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The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action
- Subject: The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action
- From: jdb10987 at yahoo.com (jim bell)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:43:04 +0000 (UTC)
- References: <[email protected]>
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The Internal Revenue Service wants a piece of the crypto action
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Donald Trump might not be a fan of cryptocurrencies, but the Internal Revenue Service still wants its cut of the profits.
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Jim Bell's comment follows:As I understand it, in America buying and selling (foreign) currencies is tax-free. The IRS arbitrarily decided, maybe in 2013, that Bitcoin would be treated differently: presumably because they knew that it would dramatically appreciate, as it has, so that they would get a cut of the increase in value. Which, of course, is unfair. No actual value increase occurs.
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