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【The U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to introduce November a reformed voluntary disclosure program by the end of 】

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation division head Jarod Koopman said that IRS plans to introduce November a reformed tax voluntary disclosure program by the end of (VDP), with the goal of shortening case processing to no more than 120 days after taxpayers submit complete materials, while reducing penalty amounts under the current system and considering arrangements such as installment payments. Koopman made clear that IRS will not establish a separate voluntary disclosure procedure for digital assets such as cryptocurrency; related income will be treated the same as other sources of taxable income and handled uniformly under the general voluntary disclosure program.