Donating Cryptocurrency and Avoiding Traps for the Unwary (X4-6407869)

As the digital asset market continues to mature, more taxpayers may be contemplating blessing their favorite charitable organizations with gifts of cryptocurrency.  Beneficiaries unfamiliar with digital assets may find it challenging to properly report any of these types of donations.  Likewise, taxpayers will need to ensure that they properly value and substantiate any contributions or potentially risk their charitable deductions being denied. This course will provide a brief overview of digital assets.  This will be followed by a discussion of the rules regarding the documentation required when claiming a charitable contribution of digital assets.  This course will also cover recent IRS publications and cases discussing taxpayers whose deductions of digital assets charitable gifts were scrutinized.

**Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.
 

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This course is suitable for Corporate tax and finance executives, directors, managers and staff, CPAs,  Enrolled Agents, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors who work with and advise individuals or businesses that use or invest in crypto

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