Tax Agencies Level Up Efforts To Hone On Crypto Tax Evasion

Crypto tax evasion is a big thing in 2020 and people don’t expect anything to change, the cryptocurrency news show. The previous year raised expectations that stablecoins would bring a mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. But this year, we can definitely see some movements and are seeing that tax agencies are levelling up their efforts to hone on the crypto tax evasion.

2020 seems to be dousing the hopes with ever-tightening regulation that is putting pressure on investors and companies alike. The first complication came only 10 days into the year. In early January, the European Union and its landmark Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) was signed into law.

Meanwhile, the law is the latest evolution of EU’s response to the Panama Papers scandal in which a leak of over 11 million documents uncovered the opaque financial networks used by the world’s richest and most prominent individuals.

The tax agencies level up their regulation now and lawmakers are constantly striving to tighten the legal loopholes which would allow for the world’s richest companies and individuals to avoid paying their dues. There are still many states which willingly provide less legally restrictive environments.

From the 5AMLD initiative to the central bank digital currencies, the Bitcoin and altcoin news show that governments and regulators are acting on their belief that the identities of individuals behind anonymous transactions should be made available to authorities upon request.

Regulatory changes are coming and tax agencies level up many things. According to the Dash Core Group Chief Marketing Officer Fernando Gutierrez, “This was all bound to happen.” As he summarized in an email sent to one crypto media outlet:

“All these changes will make anonymity more difficult for the average consumer, as more exchanges comply and implement KYC. Those exchanges who don’t will be forced to jump from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, which will impose extra costs that only those committed to anonymity will be willing to pay. For criminals, this will change nothing because they are in that group, among many others who are not criminals, who are willing to pay more.”

Regulation can affect crypto in many different ways and regulators are already preparing new laws now. It is certain that if this happens, an intense debate will also occur among investors, industry leaders and regulatory bodies.