
IRS Kraken Crackdown: Understanding IRS Letters 6174, 6174-A, and 6173
The world of cryptocurrency has gained immense popularity over the past few years, and with it, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been taking steps to ensure that crypto transactions are properly reported and taxed. The latest case that highlights the IRS’s seriousness in the news, is the IRS going after exchanges to release user information successfully such as Coinbase. Last month (October 2023) the IRS was successful through legal actions at getting the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to release user information relating to the tax years 2016-2020 on all users who had transacted over $20,000 ( This amount includes all

