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Specialty Tax Services for Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Companies

Digital asset businesses operate in a fast-moving, uncertain tax environment. We provide clear, technically grounded guidance to help businesses navigate the complexity and uncertainty of digital asset taxation.

Clear Tax Guidance in an Uncertain Landscape

Whether you're dealing with staking, token compensation, or cross-border activity, generic tax advice isn't enough. You need a partner who deeply understands the nuances of the crypto space.

We work with Web3 startups, exchanges, and other digital asset businesses to navigate uncertainty and help you stay ahead of risk. With deep technical knowledge and a strong grasp of current IRS guidance and enforcement priorities, we give you the insights you need to make informed decisions and build a more defensible tax position.

Services to Address The Most Pressing Tax Challenges Faced by Digital Asset Businesses

Cryptocurrency and digital asset businesses face a shifting tax landscape marked by regulatory ambiguity, inconsistent guidance, and heightened scrutiny from tax authorities. From tracking basis and characterizing income to non-traditional equity and compensation and cross-border transactions, every decision can have major tax implications.

We help clients cut through this uncertainty with clear, actionable advice. Our services are designed to meet the specific needs of digital asset companies—providing structure, reducing risk, and ensuring you're prepared as the regulatory picture continues to evolve.

Digital Asset Tax Classification and Reporting

Understanding how digital asset activity is taxed is often unclear. We help you characterize income and transactions correctly and ensure you’re fulfilling reporting requirements.

  • Token and NFT Classification: Determine the appropriate tax treatment for various assets, including fungible tokens, NFTs, and wrapped assets.

  • Mining, Staking, Airdrops, and Forks Income: Apply current IRS, state, and foreign guidance to various issuance and reward mechanisms and subsequent transactions.

  • Transaction Reporting: Evaluate crypto transactions for capital gains and third-party reporting obligations.

With accurate classification and reporting, you reduce audit risk and ensure compliance in a fast-evolving tax environment.

Entity Structuring and Token Launch Planning

Choosing the right entity structure is critical in crypto. We help you think through tax issues as you design entities and launch projects.

  • DAO, Fund, and Foundation Structuring: Support with choosing and forming the right structure for your digital asset operations, aligning your economic model with tax-efficient entity classifications and allocations, while coordinating with legal counsel and other advisors to ensure preparedness for ICO/IDO/IEO offerings and other regulatory expectations.

  • Jurisdiction Selection: Evaluate U.S. vs. offshore options based on operations, fundraising, and contributor locations with the support of our global network of affiliates.

We work with founders and legal teams to ensure structure and strategy are fully aligned.

Cross-Border Planning

The global nature of Web3 brings major cross-border tax considerations. We help crypto-native companies and funds operate globally while reducing risk and improving tax efficiency.

  • Permanent Establishment & Other Taxable Presence Analyses: Evaluate whether U.S. and foreign activity creates taxable presence and whether treaty protections are available.

  • Withholding and Sourcing Guidance: Manage obligations on payments to and from international investors, as well as withholding considerations within the operating group.

  • Foreign Disclosure Compliance: Ensure proper reporting of offshore holdings with appropriate filings. 

We provide the technical depth needed to support global operations and investor bases within the operating group.

IRS and State Controversy Support

We help clients prepare for, respond to, and resolve audits and disputes involving digital assets.

  • Pre-Audit Risk Review: Identify areas of exposure and get ahead of possible exam issues.

  • Audit Representation: Communicate with IRS and state authorities to manage audit & appeals, document requests, and negotiations.

  • Voluntary Disclosures & Resolution: Assist with correcting past filings or reporting omissions to reduce penalties and close the loop.

Our approach is proactive, practical, and built on deep experience in complex tax matters.

 

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