Just-in: White House Reviews IRS Proposal To Tax US Citizen’s Outbound Crypto Holdings

The White House has initiated a review of a proposal by the IRS, its tax agency, to track and tax U.S. citizens’ offshore cryptocurrency holdings. This move comes as the Donald Trump administration intensifies its effort to discourage citizens from moving their digital assets outside the country to evade taxation. 

White House Reviews Bill To Track Off-Shore Crypto Holding

According to a Bloomberg report, the White House has begun reviewing a Treasury Department proposal that will empower the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to access U.S. citizens’ foreign cryptocurrency account holdings for proper taxation. Meanwhile, this bill has taken the US government one step closer towards joining the CARF (crypto asset reporting framework) movement. CARF, established in 2022 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), is a global tax framework that facilitates the automatic cross-border exchange of crypto account information, aiming to curb tax evasion.

If approved, the US will join a long list of sovereign nations that have adopted the framework into their tax policies. Among the nations that have signed in are the UK, France, and Japan. Interestingly, crypto hubs including Singapore and the UAE have also gotten on board with the Program. The US government had earlier this year supported the CARF adoption as it is a surefire way to close potential tax loopholes among citizens with crypto holdings. Meanwhile, a global implementation of the CARF adoption is scheduled to roll out as soon as 2027. 

US To Adopt FACTA Style Oversight Of Outbound Digital Assets, Amidst Radical Reforms

If approved by the White House, part of the CARF program will involve the US adopting a FACTA-style report for taxation, which will make it mandatory for all foreign custodians to transfer information regarding all US citizens’ outbound account holdings to the IRS. Meanwhile, the CARF program’s adoption is just one of the radical reforms underway in the country regarding the crypto industry and digital assets. 

Recently, two U.S. senators unveiled a bipartisan bill that will expand the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) oversight of the crypto industry, putting it on par with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding decisions involving digital assets. 

Furthermore, the US government is working on the Crypto Clarity Bill, a legislative proposal designed to establish a clear regulatory framework for digital assets. Furthermore, the US Treasury and IRS have issued new guidance regarding staking Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), enhancing tax transparency for investors in the United States.  In addition, the US government under the Donald Trump administration has become more friendly towards digital assets, even replacing its hawkish SEC chair with a pro-crypto counterpart.