Abstract
This Issue Brief looks at the rapidly growing area of cryptocurrency donations to nonprofit organizations. Given the recent IRS guidance issued on taxation of Bitcoin, specifically its decision to treat cryptocurrencies as property, questions now arise as to how charitable contributions of the coins will be valued for tax deductions. Though Bitcoin resembles most other capital gain property, its volatility, general decline in value, anonymity, and potential for abuse require specific guidance on valuation and substantiation so as to handle its unique nature and prevent larger deductions for charitable contributions than those to which taxpayers are entitled.
Citation
Ashley Pittman, The Evolution of Giving: Considerations for Regulation of Cryptocurrency Donation Deductions, 14 Duke Law & Technology Review 48-68 (2015)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol14/iss1/3