CPA - medium firm
Enrolled Agent
Other
With the inclusion of a virtual currency question on Schedule 1, cryptocurrencies are heading mainstream. It is important that practitioners know how to help clients who check “yes” for this question. This session will offer you the right technical knowledge, a framework, and tools required to handle these clients and walk you through an actual case study.
Course Objectives:
- Go over virtual currency tax compliance timeline and landscape
- Learn schedule 1 tax implications and how to tackle this question
- Solve a cryptocurrency related client case study using a software tool
- Learn best practices in dealing with cryptocurrency related clients
Shehan Chandrasekera, CPA
CoinTracker
Head of Tax Strategy
shehan@cointracker.io
(415) 295-8153
Shehan is one of the handful of CPAs in the country who is recognized as a real-world operator and a conceptual subject matter expert on cryptocurrency taxation. He is a Forbes Tax Contributor and a CPE instructor who has been awarded with various awards: 2019 CPA Practice Advisor 40 under 40 accounting professionals, Outstanding Young CPA of the year & Among 21 accountants mentioned on Accounting Today who will be helping shape (and reshape) accounting in 2020 and beyond by Accounting Today. Shehan is a renowned speaker who has done speaking engagements with many organizations including Google, Coinbase, Lyft, AICPA, American Bar Association, and State CPA Societies. Shehan is the Head of Tax Strategy at CoinTracker. Further, he is a partner at JAGArgueta CPAs (Houston) and enjoys working as the Associate Director of Houston Blockchain Alliance.
About Our Presenter
CoinTracker is a unified interface for cryptocurrency. It lets crypto holders connect their wallets and exchanges, see their portfolio, wallets, and transactions in one place, and generate their cryptocurrency tax returns with the click of a button.