According to Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito, it’s “unclear how one can comply” with the crypto tax reporting guidelines in 2024.
Aspects of the infrastructure bill signed into law by United States President Joe Biden are now in effect — including provisions requiring many digital asset transactions worth more than $10,000 to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The bipartisan infrastructure bill, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden in 2021, expanded the requirements for brokers to have many crypto exchanges and custodians report crypto transactions greater than $10,000 to the IRS. Following the bill’s passage, many lawmakers suggested additional legislation to “fix” the reporting requirement, claiming that the information required from brokers would be difficult or impossible to collect.
The bill mandates crypto brokers to report personal information on transactions to the IRS, including the sender’s name, address and social security number, within 15 days. The requirements, aimed at reducing the size of the tax gap in the United States, were initially scheduled to take effect in January 2023, having companies send reports to the IRS in 2024.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-rules-10k-crypto-transactions-2024