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IRS Sends Refund Interest Checks To 13.9 Million Taxpayers

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Department of the Treasury and the IRS are planning to send out interest payments totaling $18 on average to 13.9 In any such incident, where the date is postponed from its usual April 15 deadline, the IRS is required to pay interest. Interest is paid at the legally prescribed rate, adjusted quarterly, according to the release.

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IRS Says Much Of Next Stimulus Payout Will Be Faster Direct Deposits

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Since the IRS has already assembled the data it needs to deliver the first-stimulus payment, they should be able to deliver a second payment fairly quickly and at a lower administrative cost,” Jack Smalligan, a former Office of Management and Budget official, told WSJ.

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Cannabis Cos’ $4.7B In Cash-Based Taxes Overwhelm IRS

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is paying $1.7 billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. Most of these companies were forced to pay their federal taxes in cash because about 70 percent of all legal cannabis businesses are unbanked. According to Quartz , the U.S.

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Blockchain groups sue US IRS over new DeFi regulations

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The US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) and Treasury are facing legal action from a number of blockchain trade groups over newly introduced rules for crypto brokers.

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IRS Going After Offshore Debit Cards With John Doe Summons

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The IRS has been using a John Doe summons to get access to taxpayers’ bitcoin information and is now using the same tactic to get debit card information. that may have offshore accounts created by Panamanian company Sovereign Management & Legal LTD. The IRS is looking for the records of people in the U.S.

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N.Y. grants BitLicense to Coinbase amid firm's legal battle with IRS

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Bitcoin exchange and digital wallet provider Coinbase has received a virtual currency and money transmitter license — commonly known as a BitLicense — from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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The IRS May Limit The Records Requested In Coinbase Fight

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According to a report in Fortune , the IRS said last week in a hearing over its fight with anonymous bitcoin buyers that it has been talking to Coinbase about limiting the information it needs to search for unreported income. The IRS , according to the report, contends only 802 people claimed gains or losses from bitcoin in 2015.

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