[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4171

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
 de minimis gains or losses from certain sales or exchanges of virtual 
                   currency, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2026

   Mr. Budd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
 de minimis gains or losses from certain sales or exchanges of virtual 
                   currency, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. VIRTUAL CURRENCY.

    (a) In General.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 
139L the following new section:

``SEC. 139K. DE MINIMIS GAIN OR LOSS FROM SALE OR EXCHANGE OF VIRTUAL 
              CURRENCY.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), gross income shall 
not include gain or loss from the sale or exchange of virtual currency, 
unless the sale or exchange is for--
            ``(1) cash or cash equivalents,
            ``(2) any property used by the taxpayer in the active 
        conduct of a trade or business, or
            ``(3) any property held by the taxpayer for the production 
        of income (as described in section 212(2)).
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in the 
        case of any sale or exchange for which--
                    ``(A) the total value of such sale or exchange 
                exceeds $200, or
                    ``(B) the total gain or loss which would otherwise 
                be recognized with respect to such sale or exchange 
                exceeds $200.
            ``(2) Aggregation rule.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        all sales or exchanges which are part of the same transaction 
        (or a series of related transactions) shall be treated as one 
        sale or exchange.
    ``(c) Virtual Currency.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`virtual currency' means a digital representation of value which--
            ``(1) functions as a unit of account, a store of value, or 
        a medium of exchange, and
            ``(2) is not a representation of the United States dollar 
        or any foreign currency.
    ``(d) Inflation Adjustment.--In the case of any taxable year 
beginning in a calendar year after 2027, each dollar amount in 
subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
            ``(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by
            ``(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under 
        section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year 
        begins, determined by substituting `calendar year 2026' for 
        `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded 
to the nearest multiple of $10.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for part III of 
subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 139L the 
following new item:

``Sec. 139K. De minimis gain or loss from sale or exchange of virtual 
                            currency.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to transactions entered into after December 31, 
2026.
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