Posted on 10/12/2019 8:02:32 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated the main form individual U.S. taxpayers use to report their income to include a question about cryptocurrencies.
Following the release earlier this week of the IRSs long-awaited guidance for reporting crypto-related income, the IRS on Friday circulated a draft of the new Form 1040, Schedule 1, Additional Income and Adjustments to Income. The draft was shared in an email to tax software companies, which the agency also shared with journalists.
The sheet, prefaced by a warning that its only a draft and not an actual document for filing taxes, asks at the top:
At any time during 2019, did you receive, sell, send, exchange, or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency?
(Excerpt) Read more at coindesk.com ...
But was my hunch right?
“But was my hunch right?”
You have a series a false hunches.
One more time, from the IRS page:
"The IRS is aware that some taxpayers with virtual currency transactions may have failed to report income and pay the resulting tax or did not report their transactions properly. The IRS is actively addressing potential non-compliance in this area through a variety of efforts, ranging from taxpayer education to audits to criminal investigations."
Well, hang in there and have a good week.
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