IRS Says No Bitcoin FBAR Reporting This Tax Season Required
The Internal Revenue Service has said that taxpayers need not report bitcoin holdings on FinCEN Form 114 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts - also known as FBAR) this tax season. The news comes from Rod Lunquist, who's a senior program analyst for the Small Business/Self-Employed Division at the Service, but added that the exception might end in the future as the authority monitors developments in the space. "At this time, FinCEN has said Bitcoin is not reportable on the FBAR, at least for this filing season," said Lundquist during a webinar, as first reported by Bloomberg BNA.....
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Good news for Bitcoin Hodlers! An Internal Revenue Service official (IRS) has stated that taxpayers are not required to report Bitcoin holdings on FinCEN Form 114(Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts or FBAR). This is quite short notice, considering the deadline for FBAR filing is June 30th, so I imagine many people have filed already. Now before you all proclaim that “USA has given up! No taxes on Bitcoin!” or something along those lines, take this into consideration. Rod Lundquist, a senior program analyst for the Small Business/ Self-Employed Division, says that in the future,....
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declared during a 4th June webinar that US taxpayers are not required to report bitcoin on Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Form 114, a document also known as the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account (FBAR), for this year's tax season. According to Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a senior IRS program analyst remarked that taxpayers face no reporting requirements when filling out their Form 114 for 2014. Taxpayers that hold more than $10,000 in a foreign bank are required to a file this form with FinCEN. The move is the....
Some respite from the IRS following its controversial guidance on digital currencies: for this tax season, at least, holdings need not be declared on US FBAR forms. FBAR, also known as FinCEN Form 114 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts), are mandatory correspondence for those who hold more than US$10,000 in foreign bank accounts, which must be declared for tax purposes. While the IRS has recently moved to attempt an initial form of control over cryptocurrency earnings, it would seem that it is holding off on a full onslaught. The news was broken to in a webinar on Wednesday....
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