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Re:IRS Says ‘Dozens’ of New Crypto, Cybercriminals Are Ident... by 0xfffafaCrash on Monday November 11, 2019 @06:21PM (#21510001)
Using bitcoin to purchase goods and services would be a taxable event, but is there really a clear case that using a tumbler is a taxable event? On what grounds?
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Re:IRS Says ‘Dozens’ of New Crypto, Cybercriminals Are Ident... by ska on Monday November 11, 2019 @06:35PM (#21510086)
I think their arguments is you went say eth->btc and then through a tumbler, they would be able to charge you for tax avoidance on the eth->btc (assuming you didn't declare this and pay the tax) and then money laundering on the tumbler because it was meant to obfuscate that.
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