Tax Week 2023

Confused by crypto taxes? CoinDesk rounds up expert opinion and analysis on new IRS reporting requirements, what you should be paying in taxes, how to avoid paying too much, and what to do if you are unsure, sponsored by TaxBit.

Tax Week 2023

What You Need to Know About Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting

By selling assets with unrealized loss, taxpayers can limit their liabilities come tax time. Here’s how to do this legally and effectively.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Congress Gets the Runaround From Regulators, Again

"If the broker rule proceeds as is, it will surely spell the near-total collapse of the crypto industry in the United States," writes Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith and DeFi Education Fund CEO Miller Whitehouse-Levine.

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith is leaving the group to join a new Solana organization. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Global Movement to Promote Crypto Tax Transparency — What You Need to Know

In Europe and the U.S., there are a host of initiatives placing new requirements on participants in digital asset markets to report on transactions and meet other new provisions.

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Consensus Magazine

‘We're Not Asking for Special Treatment’: Coin Center on the Proposed IRS Broker Rules

Peter Van Valkenburgh on why the crypto industry has responded with 120,000 comments to the controversial new tax regulations.

Crypto advocate Peter Van Valkenburgh argues the IRS' extended reporting requirements violate the First and Fourth Amendments. (Coin Center)

Opinion

The IRS and the Rising Cost of Crypto Tax Compliance

David Kemmerer anticipates the unintended consequences of proposed new regulations on brokers reporting crypto transactions. Expensive “tax experts” are set to benefit financially, he says, even if ordinary investors won’t.

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Opinion

What the IRS Gets Wrong About DeFi and Crypto in Its Latest Tax Reporting Proposal

Given the negative impacts of the so-called "broker rule" for many non-custodial and open platforms, clear congressional authorization is required before the Treasury could expand the tax agency's remit, Marisa Coppel argued at a hearing.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Opinion

What Are the Tax Implications of the Alleged Binance Wallet Hack (or Any Crypto Exploit)?

As with the FTX fraud, it’s unclear how tax authorities are going to treat tax issues when there’s criminal activity involved.

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Opinion

The IRS Is Making Crypto Compliance Impossible

The 6045 digital asset broker regulations are likely to greatly increase the cost of filing your crypto taxes, says Kirk David Phillips, CPA.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The IRS Should Offer a Free Tax Reporting Tool to DeFi Users

Blockchain is not the problem, it is the solution to the problem the U.S. tax agency wants to solve through its highly controversial "broker rule."

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

Opinion

Crypto Tax Basics: A 101 for Beginners

Everything you need to know, courtesy of Jaimin Desai, CEO & Co-Founder of Reconcile, a tax optimization platform helping investors, business owners and high-income earners pay less tax.

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Opinion

The IRS Should Heed This Warning

Devs are not brokers.

The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)