Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by tomhallett on Sunday May 27, 2018 @11:42AM
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I was just wondering about this - are the miners being charged taxes on the revenues generated?
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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra...
by d0ugie on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:14PM
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According to this Q&A from the IRS, yes, miners are on the hook: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-14-21.pdf:
A-8: Yes, when a taxpayer successfully “mines” virtual currency, the fair market value of the virtual currency as of the date of receipt is includible in gross income. (...)
A-9: If a taxpayer’s “mining” of virtual currency constitutes a trade or business, and the “mining” activity is not undertaken by the taxpayer as an employee, the net earnings from self-employment (generally, gross income derived from carrying on a trade or business less allowable deductions) resulting from those activities constitute self-employment income and are subject to the self-employment tax.