The IRS has gone to court seeking
Coinbase user records, after only 802 U.S. taxpayers reported Bitcoin profits on their tax returns in 2015.
Not exact matches
A US federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that
Coinbase must give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
records on
users who had more than $ 20,000 in annual transactions on the platform between 2013 and 2015.
Coinbase exchange has reported a
record new
user registration of 300000 in between 22nd and 26th November as per Bloomberg.
Originally, the IRS wanted complete
user profiles, know - your - customer due diligence, documents regarding third - party access, transaction logs,
records of payments processed, correspondence between
Coinbase and
Coinbase users, account or invoice statements,
records of payments, and exception
records, according to a court filing.
In December 2016, the IRS demanded
records on all of
Coinbase's
users who were active between 2013 and 2015 seeking to sniff out likely tax evaders.
On Wednesday, a federal judge authorized a summons requiring
Coinbase, America's largest Bitcoin service, to provide the IRS with the
records of every
user who traded on the site between 2014 and 2015.
The IRS missed the point when it audited the cryptocurrency exchange
Coinbase, demanding personal information and transaction
records for around 500,000
users.
With
Coinbase's
record profits this year (SAMBURAJ PLEASE LINK TO INTERNAL STORY) of more than 1 billion USD, it would come as no surprise if the IRS auditors have their sights set on
Coinbase and its
users.
The IRS has already pursued the
Coinbase records of half a million
users to check up on taxpayers, though an ensuing legal battle cut that number to 14,000.
In a Northern District of California Federal Court,
Coinbase lost a court battle with the IRS which forced the company to disclose identifying
records of all
users who received more than $ 20,000 in a single year between 2013 and 2015.
hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com - Following a court battle with the IRS, online cryptocurrency exchange
Coinbase will provide the
records of 13,000
users to the tax collection agency, the company announced on Feb 23.
Bloomberg reported that
Coinbase Inc. registered a
record increase on its
user base: 100,000 new customers in 24 hours.
Earlier this year, the IRS issued a court order requesting access to the
records of more than 500,000
users who traded cryptocurrencies on California - based digital exchange
Coinbase.