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U.S. IRS chief says needs congressional authority for cryptocurrency reporting
Midwest Communications, Inc. ^ | 6/8/21 | Syndicated Content

Posted on 06/08/2021 10:10:02 AM PDT by C210N

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Internal Revenue Service chief Charles Rettig said on Tuesday that Congress needs to provide clear statutory authority for the tax agency to collect information on cryptocurrency transfers valued at over $10,000 that largely go unreported.

“I think we need congressional authority,” Rettig said in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee. “We get challenged frequently, and to have a clear dictate from Congress on the authority for us to collect that information is critical.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wsau.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; irs
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After yesterday's Trump statement on BTC, and yesterday's news regarding tracking down the pipeline hacker's BTC funds... now today, the IRS wants power to regulate $10k or more in BTC transactions.
1 posted on 06/08/2021 10:10:02 AM PDT by C210N
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Agreed. Cryptocurrency is about to be as worthless as the U.S. dollar.


2 posted on 06/08/2021 10:19:54 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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You now have to report crypto currency holdings in your "voluntary" IRS tax return as well.

Now I know why the Xi-Biden administration want's to hire all of those new enforcement agents ...

3 posted on 06/08/2021 10:19:57 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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Bitcoin faces fresh scrutiny as police call for new powers to freeze crypto assets in the U.K.

The U.K.’s largest police force is lobbying the government to make it more difficult for criminals to transfer crypto assets: report

4 posted on 06/08/2021 10:24:37 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: Tell It Right
Crypto and the U.S. dollar are about to be *literally* worthless.

Precious metal-backed crypto and Precious metal-backed currency will replace them.

5 posted on 06/08/2021 10:26:24 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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“Precious metal-backed crypto and Precious metal-backed currency will replace them. “

I doubt that happens.


6 posted on 06/08/2021 10:29:46 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: C210N

This is the mainstreaming of crypto currencies in the U.S.


7 posted on 06/08/2021 10:31:34 AM PDT by Enlightened1 ( )
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To: Tell It Right

Nope it’s the mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies in the United States.

The rest of the world still trades it.


8 posted on 06/08/2021 10:32:27 AM PDT by Enlightened1 ( )
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I doubt it.

However, if you are correct, then gold will be banned once again. Just like it was from 1933 until December of 1974.

If the Feds did it one time, then what makes you think they will not do it again?


9 posted on 06/08/2021 10:34:10 AM PDT by Enlightened1 ( )
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Everyone with a Bitcoin purse, cough it up.

Biteme and the Ho need your money.

5.56mm


10 posted on 06/08/2021 10:36:49 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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Oh come on, the IRS breaks the law on just about everything. WTF do they care? Nothing EVER happens to any of them!


11 posted on 06/08/2021 10:52:28 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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It’s not just that cryptocurrencies show just how far off fiat currencies are, it’s that the globalists don’t want commoners benefiting from moving money as the globalists have done for centuries.


12 posted on 06/08/2021 10:56:37 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Texas Fossil
I doubt that happens.

That was tried once not too long ago. The Liberty Dollar. I even have a $5 Liberty Dollar somewhere in my archives. Look what happened to them.

13 posted on 06/08/2021 10:57:14 AM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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" "voluntary" IRS tax return

"Voluntary" not! When a nation is ruled by grasping lawyers with minds deformed by law school lies like "voluntary tax" proliferate.

14 posted on 06/08/2021 11:21:56 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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Just pass a law.
Better yet. iRS can just do an interpretation requiring 1099 reporting of all crypto transactions. That is how it happens: once there is a law EVERYONE instantly obeys.
Problem solved. Next problem?


15 posted on 06/08/2021 12:29:55 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: dware
I have a few gold and silver coins and a silver ingot.

Have never bought anything with any of them. Have had them all a long time.

Yes. There is a finite amount of both elements. No, you cannot eat either of them. Yes, you might find them indispensable in the future. But we may see powder, primer, lead and copper more valuable.

16 posted on 06/08/2021 12:47:05 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Yes, you might find them indispensable in the future. But we may see powder, primer, lead and copper more valuable.

There will certainly be a place in a post collapse society for gold & silver, absolutely. I thing though, as you point out, the other items will be in higher demand, at least at first. Those items, along with TP.

17 posted on 06/08/2021 1:16:08 PM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: dware

Will come the day when you can trade a 100rd box of .22 for a car.


18 posted on 06/08/2021 1:24:13 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Texas Fossil
I think this time around, we will avoid the requirement for lead/copper/etc. We will know for sure by the end of the summer, IMHO. If "BidAn" is still in there, or Caballa for that matter, those metals will be needed. Be prepared, but I don't think it will be used this time.

That said, regarding:

There is a finite amount of both elements. No, you cannot eat either of them

We're adding to the supply of both, but there is a fundamental difference on the "eating" of them. In a sense we are eating heavily into the silver supply - as in manufacturing and electronics and industries. A little gold goes there too, but a fraction of the amount of silver. Plus, silver is being held back with market manipulation much more heavily than gold.

Look to the bottom right row values of this PM debt clock

19 posted on 06/08/2021 1:25:41 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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I bought a silver ingots in the mid 1970’s for about $45 Last price I saw it was between $350.

The supply of silver is a lot easier to ramp up than the supply of gold. Silver is still an industrial metal.


20 posted on 06/08/2021 2:06:32 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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