Unchanged crypto tax bill will be put to a vote on Tuesday

The provisions aim to raise $28 billion for infrastructure funding through expanded digital asset taxation and will impose broad third-party reporting requirements on any crypto firm deemed to be a “broker.” On Monday, Jake Chervinsky, general counsel to Compound Labs, tweeted that the United States Senate had voted 68 in favor to 29 against ending the debate surrounding the provisions, halting discussions until Tuesday’s final vote.

However, Chervinsky emphasized that the Senate could still pass an amendment to the bill by unanimous consent before the final vote. Senate talks over the controversial cryptocurrency tax provisions to the U.S. infrastructure bill have stalled, with an unamended version of the bill set to be put to a vote on Tuesday. The broad language used to define a crypto “broker” in the provision has sent shockwaves across the crypto industry, with analysts inferring that miners, stakers and other network validators, and software developers could be subjected to third-party tax reporting requirements despite failing to possess personal information on their counter-parties.

The crypto sector has thrown support behind an amendment proposed by senators Pat Toomey, Rob Wyden and Cynthia Lummis that would limit the definitional scope of crypto “brokers” to exempt miners, validators and software developers from the provision. However, the majority of lawmakers are backing a competing amendment from Rob Portman, Mark Warner and Kyrsten Sinema that would only exempt miners, proof-of-stake validators and wallet providers from the bill.

According to a Sunday Twitter thread from Lummis, both sides are now at an impasse over the 30-hour rule — which allows senators to consider a bill for up to 30 hours before voting on it.

Unchanged crypto tax bill will be put to a vote on Tuesday, Cointelegraph, Aug 9