JimNtexas
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Jim - In Texas!
The IRS has decided that a Bitcoin is not 'currency', it's property, like a share of stock.
If you are actively trading Bitcoin then you have a lot of paperwork to do. For example, if you pay an entity more than $600 for a service you have to get their taxpayer ID and send them a 1099.
You have to track the gain and loss on each Bitcoin transaction so you can calculate your capital gain or loss.
In other Bitcoin news the word is that there are very large institutional investors who are planning Bitcoin funds that could potentially pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the Bitcoin market.
Bitcoins: Virtual gold or virtual tulips? You decide.
If you are actively trading Bitcoin then you have a lot of paperwork to do. For example, if you pay an entity more than $600 for a service you have to get their taxpayer ID and send them a 1099.
You have to track the gain and loss on each Bitcoin transaction so you can calculate your capital gain or loss.
In other Bitcoin news the word is that there are very large institutional investors who are planning Bitcoin funds that could potentially pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the Bitcoin market.
Bitcoins: Virtual gold or virtual tulips? You decide.