U.S. House tax committee weighs crypto bills, including relief for small transactions
Seven draft bills are being circulated by the House Ways and Means Committee ahead of a hearing next week, including proposals to ease small-gain, mining and staking burdens.
What to know:
- The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is circulating seven crypto tax bill drafts that would tackle a number of the industry’s tax priorities.
- The committee is set to have a hearing next week on June 9 to discuss the ideas, which address “de minimis” transactions, stablecoin activity and the proceeds of mining and staking.
The committee that oversees tax issues is set to discuss the ideas on June 9, and the legislative text indicates that the panel is targeting a number of areas with focused bills. The various proposals include eliminating tax demands on certain small ( or “de minimis”) transactions, stablecoin activity and network fees; governing the taxation of assets acquired through crypto mining; melding digital assets with existing tax treatment of securities; applying so-called wash sale rules to crypto; and cutting out an appraisal requirement in digital asset donations to charity.
Reducing the mining and staking tax burden is a major component of the industry’s tax-policy strategy, focused on eliminating double taxation in which the assets are taxed both at the time of acquisition and at the point of sale. One of the draft bills seeks to address that issue.
