SEC Releases SAB121 – US GAAP Accounting For Assets Held in Custody of Customers by Crypto Exchanges
Background On March 31, 2022, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121). This SAB expresses the view of the SEC staff regarding the accounting treatment for crypto-assets that are reporting entity safeguards for its platform users (customer crypto-assets). Exchanges that are responsible for safeguarding customer crypto-assets should present a liability on its […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver6) on Crypto Taxes
Very Few Changes From the June 2021 Update, “Staking and Lending” Now Added to the FAQ On December 22, 2021, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of Crypto Assets (Information)”. This is the sixth time (the first was in 2017) that the NTA has officially expressed its views on calculating […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver5) on Crypto Taxes
Very Few Changes Compared to the 2020 FAQ, New Question on “Lending” On June 30, 2021, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of Crypto Assets (Information)”. This is the fifth time (the first was in 2017) that the NTA has officially expressed its views on calculating taxes for cryptocurrency in […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver4) on Crypto Taxes
Very Few Changes Compared to the 2019 FAQ, “Cryptocurrency” Now “Crypto Asset” On December 18, 2020, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of Crypto Assets (Information)”. This is the fourth time (the first was in 2017) that the NTA has officially expressed its views on calculating taxes for cryptocurrency in […]
Why US Public Companies are Starting to Acquire Bitcoin
Technological Evolution, Macroeconomic Uncertainty, and Accounting Standards Publicly traded companies holding part of their reserves in bitcoin to protect their purchasing power. What was a fantasy a few years ago is becoming a reality. Two huge news stories have come in the past few months. MicroStrategy Taking the Lead It all began with MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR), […]
Malaysia Visit Memo
Our client was chosen to be part of JETRO’s “SDGs Startup Support Program – Malaysia” Our firm (Kimura Certified Public Accounts) has and continues to support startups that aim to positively impact society. I am currently acting as a CFO for a startup that is tackling the challenge of reducing food waste through the use […]
AICPA Releases Accounting Guidance on Digital Assets (Cryptos)
Significant differences with J GAAP, already causing GAAP differences between the two standards In December 2019, the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) released a guidance on the accounting of crypto currencies. This nonauthoritative guidance was released as a practice aid titled “Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets”. You can download the original […]
New Service: US Subsidiary Audit Service
Introduction of the new service We are excited to announce a new addition to our audit service line. The new service will focus on Financial Statement Audits for US (United States) subsidiaries of Japanese companies. In certain cases, the US subsidiaries of Japanese companies will need to have their financial statements audited by CPAs. Such […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver3) on Crypto Taxes
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver3) on Crypto Taxes Compared to the FAQ in 2018, Version 3 covers a wider range with dedicated section on corporate tax On December 20, 2019, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrencies (Information)”. This is the third time (the first was in 2017) […]
Looking back at BlockChainJam 2019
This year’s BlockChainJam was as great, if not better than last year’s! This year’s BlockChainJam was held on November 17, 2019 at the Yasuda Auditorium (Tokyo University). It was pretty cool to listen to talks on cutting edge technology in a building that is as historical as the Yasuda Auditorium. A summary of my presentation […]