Search Results for: cryptocurrency tax

March 5, 2023 @ 8:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit, the tax and accounting provider for digital assets, announced it has been selected by Cash App in order “to help provide the necessary crypto tax forms to the 10+ million Cash App users who have bought or held Bitcoin since 2019.” Lindsey Argalas, COO… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a provider of a crypto wallet, block explorer, and digital asset trading platform, notes that if you are new or just getting started with crypto taxes, then no need to worry because “so is everyone.” That’s why later this month, Blockchain.com… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TaxBit, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency tax automation software provider, announced on  Thursday it scored investments from PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. The latest investments come just a little over a year after TaxBit raised $5 million through its seed funding round. As previously reported, Taxbit claims… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SurePrep and Bittax recently announced they have a strategic partnership to streamline cryptocurrency tax compliance for tax professionals. According to the duo, this new collaboration ensures tax professionals have the necessary technology to address the needs of taxpayers who will be under increasing IRS scrutiny this… Read More

January 6, 2020 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TaxBit, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency tax automation software provider, announced on Monday it secured $5 million through its latest seed funding round. Participants of the round included TTV Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Valar Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Table Management, and Album VC,… Read More

June 6, 2019 @ 11:36 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Tax officials from Australia, the US, Britain, the Netherlands, and Canada have formed a “J5” collaborative group now investigating 60 “lines of inquiry” regarding international tax evasion using cryptocurrencies, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reports. “The J5 was formed a year ago because of growing concern… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 10:21 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Uzbekistan is taking comprehensive steps, with the help of Korean partners, to enshrine the region as a friendly one for crypto industries and hopes to become, “a new coin special zone after Malta,” ETNews reports. The venture is being led cooperatively by KOBEA, the Economic Committee of Korea… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

iComply Investor Services has announced a new strategic partnership with Cointaxes, a platform for Canadian taxpayers to help manage their tax liability for crypto. The software has been available for US citizens for some time (tax day was April 15 in the States) but now… Read More

April 13, 2018 @ 4:41 pm By Cali Haan  |  

In mid-March, The Government of Australia published tax guidelines for citizens and businesses using cryptocurrencies to invest, make or receive payments. The document, “Tax treatment of cryptocurrencies,” is fairly readable and the compliance procedures outlined quite reasonable. In short: “Our view is that Bitcoin…is an… Read More

March 23, 2018 @ 10:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In its new study, the OECD Secretary General examines cryptocurrency and its tax consequences in the two part Report to G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors. Part I reports on the activities and achievements of the OECD’s tax agenda, and reviews significant achievements while looking ahead at… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

President Joe Biden published more details on the pending infrastructure deal while indicating he intends to offset the substantial cost by various fees including “strengthening tax enforcement when it comes to cryptocurrencies.” In a speech, President Biden said: “This agreement will help ensure that America… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase says it’s focused on helping its customers during tax season (in the United States) Lawrence Zlatkin, Vice President, Tax, Coinbase, notes that for the second consecutive year, taxpayers will be asked on their tax return forms questions regarding digital currencies…. Read More

February 2, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Lee A. Schneider  |  

  Let me start with a confession: I am not smart enough to be a tax lawyer, certainly not a US tax lawyer.  The intricacies of the US tax code defy my brain’s attempts to systematize a coherent taxonomy.  The tax code is too complex… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 10:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, recently announced it has joined forces with cryptocurrency tax software platform TaxBit to provide its users with completed cryptocurrency tax reports and tools to better monitor and optimize tax reporting. According to Gemini, TaxBit’s Tax… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 9:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced on Thursday the launch of EY CryptoPrep, a cryptocurrency application that assists with US tax filings. According to EY, this new Software as a Service (SaaS), web-based product is a fully automated, enterprise-grade crypto tax engine offering step-by-step… Read More

May 2, 2020 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new survey performed by Childly, a South Korean digital asset wallet developer, has revealed that two-thirds, or 66%, of respondents, support the idea of taxing cryptocurrency transactions. The poll of over 5,750 digital currency users, based in different countries throughout the world,  found that… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s tax authority, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), confirmed that it will not be collecting taxes on airdropped cryptocurrency, provided that the recipients get them  for free. As noted in an income tax treatment guide, released on April 17, 2020, the IRAS clarified… Read More

February 26, 2020 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s tax authorities have advised the nation’s government to impose a low-level trading tax on capital gains made from digital currency trading before requiring Korean residents to pay a transfer income tax.  South Korea’s government will be introducing its new tax reform plan later… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Legislators in New Hampshire have voted 17-1 against a bill that would have required the state treasurer, “to develop an implementation plan for the state to accept cryptocurrencies as payment for taxes and fees and allows state agencies to accept payment in cryptocurrencies after July 1,… Read More

January 2, 2020 @ 9:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

South Korea officials are reportedly causing some confusion with the latest drafted legislation that will tax individual crypto profits. According to Cointelegraph, South Korea’s officials stated that under current law, the government cannot impose income taxes on individual profits that are from cryptocurrency transactions. South… Read More