Iβm a licensed CPA in the US. If you need help navigating the tax implications of the $UST$LUNA and overall #crypto / #stock market crashes, comment here or DM me. No charge.
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Creating a hopefully-concise pre-buy/sell checklist to keep on hand. Curious for feedback. Hereβs the draft:
Pre-Buy/Sell Investment Checklist:
1) Are you acting emotionally?
2) Are you buying into hype or selling into fear? If yes, do you have a clear reason for it?
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7) Is there [growth of] demand for the asset?
8) Will general market volatility affect the assets attractiveness?
9) Have you objectively assessed arguments against the asset?
10) Have you created an exit/entry plan?
11) Is the asset a proxy of or leveraged play on another asset?
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$UST$LUNA Tax Implications π§΅. Comments & DMs open.
Possible scenarios:
1) Holding $UST$LUNA & #terra tokens in underwater positions
2) Sold $UST for losses
3) Sold $LUNA / #terra tokens for losses
4) Liquidated on leveraged positions
5) Lost entire net worth via above
Tomorrow, 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the #Bitcoin rollout and its benefits in our country.
After more research, I want to add clarity to the topic of liquidation tax issues:
When your collateral is liquidated, you do not report any ordinary income. The initial loan isn't income & you do not have ordinary income via debt cancellation. However you DO report a capital G/L
The proposal on the official Terra Agora forum, authored by someone's name "Fatman"
This proposal is now likely the most realistic and most beneficial solution out there
Read the full proposal here π
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If youβve DMβd me tax Qβs re: $UST$LUNA#crypto, I am still slowly working thru them (about ~75 DMs left I think), but I will 100% respond to you.
In the mean time, I encourage taking a look at the original π§΅ I wrote β¬οΈ
Stay stay strong everyone π
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$UST$LUNA Tax Implications π§΅. Comments & DMs open.
Possible scenarios:
1) Holding $UST$LUNA & #terra tokens in underwater positions
2) Sold $UST for losses
3) Sold $LUNA / #terra tokens for losses
4) Liquidated on leveraged positions
5) Lost entire net worth via above
#1 personal lesson from $LUNA$UST; a known risk pre-depeg & blatantly obvious in hindsight:
If an assetβs supply has any potential to be diluted due to market volatility, it isnβt a good investment. Period.
Some ppl were already sensitive to this & stayed away, many werenβt
When we get euphoric we forget to watch for vulnerabilities and broken designs. We faceplant, we come to our senses, and we build back better.
What you lost was money. What you kept was experience. Most of you have 50 or more laps left on this planet. That's a lot of time.
Terra is dead but its code base (Station, Shuttle, wallet-provider, Mantlemint, Terrain, LocalTerra, CWScript, smart contracts and webapps...) will live on and be used by many other projects
this is why we open source
If you survived this and you're still in the game, then you've earned your stripes.
Engrain the lessons.
Legends plant seeds in the bear market and reap them in the bull cycles.