IRS-Coinbase Debacle: Just 800 Users Per Year Declare Bitcoin Earnings

IRS-Coinbase Debacle: Just 800 Users Per Year Declare Bitcoin Earnings

Only around 800 US users per year comply with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demands to report Bitcoin earnings, it has emerged. In documents filed by the tax authority on Thursday, data shows the number of “honest” US users signaling “property description likely related to Bitcoin” on tax form 8949 is actually falling, Fortune reports. The IRS submitted the documents as part of its ongoing investigation into Coinbase, with which it has battled since last year over allegations its user tax policies are insufficient. Coinbase refused to allow sweeping inspections of its transaction records,....


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