U.S. Treasury Department Officially Revokes Controversial Crypto Broker Reporting Rule After Republican Lawmakers Vote It Down

The Department of the Treasury is formally taking down a new rule that expanded the definition of a broker under the U.S. Tax Code.

The rule titled “Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers that Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales” classified decentralized finance (DeFi) exchanges as brokers required to furnish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with information on user transactions involving digital assets.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on December 30th during the final weeks of the Biden administration and took effect on February 28th.

In March, legislators from both chambers of Congress voted to repeal the controversial law, a move supported by President Donald Trump, who signed the bill reversing the crypto broker rule on April 11th.

The Treasury Department says the controversial rule now has no legal force or effect.

“Pursuant to the CRA (Congressional Review Act), any rule that takes effect and later is made of no force or effect by enactment of a joint resolution shall be treated as though such rule had never taken effect. Accordingly, the Treasury Department and the IRS are reverting the text of the section 6045 regulations back to the text that was in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Final Rule.”