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New Zealand Implements OECD Crypto Reporting Rules to Enhance Tax Compliance. Non-compliance penalties include fines up to $6,200 for providers and $621 for users. On August 26, 2024, New Zealand’s Minister of Revenue, Simon Watts, proposed a significant legislation amendment to improve transparency in cryptocurrency transactions. The “Taxation Annual Rates for 2024-25, Emergency Response, and Remedial Measures” Bill, which includes the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and...

After touting a new bill that would potentially regulate crypto and declare it a new financial sector within the country’s borders, India has announced it will not be moving forward on the bill at this time. To be fair, this doesn’t mean a ban will be put in place. It just means officials are delaying a decision that was supposed to be made during this winter season in India’s Parliament. India Has Hit a Standstill News emerged less than a month ago that India had...

Crypto investors in India have received some good news in that the country has decided not to ban cryptocurrency. Rather, digital assets are now going to be recognized as an entirely new asset class and will thus be regulated as so. India Classifies Crypto as a New Asset Class This has been a back-and-forth battle that was going even just a few weeks ago after the nation’s Parliament issued a bill to be discussed during the winter session that would set forth rather...

This infrastructure bill is turning into an absolute joke. After allegedly coming to an agreement over a potential amendment to the cryptocurrency portion of the bill, the new language detailing crypto transactions and brokers is getting attacked by senators such as Bernie Sanders of Vermont, thereby resulting in additional holdbacks. The Infrastructure Bill Is Becoming a Major Problem The bill is already stupid given that it is presently worth approximately $1 trillion....

Several members of the United States Congress are working together to propose an amendment to the new infrastructure bill that would better describe what crypto brokers are and lessen some of the tax burdens the bill is set to place on cryptocurrency investors. Will the Infrastructure Bill Change? The amendment is a bipartisan move coming by way of Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon (democrat) Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming (republican), and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania (republican)....

Not too long ago, bitcoin endured something of a comeback, hitting the $40,000 mark for the first time in well over a month. While the price didn’t last, the currency is still in the high $30,000 range, which is considered a step forward in the right direction given how poor bitcoin was doing before, but with the new infrastructure bill making its way into the United States, many analysts and traders are worried that things could potentially begin to fall again, as the...