“The accused IRS in non -payment of taxes, the founder of Bitcoin.com Roger Ver does not agree to pre -trial regulation either from the principle or due to lack of funds. This was stated by the co -founder and CTO CASA Jameson Lop. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1883857620932403549, although Ver is not a US citizen, the tax does not go beyond its powers. “Most of the complaint is related to American companies owned by Ver. These companies still have to pay taxes […]”, – WRITE: Businessua.com.ua
Accused IRS In non -payment of taxes, the founder of Bitcoin.com Roger Ver does not agree to pre -trial regulation either from the principle or because of a lack of funds. He stated it Co -founder and Cto Casa Jameson Lop.
A lot of you have clearly fallen for Roger Ver's political persecution ploy and don't actually understand the charges against him, so I'll break it down.
1. The IRS says he didn't pay the correct exit tax in 2014 because his filing reported that he personally owned 0 BTC when he…
— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) January 27, 2025
In his opinion, although Ver is not a US citizen, the tax does not go beyond its powers.
“Most of the complaint is related to American companies owned by Ver. These companies still have to pay US taxes regardless of its status, ”the Lop wrote.
He noted that the litigation lasts for several years and, apparently, the IRS had no priority to put a vert in prison.
“It came to this because he decided not to pay. I bet that even to this day it can agree on settlement. Tax prefers to make a profit, not to plant people, ”the developer explained.
The Lops recalled that in 2024 Microstrategy founder Michael Salor was able to regulate the IRS claims, paying $ 40 million. With the possibility of a settlement agreement, the fundamental rejection of VAA raises the issue.
The developer suggested that the reason for this may be the affection of the ideology of bitcoin-maximalism. But he is more inclined to the fact that a businessman simply does not have that amount. The Lops saw an indirect confirmation of his assumption in the refusal of Vera to pay $ 47 million on the claim of a bankrupt platform of cryptocurrency derivatives Coinflex in 2022.
“Why is the one who, by all grounds, has to be a billionaire, refuses to pay a relatively small amount so as not to get to prison? Perhaps because he is unable to do it, ”CTO CASA summed up.
LopP added that although taxation “is still extortion”, it is usually “a rather weak argument when you are dealing with a tax inspector.”
Roger Ver himself recently appealed to the newly elected US President Donald Trump for help in resolving the situation.
Mr. President, I AM AM AMERICAN, AND I NEED YOUR HELP. Only You, With Your Commitment To Justice, Can Save Me @Realdonaldtrump pic.twitter.com/whvtz1m1GB
– Roger Ver (@rogerkver) January 26, 2025
US authorities claim that the founder of Bitcoin.com has not declared the capital increase from the sale of tens of thousands of bitcoins for $ 240 million in cash. Probable fraud has caused $ 48 million losses to the accused up to 30 years in federal prison.
At the end of April 2024, he was detained in Spain, but later released.
We will remind, in December Ver appealed to the Federal Court of California with a request to terminate the case. He called the tax on exit persons who abandoned US citizenship and have more than $ 2 million assets, unconstitutional and “incomprehensible”. The entrepreneur gave up US citizenship in favor of Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2014.
He later accused the US government of politically motivated persecution for his utterance and the role of promoting bitcoin.
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