2022 IRS Tax Forms More Clearly Define Digital Assets

In their 2022 IRS tax returns, American taxpayers will see a bigger, more defined category covering cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The Internal Revenue Service’s draft bill includes a well-defined Digital Assets section that defines whether and how taxpayers would account for the usage of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and NFTs.

Digital Assets are defined on page 16 of the draft as any digital representations of value maintained on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger or any similar technology. The tax form for 2021 required filers to declare whether they had received, sold, or traded virtual currency, a word that will change in the yet-to-be-released 1040 tax form for 2022.

Taxpayers must indicate whether or not they engaged in digital asset transactions during the tax year in the Digital Assets section of their income tax return.

A variety of circumstances will necessitate American taxpayers to answer yes to the Digital Assets question on Form 1040 or 1040-SR. In 2022, this includes receiving a digital asset as a prize, award, or payment for property or services, as well as selling, exchanging, gifting, or disposing of a digital asset.

This would include situations in which an individual got digital assets as payment for property or services rendered or as a prize or recognition. This category includes receiving new digital assets through mining or staking, as well as transacting digital assets in return for products or services and exchanging or trading digital assets.

The draft tax form explicitly addresses holding cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, or NFTs, as well as staking tokens:

“You have a financial interest in a digital asset if you are the owner of record of a digital asset, or have an ownership stake in an account that holds one or more digital assets, including the rights and obligations to acquire a financial interest, or you own a wallet that holds digital assets.”

The Digital Assets explanation also detailed scenarios under which taxpayers are not required to select Yes on their tax forms. If an individual owns a digital asset in a wallet or account, transfers digital assets from one wallet or account to another, or obtains digital assets using US dollars or other fiat currencies via electronic platforms such as PayPal.

Digital asset transactions can be properly classified in the 2022 tax return’s capital gains or income sections.

Suppose an individual disposes of any digital asset held as a capital asset throughout the year. In that case, they must calculate their capital gain or loss and disclose it on Schedule D of their tax return.

Individuals who received digital assets as payment for services or sold digital assets to clients in a trade or company must declare this revenue in the appropriate category.

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