Kryptospråk i infrastrukturregningen er et politisk skallspill, sier Cointelegraph GC

Zachary Kelman, generaladvokat for Cointelegraph, sa at den politiske kampen om skatteimplikasjonene for krypto i USAs infrastrukturregning ikke er noe nytt, siden det sannsynligvis handler om hvordan lovgivere planlegger å betale for alt.

In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Jackson DuMont, Kelman claimed that senators pushing the crypto language in the infrastructure bill — which ultimately vedtatt i det amerikanske senatet after one senator objected to a clarifying amendment — may have been more influenced by political concerns than ones potentially affecting the crypto space. Namely, the general counsel claimed that lawmakers know that crypto firms “can’t actually acquiesce” to the proposed tax reporting requirements but needed the language to essentially win over senators concerned about paying the bill.

I følge Kelman kan republikanere og moderate demokrater støtte lovforslaget, men ønsker at språket skal ha en bestemmelse for å finansiere noen av veier, broer og store infrastrukturprosjekter som er foreslått uten faktisk å måtte heve skattene.

“This rule, along with many other rules, is about enforcement. It’s about — without having to say we’re going to raise the cap gains rate, we’re going to raise corporate tax rates, which sends a bad market signal,” said Kelman. “They’re sort of saying, this money is out there in crypto land […] and that we’re going to find new ways of capturing that tax revenue.”

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“It’s a bit of a shell game to show them, ‘Look, we are going to be able to pay for this.’”

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Infrastrukturlovforslaget, HR 3684, vedtok Senatet med 69-30 avstemninger 10. august. Spesielt til tross for mangelen på en endring som tydeliggjør kryptospråket in the bill, four of the senators pushing for such clarification — Rob Portman, Mark Warner, Kyrsten Sinema and Ron Wyden — all voted in favor of the deal, with only Pat Toomey and Cynthia Lummis voting “nay.” The bill will now go to the House of Representatives, where it likely won’t be put to a vote until later this year.

Watch the full interview with Zachary Kelman on Cointelegraph’s YouTube channel her.. 

Kilde: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-language-in-the-infrastructure-bill-is-a-political-shell-game-says-cointelegraph-gc