Consequently, the fair market
value of virtual currency received for services performed as an independent contractor, measured in U.S. dollars as of the date of receipt, constitutes self - employment income and is subject to the self - employment tax.
Not exact matches
A taxpayer who
receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services must, in computing gross income, include the fair market
value of the
virtual currency, measured in U.S. dollars, as
of the date that the
virtual currency was
received.
Thereafter, the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee amended the bill changing the language
of the exemption to exclude «persons who engage in the business
of selling or issuing payment instruments or stored
value solely in the form
of convertible
virtual currency; or
receive convertible
virtual currency for transmission to another location» from the licensing requirement.
The IRS defines the cost basis
of the
virtual currency as its fair market
value when it was
received.
The
value must be measured in U.S. dollars, as
of the date that the
virtual currency was
received.
Must a taxpayer who
receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services include in computing gross income the fair market
value of the
virtual currency?
If the fair market
value of property
received in exchange for
virtual currency exceeds the taxpayer's adjusted basis
of the
virtual currency, the taxpayer has a taxable gain.
The taxpayer has a loss if the fair market
value of the property
received is less than the adjusted basis
of the
virtual currency.
The Monetary Authority
of Singapore (MAS) sees the difference between digital tokens, which it regards as a «cryptographically - secured representation
of a token - holder's rights to
receive a benefit or to perform specified functions,» and
virtual currency, which the regulator describes as «one particular type
of digital token, which typically functions as a medium
of exchange, a unit
of account or a store
of value.»
A-4: The basis
of virtual currency that a taxpayer
receives as payment for goods or servicesin Q&A -3 is the fair market
value of the
virtual currency in U.S. dollars as
of the date
of receipt.
Q - 3: Must a taxpayer who
receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services include in computing gross income the fair market
value of the
virtual currency?
A taxpayer who
receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services must, in computing gross income, include the fair market
value of the
virtual currency, measured in U.S. dollars, as
of the date that the
virtual currency was
received.
''... if the party that gives convertible
virtual currency in trade
receives in exchange goods or services that are subject to sales tax, that party owes sales tax based on the market
value of the convertible
virtual currency at the time
of the transaction, converted to US dollars.