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    4 days ago

    maybe it is tax reasons? I know that for personal taxes you have to simply declare crypto earnings but business tax laws don’t really like grey areas.

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      3 days ago

      The tax man doesn’t care if your business takes cash, card, or crypto. Income is income, whether you’re a business or a regular joe.

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        3 days ago

        I don’t think it’s that simple for a business. Crypto is simultaneously an asset and an income once it is sold, but also not a traditionally defined accounting asset. Combine that with how slow the government has been to properly define crypto, I bet most businesses would rather just not have to deal with it. Last thing they’d want is the IRS coming after them for doing it wrong.