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The IRS has considered crypto mining revenue as part of taxable income since 2014. North American mining and hosting firm Compass Mining is offering a new tax avoidance method for savvy crypto miners that file in the United States. In a Thursday announcement, Compass Mining said it had partnered with IRA provider Choice by Kingdom Trust to help Bitcoin users mine directly to their IRAs “without ever triggering a taxable event.” Under current U.S. law, income is often the only taxable source of funds for many who file returns. Crypto users who purchase tokens may be required to declare the....
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An official of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has clarified that the agency is prepared to seize cryptocurrencies and sell them to satisfy tax collection if taxpayers fail to meet their tax obligations. Robert Wearing, IRS’ deputy associate chief counsel for Procedure & Administration, explained Wednesday that the agency can seize cryptocurrencies from taxpayers, Bloomberg reported. This clarification was made at a virtual conference hosted by the American Bar Association’s tax section. He referenced the IRS notice published back in 2014 which states that “For....
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has committed to cracking down on bitcoin users that may have been evading paying taxes. However, there is still time to make charitable donations to your favorite charities and thereby give a little less to the tax man. Year-End Tax Planning. For federal tax purposes, the IRS treats bitcoin as property, not....
The mining firm has cited the low price of Bitcoin, electricity costs, an increase in the BTC hash rate, and litigation with Celsius playing a role in its financial difficulties. Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific is reportedly considering a potential bankruptcy amid a group of its convertible bondholders consulting restructuring lawyers.According to a Nov. 1 report from Bloomberg Law, the Core Scientific bondholders worked with legal firm Paul Hastings following a United States Securities and Exchange Commission filing suggesting financial distress. The Oct. 26 filing indicated that the....
Iris Energy’s filing suggested the company planned to use proceeds from the sale to fund growth initiatives including purchasing mining hardware and developing data centers. Australia-based crypto mining firm Iris Energy has signed a deal with B. Riley giving the capital market company the option to purchase up to 25 million of its shares.According to a Friday filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Iris Energy inked an agreement with B. Riley Principal Capital II related to the “potential offer and sale” of up to 25 million of the Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm’s....
The firm said it intended to use the proceeds from the offering “for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of Bitcoin.” The same day business intelligence firm MicroStrategy announced it would use $488 million from the proceeds of a private offering sale to buy Bitcoin, the company said it may also sell up to $1 billion of its stock for the same reason.In a Monday S-3 filing for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, MicroStrategy said it would be launching an “at the market” securities offering which would allow it to sell up to $1 billion of its Class A Common stock....