IRS takes out John Doe summons on crypto prime dealer SFOX to find tax cheat customers

The Central District of California federal court entered an order Monday to authorize the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency prime dealer. The IRS filed suit to receive the order, which directs SFOX to reveal the identities of customers who are U.S. taxpayers […]

Court orders Kraken to provide information on user transactions to the IRS

Kraken has been ordered to provide information on its users to who conducted the equivalent of $20,000 in crypto transactions in any one year, between 2016 and 2020, to the Internal Revenue Service. A federal court in northern California authorized the IRS to serve a “John Doe summons” on Kraken yesterday. The exchange is not […]