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US Lawmakers Propose to Subject Cryptocurrencies to Wash Sale Rule

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US Lawmakers Propose to Subject Cryptocurrencies to Wash Sale Rule


A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has proposed to subject cryptocurrencies to the “wash sale” rule. Since cryptocurrencies are treated as property by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), they are currently not subject to the wash sale rule. This proposal attempts to close down a big crypto tax loophole. Crypto Included in New Proposal


The Committee on Ways and Means, the chief tax-writing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, proposed to subject cryptocurrencies to the wash sale rule Monday. If adopted, the rules will apply to crypto trades occurring after Dec. 31.


The “wash sales” provision in the bill states: This section includes commodities, currencies, and digital assets in the wash sale rule, an anti-abuse rule previously applicable to stock and other securities. The wash sale rule in section 1091 prevents taxpayers from claiming tax losses while retaining an interest in the loss asset.


The wash-sale rule was designed to discourage people from selling securities at a loss simply to claim a tax benefit. A wash sale occurs when an individual sells a security at a loss and then purchases that same security or substantially identical securities within 30 days.


Shehan Chandrasekera, head of Tax Strategy at crypto tax software firm Cointracker, commented that with this wash sale proposal, the committee “is trying to close down a big crypto tax loophole.” He elaborated: Since cryptocurrencies are treated as property (IRS 2014-21), they are not subject to the wash sale rule. This allows you to harvest losses more aggressively in crypto than in stocks. You don’t have to wait 30 days. Ways & Means Committee is trying to subject crypto to the wash sale rule.


According to Chandrasekera, “the new rules will not eliminate the tax benefit, it will defer the tax benefit.”


What do you think about this new proposal? Let us know in the comments section below. IRS, Janet Yellen Press Lawmakers to Push "Tax Compliance Agenda" — Banks to Report Deposits, Withdrawals of $600 TAXES | 11 hours ago IRS Agent Poses as Bitcoin Trader Called "Mr. Coins," Biden"s IRS Wants "Outflow and Inflow" Data From Banks TAXES | Sep 2, 2021 Tags in this story crypto rules, crypto tax rules, IRS, tax rules, wash sale, wash sale rules crypto


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