S 4751 · 117th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

A bill to revise the definition of a broker for purposes of certain reporting requirements with respect to digital asset transfers under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2022-08-03· Sponsored by Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2022-08-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] This bill excludes certain persons from being considered a broker for tax reporting purposes. Under current law, the transfer of digital assets from a broker to a nonbroker requires the broker to file a return beginning on January 1, 2024. The bill provides that a broker does not include any person solely engaged in the business of (1) validating distributed ledger transactions, or (2) selling hardware or software for which the sole function is to permit access to digital assets on a distributed ledger.…

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Cosponsors (4)

2 Democrats2 Republicans