{"id":568499,"date":"2026-03-13T21:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/bpi-targets-august-for-btc-tax-relief-but-warns-time-is-running-out\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:53:40","slug":"bpi-targets-august-for-btc-tax-relief-but-warns-time-is-running-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/bpi-targets-august-for-btc-tax-relief-but-warns-time-is-running-out\/","title":{"rendered":"BPI targets August for BTC tax relief, but warns time is running out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmYxZjYtYjAzYS03NWFiLWI5ODAtYWIxMDU5OGZmMGI1LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"BPI targets August for BTC tax relief, but warns time is running out\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin Policy Institute said the bipartisan support for a de minimis tax exemption for smaller Bitcoin transactions is &#8220;encouraging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), an industry advocacy group, is eyeing a target window between March and August 2026 to pass a de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin through Congress, warning that time to pass meaningful legislation is running out.<\/p>\n<p>BPI <a title=\"https:\/\/www.btcpolicy.org\/articles\/the-bitcoin-de-minimis-tax-exemption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btcpolicy.org\/articles\/the-bitcoin-de-minimis-tax-exemption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> it has engaged with 19 Congressional offices in both the House and Senate over the last three months to pitch US lawmakers on a <a title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-policy-institute-de-minimis-tax-exclusion\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-policy-institute-de-minimis-tax-exclusion\">tax exemption<\/a> for Bitcoin (<a title=\"\/bitcoin-price\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTC<\/a>) transactions below a certain threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding the de minimis tax exemptions beyond dollar-pegged stablecoins has bipartisan support, but the BPI warned that the \u201cwindow is narrowing\u201d for Bitcoin tax legislation. The BPI said:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bpi-targets-august-btc-tax-relief-warns-time-running-out\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin Policy Institute said the bipartisan support for a de minimis tax exemption for smaller Bitcoin transactions is &#8220;encouraging.&#8221; The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), an industry advocacy group, is eyeing a target window between March and August 2026 to pass a de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin through Congress, warning that time to pass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":568500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-568499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}