The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury issued a 282 page notice of proposed rulemaking regarding digital assets and broker reporting on Aug. 26 (the Proposed Regulations), nearly two years after...more
9/14/2023
/ Brokers ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
NPRM ,
Payment Processors ,
Popular ,
Public Hearing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury
Key Takeaways -
..Taxpayers could be criminally and civilly liable under state False Claims Act statutes for underreporting income linked to virtual currency.
..While the federal False Claims Act explicitly excludes tax...more
5/24/2022
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Fraud ,
Whistleblowers
On March 13, the Internal Revenue Service announced that the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) will come to an end on Sept. 28, 2018. By making this announcement now, the IRS is giving taxpayers with undisclosed...more