News, regulatory updates and crypto-tax guidance for individuals, covering reporting, compliance and accounting developments.
How a proposed CLARITY Act ethics addendum could create a capital-gains tax deferral for Trump's crypto divestiture, and what ordinary US crypto holders need to understand about forced-sale tax rules
Plain-English breakdown of every major US crypto tax reform bill in play in 2026, covering stablecoins, DeFi, staking, charitable giving, wash sales, and voluntary disclosure
IRS-CI fraud alert: fake IRS letters targeting crypto holders with a fictitious Digital Asset Compliance Portal scam
Breaking: The Digital Chamber is suing Illinois over its new 0.2% crypto transaction tax, which applies even when no gain is made and no ownership changes hands.
What the CLARITY Act White House push means for how crypto is taxed in the US and what individual holders should do now
What Form 1099-DA reports, when brokers started sending it, why the proceeds figure is not your gain, and how to reconcile it against your own records before a mismatch becomes a notice.
The legal levers that actually change a US crypto tax bill, ranked by how much they move the number, and the ones that do nothing but feel productive.
Mining is taxed twice and classified once. How the hobby and business distinction changes deductions and self employment exposure, and why the receipt value is the number everything else hangs on.
The US crypto filing timeline, why an extension to file is not an extension to pay, and the reconciliation work that has to happen before the deadline is close.
The National Taxpayer Advocate's 2026 filing season report reveals a two-speed IRS: smooth for digital filers, painful for everyone else, with direct implications for crypto holders navigating digital asset reporting.
Leverage changes the tax shape of a trade, not just its size. Borrowing, funding payments, liquidations and the regulated versus offshore venue split, and where the treatment is genuinely unsettled.
The IRS has issued a gift tax safe harbor so parents and relatives contributing to a child's new Trump account under Sec. 530A can skip the gift tax return entirely if they meet simple conditions.
LP entry and exit, reward tokens, impermanent loss and auto compounding vaults: which parts follow from settled rules and which are positions you are taking.
The IRS is setting higher audit targets, and individual crypto holders need to understand what that means for their tax compliance now.
Plain-English breakdown of the IRS safe harbor for Section 530A Trump accounts and the AICPA's caution around gift tax, Kiddie Tax, and Roth conversion risks
Giving crypto to a person and giving it to a charity are different transactions with different outcomes. What the giver reports, what the recipient inherits, and where the substantiation rules bite.
The CoinEx case highlights the importance of using a reliable crypto tax calculator to ensure compliance and avoid penalties.
Strategy's huge unrealized BTC losses highlight the importance of tracking crypto gains and losses for individual tax reporting.
CoinEx's alleged $3.8B Iran sanctions violation highlights the need for individual crypto traders to use proper tax reporting tools to avoid legal risks.
Borrowing against crypto is generally not a disposal, but three things around it are: liquidation, rehypothecated collateral, and repaying a loan with appreciated coins.
Trump's decision to cancel signing a bill containing a CBDC ban creates uncertainty for crypto traders, highlighting the need for reliable crypto tax software to manage reporting obligations.
South Korea's push for unified crypto rules with the US SEC may lead to stricter crypto tax enforcement and reporting requirements for individual traders.
A fake crypto influencer fraud highlights the need for individuals to understand legitimate crypto staking tax obligations and avoid scams.
The information asymmetry that protected non filers is gone. What the IRS now receives, what the exposure looks like, and the difference between fixing it before and after contact.
