Fair Taxation of Digital Assets in Puerto Rico Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-2982
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2025-04-21
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2982 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2025 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , and Mrs. Ramirez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the sourcing rules for digital asset income of Puerto Rican residents.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Taxation of Digital Assets in Puerto Rico Act of 2025 . 2. Treatment of digital asset income by Puerto Rican residents (a) In general Section 865 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k) and by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: (i) Digital asset income of Puerto Rican residents (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the case of an individual described in section 933, any income derived in connection with— (A) any receipt of any digital asset in connection with— (i) mining, staking, or any similar activity with respect to any digital asset, or (ii) holding any digital asset (including any fork or air drop of any digital asset), or (B) any sale, exchange, or other disposition of a digital asset, shall not be treated for purposes of this title as derived from sources within Puerto Rico. (2) Treatment of financial interests For purposes of this subsection, any financial interest in a digital asset shall be treated as a digital asset. (3) Digital asset For purposes of this subsection, the term digital asset means any digital representation of value which is recorded on a cryptographically-secured distributed ledger. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.