Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, was recently trading around $120,000. Key Takeaways Crypto company shares are getting a boost from rising bitcoin prices and interim guidance that would exempt digital assets' paper gains from getting taxed. Bitcoin treasury company Strategy said in a filing that it no longer expects to be subject to the 15% corporate alternative minimum tax it anticipated having to pay next year. Crypto's numbers are going ...

税收政策调整 - 美国财政部和国税局准备放宽一项针对加密货币公司的拟议税收规则 该规则原本要求公司对其数字资产持仓的未实现收益缴纳15%的最低税[1] - 财政部和国税局发布了临时指引 以减轻公司替代性最低税的财务负担[2] - 公司替代性最低税是根据2022年《通胀削减法案》设立的15%最低税 通常适用于报告年均收入超过10亿美元的最大型企业[4] 规则变更背景与影响 - 此次新指引是对MicroStrategy和Coinbase等公司强烈反对的回应 这些公司认为对加密货币的账面利润征税是不公平的 且与股票和债券等传统资产的处理方式不一致[1] - 美国参议院财政委员会在主席迈克·克拉波带领下 继续就数字资产税收问题举行听证会进行讨论[2] - 当前税法典对许多数字资产交易未能提供明确答案 持续的税收不确定性使美国作为商业和投资地的吸引力下降 并损害了税收合规[3] 原有会计准则与潜在问题 - 2023年12月 美国国税局引入了财务会计准则委员会关于加密货币的规则 要求公司按公允价值记录其数字资产持仓[5] - 根据该规则 加密货币市场价格的任何波动 即使是未出售资产带来的未实现损益 都必须反映在公司的净收益报表中[5] - 若无新的税收指引 仅持有价值上涨的加密货币的公司将不得不把该账面利润计入其调整后财务报表收入[6]

The Treasury Department is preparing to formally exempt crypto holdings from the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT), which would eliminate a potential multibillion-dollar tax liability for companies like Strategy that hold substantial Bitcoin reserves. According to Eleanor Terret, the move addresses the 15% minimum tax on large corporations’ financial statement income that would have forced companies to pay taxes on unrealized digital asset gains under accounting rules requiring mark-to-market valua ...