White House Petition to AMEND IRS NOTICE 2014-2 Taxing virtual currency/Bitcoin

White House Petition to AMEND IRS NOTICE 2014-2 Taxing virtual currency/Bitcoin

In response to the IRS announcing how they will treat Bitcoin and virtual currencies for tax purposes a petition to the White House, has been started to get it amended. This is Due to the overly burdensome way miners would have to keep track of earnings and unclear procedures for doing so. The petition has just been started, so it needs lots of signatures to get looked at by the White House and taken seriously. Here is what the petition states. WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: AMEND IRS NOTICE 2014-2Taxing virtual currency/bitcoin as property stifles new technology & creates....


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