Jarrett et al v. United States of America

  1. November 22, 2022

    Couple Appeal Bid To Clarify Taxation Of Crypto Staking

    A couple who lost their bid to clarify whether generating cryptocurrency tokens through so-called staking creates taxable income plan to appeal to the Sixth Circuit, according to a notice they filed in a Tennessee federal court.

  2. October 04, 2022

    Couple Can't Challenge Crypto Taxes After Getting Refund

    A couple can't proceed with a suit to recoup taxes they paid on cryptocurrency because the IRS already refunded them, a Tennessee federal court ruled, declining to take up their greater legal challenge over the tax treatment of the asset.

  3. March 22, 2022

    Keeping Crypto Staking Suit Alive Meritless, Gov't Says

    A Nashville-based cryptocurrency investor's argument that his legal fight with the IRS regarding the taxability of tokens he "staked" wasn't rendered moot once the agency provided him a refund is meritless, the government told a Tennessee federal court.

  4. March 15, 2022

    IRS Acquiescence Doesn't Derail 'Staking' Row, Investor Says

    A cryptocurrency investor deserves to have a court decide whether tokens he acquired through a process dubbed "staking" constitute taxable income despite the IRS' attempt to render the case moot by furnishing a refund, he told a Tennessee federal court.

  5. March 01, 2022

    IRS Refund Renders Crypto 'Staking' Fight Moot, Court Told

    Because the IRS furnished a Tennessee cryptocurrency trader with a refund for his "staking" activities, he shouldn't be allowed to continue his case seeking a ruling regarding the taxability of such activities, the U.S. government told a federal court.

  6. February 03, 2022

    Investor Opts For Ruling Over Refund In Crypto 'Staking' Row

    A Tennessee cryptocurrency investor decided to seek a ruling rather than accept an IRS refund in a dispute over whether tokens acquired by a process known as "staking" results in immediately taxable income, according to court documents filed Thursday.

  7. May 26, 2021

    IRS Can't Tax Man's Crypto That He Created, Court Told

    Mining cryptocurrency is not a taxable transaction because it is the creation of property, much like a baker making a cake, a Tennessee couple told a federal court Tuesday in seeking a refund from the Internal Revenue Service.