{"id":38509,"date":"2021-03-08T15:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38509"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:02:59","slug":"us-authorities-to-pursue-crypto-traders-evading-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/us-authorities-to-pursue-crypto-traders-evading-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"US authorities to pursue crypto traders evading taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has launched Operation &#8216;Hidden Treasure&#8217; to root out residents concealing their income from cryptocurrency transactions. This, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/irswatch\/2021\/03\/06\/operation-hidden-treasure-is-here-if-you-have-unreported-crypto-its-time-to-get-legal-advice\/?sh=32096b5539c9\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of the IRS Fraud Enforcement Division, Damon Row, said the aim of the operation is to root out tax evasion by owners of digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>According to IRS Chief Fraud Counsel Carolyn Shenk, the agency is working with private contractors to identify clear signs of violations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We see you,&#8221; Shenk said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in March, the IRS explained in which cases <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/irs-clarifies-when-bitcoin-need-not-be-reported-on-a-tax-return\">you do not need to report Bitcoin<\/a> on your tax return.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the IRS <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/irs-sends-cp2000-notices-to-coinbase-users-over-crypto-tax-debts\">sent out<\/a> letters to cryptocurrency holders demanding that they settle substantial debts to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has launched Operation &#8216;Hidden Treasure&#8217; to root out residents concealing their income from cryptocurrency transactions, Forbes reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36,558,26],"class_list":["post-38509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-regulation","tag-taxes","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38511,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509\/revisions\/38511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}