Imagine for a moment that you’re standing outside trying to figure out which way to go on a major decision you have to make in life.
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Some enterprising person walks up and says..”Hey man I see you’re pretty stressed. I may be able to help you though. Here’s a coin. All you have to do is flip this coin and let the decision be made for you. And voila!”
So you borrow the stranger’s coin and you flip it. It comes up heads. You flip it again just to be sure. Heads. You flip it 15 more times ...all heads.
So you end up going with the choice that corresponds with heads.
Half the financial community is split on what IRS will do once this happens.
Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin was just ruled to be property for IRS standards. This means that because you feel its currency, its not. Its property.
So in terms of exchanging one Bitcoin for one or more Ripple, its just like if you traded a classic car that went up in value for a bucket. Theoretically there will be either earned income or long term capital gains taxes on the following: