Finance News
By Maheen Hernandez
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The IRS Tax guidelines provided clarity about the tax treatment of cryptocurrency. This also included the rulings, which were meant to guide the tax treatment related to…
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A hard fork typically occurs when there is a protocol change leading to a new identity for the token.
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In one kind of hard fork, the investor does not receive any new cryptocurrency. In another scenario, the investors get units of a new cryptocurrency in the airdrop.
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When there is no airdrop, investors do not own any new value. However, when there is an airdrop, the investor has access and ownership of the old legacy cryptocurrency and…
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The new guidelines provide clarity on the apparent issues when taxing these cryptocurrency units.
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This means there will be a capital loss to the original cryptocurrency. And, the investor will give recognition to the ordinary income being left with no money to pay for…
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The new guidance states that the taxpayer should recognize the income anytime the taxpayer gets domain and control over a new type of cryptocurrency after a hard fork.
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While it appears that clarity has been provided, there is a lot of confusion to be solved yet. It is not clear if these rules will apply to the airdrops of Altcoins.
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If the taxpayers are donating cryptocurrency to charity, then they need to estimate the fair market value, and that value will not be recognized as an income from cryptocurrency.
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The confusion about the “result of an airdrop of a new cryptocurrency following the hard fork.” It is not truly resolved.
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