IRS Gets Another "John Doe" Summons In Hunt For Tax Cheats

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A federal district court has greenlighted a John Doe summons to help the IRS fight crypto-related tax fraud. The authorization could help the U.S. government find thousands of tax cheats.

The Internal Revenue Service has received another thumbs-up from a federal court in the agency’s new passion to root out cryptocurrency tax fraud.

The U.S. District Court in the Central District of California authorized the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on Los Angeles-based OX Labs Inc., d/b/a SFOX and its subsidiaries. SFOX is a cryptocurrency prime dealer for professional traders and institutional investors and has more than 175,000 registered users.

The IRS wants information about U.S. taxpayers who conducted at least the equivalent of $20,000 in transactions in crypto between 2016 and 2021 with or through SFOX.

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