 2019
IRS Guidance On Cryptocurrency Mining Taxes
In the crypto tax space there is frequent mention relating to taxpayers’ responsibilities to calculate and report capital gains and losses on an IRS 8949 cryptocurrency tax form. What often gets overlooked is the tax implications and potential deductions for mining cryptocurrency such as bitcoin. Mining cryptocurrency has a unique problem of creating multiple tax implications that must be reported…
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October 21, 2019
IRS Issues New Guidance On Taxation of Cryptocurrency
After months of anticipation, the IRS has finally released its new cryptocurrency tax guidance through Rev. Rul. 2019-24 and an FAQ. Specifically, this new revenue ruling clarifies: 1) proper tax calculation methods; 2) the tax treatment of hard and soft forks; 3) proper sources for pricing data; 4) cost basis assignment on gifted crypto; and 5) taxpayers’ responsibilities.1) Proper Tax…
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October 10, 2019