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Fenwick & West LLP

Senators Introduce Joint Resolution on Revoking DeFi Broker Reporting Regulations

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On January 21, 2025, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), writing for himself and Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), and Ted Budd (R-NC), introduced a joint resolution to the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Finally Final Crypto Reporting Regulations

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Death, Taxes, and Crypto Reporting – The Three Things You Cannot Escape

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ABA Tax Section Comments on Proposed Crypto Broker Reporting Regulations

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Treasury Delivers Mother Lode of Tax Reporting Rules to the Crypto Industry’s Doorstep

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

Morgan Lewis

Digital Asset Brokers: Proceed with Caution

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Treasury Suggests Limiting Definition of Digital Asset Broker

Recent correspondence between a group of U.S. Senators and the Department of the Treasury appears to have eased the significant concerns expressed by the digital asset sector regarding the scope of the new broker reporting...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Cryptocurrency Reporting Requirements

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Through its recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”), Congress resolved an open question regarding the extent to which cryptocurrency transactions should be subject to information reporting...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Infrastructure Law: Top Impacts on the Digital Asset Industry

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The industry will have two years to learn the new requirements and develop systems to ensure compliance. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the US$1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Infrastructure Bill Provision Expands Cryptocurrency Reporting Requirements

On August 1, 2021, the US Senate unveiled the draft text of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bill), a highly anticipated $1 trillion infrastructure package negotiated by the White House and a bipartisan group of...more

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