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To provide temporary safe harbor for the tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in the absence of administrative guidance.

USA115th CongressHR-6973| House 
| Updated: 9/28/2018
Tom Emmer

Tom Emmer

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018 This bill establishes a safe harbor period that prohibits certain penalties and additional taxes from applying to a taxpayer who receives a forked convertible virtual currency until the Internal Revenue Service issues regulations or guidance, or legislation is enacted, that addresses specified issues related to the tax treatment of forked convertible virtual currency. A "forked convertible virtual currency" is any convertible virtual currency to which the taxpayer becomes entitled by reason of a hard fork. A "hard fork" is any material change in the shared digital ledger which is used to verify by consensus transactions in the currency if the change results in the maintenance of independent shared digital ledgers with respect to the currency. The legislation, regulations, or guidance must prescribe the tax treatment of receiving forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating and allocating the basis of forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating the fair market value of forked convertible virtual currency at any given time, and rules for determining the holding period of forked convertible virtual currency.
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Timeline
Sep 28, 2018
Introduced in House
Sep 28, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • September 28, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • September 28, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyCurrencyInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

To provide temporary safe harbor for the tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in the absence of administrative guidance.

USA115th CongressHR-6973| House 
| Updated: 9/28/2018
Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018 This bill establishes a safe harbor period that prohibits certain penalties and additional taxes from applying to a taxpayer who receives a forked convertible virtual currency until the Internal Revenue Service issues regulations or guidance, or legislation is enacted, that addresses specified issues related to the tax treatment of forked convertible virtual currency. A "forked convertible virtual currency" is any convertible virtual currency to which the taxpayer becomes entitled by reason of a hard fork. A "hard fork" is any material change in the shared digital ledger which is used to verify by consensus transactions in the currency if the change results in the maintenance of independent shared digital ledgers with respect to the currency. The legislation, regulations, or guidance must prescribe the tax treatment of receiving forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating and allocating the basis of forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating the fair market value of forked convertible virtual currency at any given time, and rules for determining the holding period of forked convertible virtual currency.
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Timeline
Sep 28, 2018
Introduced in House
Sep 28, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • September 28, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • September 28, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Tom Emmer

Tom Emmer

Republican Representative

Minnesota

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyCurrencyInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration and collection, taxpayers