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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the payment of certain Federal taxes with bitcoin.
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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to enable individuals to pay federal taxes using Bitcoin. It requires the Treasury Secretary to establish a payment method that includes immediately converting received Bitcoin to its dollar equivalent. The Secretary would also issue regulations to define when payments are considered received and delineate responsibilities for tax and non-tax matters between payers, financial intermediaries, and the Secretary, aiming to integrate Bitcoin as an accepted payment option for individual tax obligations.
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal Reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes.
This bill establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets, assigning primary jurisdiction over "digital commodities" to the CFTC and "restricted digital assets" to the SEC. It defines key terms like "digital asset," "digital commodity," and "permitted payment stablecoin," and creates a mechanism for digital assets to transition from securities to commodities upon achieving sufficient decentralization. The legislation also outlines registration requirements for various digital asset intermediaries and mandates studies on decentralized finance and non-fungible digital assets.
For congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".
This staff accounting bulletin expresses the views of the staff regarding the accounting for obligations to safeguard crypto-assets an entity holds for platform users.