Second, out of everything discussed in this post, I also believe that the correct
taxation of forks is the murkiest and most «up for debate» area.
Not exact matches
In other words, the receipt
of a
forked coin should be treated as a taxable event, but
taxation should be deferred until the IRS has a clear policy in place with regard to the taxability
of such assets.
Furthermore, the framework allows for the sale
of forked tokens to be subjected to capital gains
taxation.
The American Bar Association Section
of Taxation issued some advice to the IRS regarding the
taxation of cryptocurrency produced by hard
forks.