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US: Senate-passed infrastructure bill would impose information-reporting requirements on sales of cryptocurrency and other digital assets

20 August 2021

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Tax Alerts, National/Federal Taxation, Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets, Insurance, Information Reporting, Legislation & Policy

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United States

Executive summaryCryptocurrency and other "digital assets" sold by customers of "brokers" would be subject to Form 1099-B reporting and cost-basis reporting if the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the bill) becomes law. The bill, which passed the Senate on 10 August 2021, would amend the Internal Revenue Code1 to:Expand the definition of a brokerDefine "digital assets"Apply the cost-basis-reporting regime for securities to digital assetsRequire brokers to report the basis of digital assets transferred to their customers or other non-brokers to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Require digital assets to be treated as "cash" when received in the course of a trade or...