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Crypto tax bills a work-in-progress as U.S. House lawmakers pose concerns
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A package of several crypto tax bills may not be ready yet for prime time, as a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing revealed potentially significant questions from lawmakers that suggested the panel hasn't achieved a bipartisan embrace of the bills that would tailor a clearer tax code for digital asset gains.
Key facts
- Regulatory clarity and tax clarity go hand in hand," said Kevin Wysocki, Anchorage Digital's head of policy, in a post on social media site X
- But one of the hearing's witnesses, Mike Kaercher, deputy director of the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, said the bills still contain pitfalls, including his own objection to the mining-and-staking
- I'm aligned with that goal, eventually," said Richard Neal, the committee's ranking Democrat, during the hearing
- It's unclear whether there will be a viable window for major crypto tax legislation before the current session of Congress ends at the close of 2026
Summary
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee examined a slate of crypto tax proposals in a hearing, questioning the details of several of the draft bills and suggesting there may be significant remaining work they'd expect on the efforts. One aspect that drew significant concerns from committee Democrats was the potential for deferred taxation of mined digital assets being gamed by the mining companies. A package of several crypto tax bills may not be ready yet for prime time, as a U.S.
"I'm aligned with that goal, eventually," said Richard Neal, the committee's ranking Democrat, during the hearing.