Is The Crypto Industry Ready For Tax Regulation? Survey Shows
February 08 2023 - 05:30PM
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For federal tax purposes, crypto assets are treated as property,
which could be counterproductive for investors in the United
States. Although digital assets are a relatively new type of
investment, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in this country has
worked hard to enforce tax compliance. Related Reading:
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Forecasts More Profits A survey conducted by CoinLedger summarized
the percentage of U.S. investors in the space who are aware of the
new standards and regulations from the government and how many are
reporting their taxes. Do Crypto Investors Report Taxes? 305 US
citizens were sampled with the survey conducted by CoinLedger and
carried out by YouGov. The percentage of investors reporting crypto
on their taxes was 58% in 2022, between the unprecedented crisis
and bankruptcies that enveloped the industry. 31% of crypto
investors said they didn’t report taxes on their last year’s gains.
Moreover, 50% of the investors who didn’t file their taxes said
that the main reason for not filing was that they “didn’t make a
profit on crypto assets.” Most investors surveyed could not
correctly identify taxable and non-taxable crypto transactions as
defined by IRS standards. However, 38% of investors were able to
identify crypto-to-crypto trades as taxable correctly. In addition,
59% of crypto investors surveyed said they were prepared for tax
season, while 49% said they felt unprepared. Many investors
agreed with the statement, “I wish cryptocurrency exchanges gave me
more information to help me file my taxes,” representing 68% of the
citizens surveyed in the report. According to CoinLedger’s
research, crypto tax reporting has steadily increased as the
industry matures. In 2018, Credit Karma found that only 0.04% of
its users reported digital assets on their taxes, a significant
increase in tax reporting by crypto investors compared to last
year. Are Investors Educated On Tax Reports? 65% of investors
correctly identified that selling cryptocurrency is a taxable
event, while only 38% of investors correctly identified that a
crypto-to-crypto trade is a taxable event, according to the
survey’s data. To CoinLedger, this seems to imply that many
crypto investors are inaccurately reporting their cryptocurrency
taxes simply because they are unaware of what constitutes a
“taxable sale.” CoinLedger Stated in the report: (…) It’s clear
that more education is necessary to help investors better
understand how to accurately report their taxes. Here at
CoinLedger, we’ve published free guides, articles, and videos to
help investors better understand how to accurately report their
crypto taxes. Related Reading: AI Token The Graph (GRT) Sees
Correction, But How High Can The Price Go? For CoinLedger, crypto
tax reporting rates will likely increase as the cryptocurrency
ecosystem matures. Over time, investors will become more
knowledgeable about how their transactions are taxed and gain
access to tax reporting resources. Bitcoin is currently trading at
$22,800. It has not yet been able to climb to its next target of
$24,200. Bitcoin has fallen 1.7% in the past 24 hours, moving
between $22,800 and $23,200. The largest cryptocurrency by
market capitalization is down 1.3% in the last 7 days but still
able to maintain its stats in the green land in the last 30 days
with a profit percentage of 33.7%. Featured image from Unsplash,
Image from CoinLedger, Chart From TradingView.
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