Archived Posts: Crypto Currency

Tax Tips for October 2023

Tax Tips for October 2023

Click on the links below to jump to each section in this article: IRS Suspends Processing of New ERC Claims What Exactly Is a “Small Business”? Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency   IRS Suspends Processing of New ERC Claims The IRS is continuing to warn businesses about aggressive marketing by nefarious actors involving the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). It has suspended the processing of ERC claims until at least year end because of a spike in the number of fraudulent claims. The IRS has...

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Tax Treatment of Virtual Currency Transactions

Tax Treatment of Virtual Currency Transactions

Whether you’ve invested in Bitcoin and sold it at a profit or loss or received it for services performed, you’ll need to report it on your tax return. Prior to 2014, there was no IRS guidance and many people did not understand that selling virtual currency was a reportable transaction. They may have found themselves with a hefty tax bill — money they were hard-pressed to come up with at tax time. Others were unaware that they needed to report their transactions at all or failed to do so because it seemed too complicated.

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