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The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the country’s tax service, has released a draft of its new Form 1099-DA “Digital Asset Proceeds from Broker Transactions” for reporting income from digital asset transactions. The form is expected to come into use in 2025 for reporting in 2026.
A broker will prepare Form 1099-DA for every customer who sells or exchanges digital assets. Brokers <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1099da--dft.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">include</a>&nbsp;kiosk operators, digital asset payment processors, hosted wallet providers, unhosted wallet providers and others, per the form. Copies of the 1099-DA will be sent to customers and the IRS, which will use them for verification purposes.
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The form asks for token codes, wallet addresses, and blockchain transaction locations. Under the rule proposed in August 2023, cryptocurrencies, nonfungible tokens and stablecoins are reportable. The rule stated:
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 “With third party information reporting that specifically identifies digital asset transactions, the IRS could more easily identify taxpayers with digital asset transactions that are otherwise difficult to discover.”
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The crypto community weighed in on the proposed reporting requirements after <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-releases-draft-proposed-reporting-rules-digital-asset-brokers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">they were announced</a>. The Blockchain Association <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-advocates-proposed-irs-rule-brokers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said the rule contains</a> “fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of digital assets and decentralized technology.”
Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-lawyer-irs-crypto-tax-rules-threat-industry" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said the proposed rules</a> would set a “dangerous precedent for surveillance of the everyday financial activities of consumers by requiring nearly every digital asset transaction — even the purchase of a cup of coffee — to be reported.”
Commenters <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-reporting-rules-community-responses" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">were no happier</a> with the reporting rules for 2024.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/study-claims-99-5-of-crypto-investors-did-not-pay-taxes-in-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Study claims 99.5% of crypto investors did not pay taxes in 2022</a>
Tax experts have also posted their comments on the web. According to crypto tax and accounting service Ledgible, reporting decentralized finance, where there may not be an intermediary to fulfill the reporting requirements, will be especially challenged by the new rule. It could also significantly increase&nbsp;brokers’ administrative burden, as many process very large numbers of transactions.
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In addition, brokers will be <a href="https://gordonlaw.com/form-1099-da/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">forced</a> to exchange information on digital asset transfers to determine the cost basis (initial value or purchase price) accurately, according to Gordon Law. They have no mechanism in place for such data sharing. Furthermore, there is no way to differentiate between self-transfers and taxable transfers if a crypto owner transfers assets between exchanges.
Taxpayers who underreported their crypto income in previous years may be caught when they report their taxes in 2025. Users of foreign exchanges that formally do not serve U.S. citizens will not submit the form, but the IRS may be able to detect the offshore activity if the taxpayer transfers assets to a U.S. exchange.
The IRS is continuing to accept comments on the draft form.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/laws-taxes-apply-nfts-metaverse/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crazy outcomes when current laws applied to NFTs and the metaverse</a>

IRS releases draft of 2025 digital asset reporting form for US taxpayers

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