Currency Task Force News Today

The Institute of CPAs is updating its Statements on Standards for Tax Services and wants the IRS to hold off on renaming "virtual currency" as "digital asset" on tax forms.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: FinCEN recently took another important step toward bringing virtual currency into the financial assets reporting scheme. Taxpayers that have $10,000 or more in a foreign bank account have long been required to file a foreign bank account report (or “FBAR”) on FinCEN Form 114. The penalties for failing to report foreign bank accounts are significant: $10,000 for a non-willful failure and the greater of $100,000 and up to 50 percent...