Cryptocurrency Tax Reform Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the definition of a broker, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cryptocurrency Tax Reform Act 2. Information reporting for brokers and digital assets (a) Clarification of definition of broker Section 6045(c)(1) (1) by striking and (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) by striking any other person who (for a consideration) any person who (for consideration) (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting , and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) any person who (for consideration) is responsible for regularly providing any service effectuating transfers of digital assets on behalf of another person. . (b) Reporting of digital assets (1) Brokers (A) Treatment as specified security Section 6045(g)(3)(B) and (iv) any digital asset, and . (B) Definition of digital asset Section 6045(g)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Digital asset Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, the term digital asset . (C) Applicable date Section 6045(g)(3)(C) of such Code is amended— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and (ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv), and (iii) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: (iii) January 1, 2023, in the case of any specified security which is a digital asset, and . (2) Furnishing of information (A) In general Section 6045A of such Code is amended— (i) in subsection (a), by striking a security which is (ii) by adding at the end the following: (b) Return requirement for certain transfers of digital assets not otherwise subject to reporting Any broker, with respect to any transfer (which is not part of a sale or exchange executed by such broker) during a calendar year of a covered security which is a digital asset from an account maintained by such broker to an account which is not maintained by, or an address not associated with, a person that such broker knows or has reason to know is also a broker, shall make a return for such calendar year, in such form as determined by the Secretary, showing the information otherwise required to be furnished with respect to transfers subject to subsection (a). . (B) Reporting penalties Section 6724(d)(1)(B) of such Code is amended by striking or and (xxvii) section 6045A(d) (relating to returns for certain digital assets), . (C) Treatment as cash for purposes of section 6050I Section 6050I(d) of such Code is amended by striking and , and (3) any digital asset (as defined in section 6045(g)(3)(D). . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns required to be filed, and statements required to be furnished, after December 31, 2023. (d) Rules of construction (1) Definition of broker Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to create any inference that a person described in section 6045(c)(1)(D) (A) validating distributed ledger transactions, (B) selling hardware or software for which the sole function is to permit a person to control private keys which are used for accessing digital assets on a distributed ledger, or (C) developing digital assets or their corresponding protocols for use by other persons, provided that such other persons are not customers of the person developing such assets or protocols. (2) Brokers and treatment of digital assets Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to create any inference, for any period prior to the effective date of such amendments, with respect to— (A) whether any person is a broker under section 6045(c)(1) (B) whether any digital asset is property which is a specified security under section 6045(g)(3)(B) of such Code.

Summary: Cryptocurrency Tax Reform Act This bill modifies the definition of broker for tax reporting purposes to include any person who (for consideration) effectuates transfers of digital assets on behalf of another person. It also treats digital assets (i.e., a digital representation of value that is recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger) as specified securities for reporting purposes.