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On April 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a joint resolution to repeal the DeFi broker reporting regulations which were finalized in December in T.D. 10021....more
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final broker reporting regulations with respect to DeFi on December 27, 2024, in T.D. 10021. These final regulations apply to sales of digital...more
What is the action cryptocurrency investors need to take immediately? What has changed, and why should any digital asset holder or investor pay attention to this game-changing development? Here is the short answer: If you...more
The IRS digital asset broker reporting requirements were finalized earlier this year and impact all digital asset (i.e., cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs) transactions beginning January 1, 2025. What do...more
El 6/28/24, el Tesoro de los EE. UU. y el IRS emitieron regulaciones finales con una fecha de vigencia del 9/9/24 que requieren que los brokers de custodia reporten las ventas e intercambios de activos digitales a partir del...more
On 6/28/24, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations with an effective date of 9/9/24 requiring custodial brokers to report sales and exchanges of digital assets beginning in calendar year 2025. Meaning,...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
The IRS released a draft of a new tax form, Form 1099-DA, that brokers will use to report proceeds from certain digital asset transactions. The draft Form 1099-DA can be found on the IRS website and below. The effective date...more
The IRS released a draft of Form 1099-DA “Digital Asset Proceeds from Broker Transactions” in April which will require anyone defined as a “broker” to report certain information related to the sale of digital assets. The new...more
On December 20th, 2023, the American Bar Association Tax Section published detailed comments and recommendations (the “ABA Comments”) on the proposed crypto broker reporting regulations. As discussed here, the New York State...more
Although the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has postponed broker-related digital asset reporting, a less publicized requirement that applies long-standing reporting rules for physical cash payments to businesses that accept...more
On 8/29/23, the IRS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing for Digital Assets Proposed Regulations. The IRS Digital Assets Proposed Regulations address information reporting, the determination...more
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
The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department have issued long-awaited Proposed Regulations for parties that will be required to report transactions involving digital assets. These newly identified parties will need to...more
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
The proposed regulations under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expand the definition of “broker” to include anyone who provides facilitative services which effectuate sales. Not surprisingly, centralized...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed regulations (REG-122793-19) pertaining to information reporting and backup withholding, as well as basis and...more
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
On August 25, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (88 FR 59576) that detail the information reporting requirements with respect to brokers of...more
On August 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new proposed regulations regarding reporting obligations for parties engaged in certain digital transactions. The proposed regulations address the reporting...more
On August 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published proposed regulations that, if finalized, would require brokers (including digital asset trading platforms, digital asset...more
In response to a provision in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued proposed regulations that would impose new tax reporting...more
This blog post summarizes recent federal bills that have been introduced (but not yet passed), proposals by the Biden Administration, and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the taxation of digital...more
The IRS has effectively delayed the implementation of the new digital asset broker rules under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6045 and 6045A. The US Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently...more