In December meanwhile, more stringent identification
of virtual currency holders who convert funds to fiat will come into being, with the onus on businesses to ensure they can identify customers behind the conversions.
Furthermore, the section states that the data obtained
from virtual currency holders should only pertain to an individual's businesses and trusts and must only concern the their economic activity.
Presently, however, the agency is only collecting taxes from self -
reporting virtual currency holders, meaning that it is probably failing to capture a significant amount of tax revenue.
Many
big virtual currency holders privately say that they will no longer travel to Russia, Turkey or other countries where they assume that attacks may be easier to pull off because of organized crime.
Avoiding tax liability altogether is not possible for
most virtual currency holders, and attempting to evade federal taxes can land you in real trouble.
According to the Irish Times,
virtual currency holders in Dublin now have more payment options for their cappuccinos and croissants as a brand new trendy café has opened in the city.
The IRS has treated cryptocurrencies as taxable assets since 2014, and the agency recently filed suit in federal court seeking retroactive tax assessments against millions
of virtual currency holders.
Unfortunately
for virtual currency holders, this is just one of many recent events showing the IRS has been serious about collecting its dues on cryptocurrency investments.
Under existing accounting guidelines in Japan,
virtual currency holders can table it as inventory while issuers can deem it a liability.
The IRS issued guidance regarding the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies in 2014, but
virtual currency holders haven't seen much by way of enforcement actions since then.
The Plasma Coin could act as a type of insurance for
virtual currency holders, providing order book type performance in record keeping.