The deadline to file taxes is just over one month away, and some might be including cryptocurrency earnings for the very first time. Lisa Greene-Lewis, a tax expert at TurboTax, explains what investors need to be aware of this season. "The way you use it is the way it's taxed," says Greene-Lewis who has noticed an increased demand for clarification on this type of reporting. "There's more questions coming up as more people are trading." Greene-Lewis says that, if one is mining cryptocurrency, it becomes taxable when the asset is recognized.

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