Inland Revenue adds another tool for its crypto-asset activities, & beware the hidden traps of the financial arrangements regime

About this episode

The episode discusses Inland Revenue's new tool for crypto-assets, highlights risks in the financial arrangements regime, and mentions the US IRS's role in international tax matters.

Inland Revenue gains another tool for its crypto-asset activities, a useful case highlighting the hidden traps of the financial arrangements regime and Iran and the All Whites might have a bigger opponent in the US Internal Revenue Service

Topics covered

• crypto-assets
• financial arrangements regime
• taxation
• Inland Revenue
• US tax implications

Keywords

• Inland Revenue
• crypto-assets
• financial arrangements
• tax traps
• US IRS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inland Revenue, US Internal Revenue Service

Places: Iran, All Whites

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