Three organizations jointly oppose the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act and proposed rules that could classify many DEX as brokers responsible for collecting taxes.
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a16z Frontier、DeFi Education Fund, Uniswap opposes the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act and related rules
PANews October 31 reported that a16z Frontier、DeFi Education Fund and Uniswap jointly submitted a comment letter opposing the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act.a16z Frontier policy lead Miles Jennings said that the bill is one of the most anti-innovation pieces of legislation in the United States, taxing transactions solely because they are conducted in “digital” form. The proposed rulemaking goes far beyond the statutory authorization and would classify many DEX as “brokers” required to collect taxes. He noted that autonomous software is not a “person” capable of collecting taxes and cannot comply; this conflicts with the U.S. Treasury’s classification of DEX and Illinois’s own Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act. The rules would even tax residents when no transaction occurs, similar to taxing a transfer from a checking account to a savings account. …
PANews reported that a16z Frontier、DeFi Education Fund jointly submitted a comment letter opposing the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act.
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a16z Frontier policy lead Miles Jennings said that the bill taxes transactions solely because they are conducted in “digital” form, making it one of the most anti-innovation pieces of legislation in the United States.
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Miles Jennings noted that the proposed rules could classify many DEX as “brokers” required to collect taxes.
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Miles Jennings believes that autonomous software is not a “person” capable of collecting taxes and therefore cannot comply.
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Miles Jennings said that the rules conflict with the U.S. Treasury’s classification of DEX and Illinois’s Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act.
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Miles Jennings said that the rules could even tax residents when no transaction occurs.
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This is a policy position expressed in an opposition comment letter. The key issue is whether the proposed rules would classify many decentralized exchanges as brokers responsible for collecting taxes, and whether autonomous software can perform this obligation.
Why it matters to readers
If the rules are adopted in the manner described in the comment letter, many DEX could be required to assume tax collection obligations; however, the source does not state whether the bill or rules have been passed or taken effect.
Users of DEX should monitor whether the rules are ultimately implemented and whether the relevant services adjust their functionality or compliance arrangements for Illinois residents; the available evidence is insufficient to indicate that users currently need to take action.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence consists only of a PANews summary and does not include the full joint comment letter.
The specific texts, deliberation stages, and effective-date arrangements of the bill and proposed rules are unclear.
No response from relevant Illinois agencies or the U.S. Treasury has been identified.
The claims regarding conflict, inability to comply, and taxation in the absence of a transaction all come from Miles Jennings’s position and have not yet been independently verified in the evidence.
The main text only says “October 31”, without specifying a year.
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