A new has been introduced in the Wyoming state senate on Feb. 16 that would exempt virtual currencies from state property taxation, and suggests an effective date be provided for the tax exemption implementation.
Wyoming Senate Bill 111 was introduced by senators Ogden Driskill, Tara Nethercott, and Chris Rothfuss, along with representatives Tyler Lindholm, David Miller, and Jared Olsen. All are Republicans with the exception of Senator Rothfuss.
The bill received 26 “ayes,” from a mixture of Republicans and Democrats, 3 “nays,” all from Republicans, and 1 “excused.”
This Republican and Democratic backed bill comes as a of US lawmakers are calling for more crypto regulation.
The bill is short and to the point, proposing a list of “intangible items” that should qualify for property tax exemption, like currency, gold, cashier’s checks, and “virtual currencies.” Virtual currencies are defined as anything that digitally represents value as a medium of exchange or unit of value, and as well as not being recognized as legal US currency.
Taxation requirements for cryptocurrency profits in the US are a , with US citizens’ crypto assets being subject to federal property and payroll taxes. However, the personal finance service Credit Karma that only 0.04 percent of customers reported their crypto assets to the in 2017 as of Feb. 13.
Published at Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:41:05 +0000
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