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Responded somewhere else; but to be fair hard forks should be unrealized gain with 0 cap gains. IF/when someone wants to cash out is when they should pay the tax. It resolves the bad actor issue with scam coins; meets the need to pay tax on gains and ultimately saves everyone in bitcoin land (or other crypto for that matter) from inadvertently not declaring income. It's a win win for everyone; including the IRS. This is the most common sense approach and it stuns me that many of the couch / tax advisers are positioning otherwise.

Sure I agree that there be a way to differentiate, but the only reasonable approach is that the new fork coins should be unrealized gains until when (or if) you use them (aka trade/sell). It has a 0 cost basis until proven otherwise. Seems simple; meets the requirements; stops bad actors. Only negative is IRS may only get long-term cap gains if someone holds it for a long-time.

exactly

Once again - you expect people to somehow magically track the value on 20 hard forks in 2017, many are scam / not listed on US sites / unclear value, and on the 50 hard forks in 2018? Not possible - not feasible - and goes counter to what many EAs and CPAs are advising their clients. People need to stop giving "couch" advise without considering the consequences.

Really? So you're going to declare income on the 20 hard forks in 2017 (many were scams / questionable value... if any, also not listed on US exchanges), and on the 50 hard forks this year? Don't you think this is a bit insane??