Internal Revenue Service

also referred to as: irs

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Robin Weisman · said 22 times in 17 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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a16z Podcast | The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto Jan 2, 2019 · 3 mentions · from 16:07
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a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain Jan 2, 2019 · 2 mentions · from 16:08
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Debating Crypto: Katie Haun vs. Paul Krugman Nov 2, 2018 · 1 mention · from 33:36
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Jan 2, 2019

Assertion Supported

Weisman: IRS classifies cryptocurrency as property, not currency

“The IRS designated cryptocurrency as property and not currency.”

Robin Weisman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:11 a16z Podcast | The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto

Dec 5, 2023 positive

Opinion

Horowitz: Six AI engineers could build a system for perfect IRS auditing

“The other way to solve that problem would be to basically hire Six good, you know, AI engineers and basically be able to get perfect auditing of everybody's tax result.”

Ben Horowitz Dec 5, 2023 ▶ 44:58 Advancing AI, Approaching VC's & Crypto Scandals: Ask Us Anything!

Jan 23, 2024 negative

What-if

Horowitz: Seven software engineers could outperform 86,000 IRS agents

“You could have just hired seven good software engineers and they would have done a far better job than 86,000 agents at figuring out who was cheating on their taxes because it's like, it's a data, it's a forms problem.”

Ben Horowitz Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 13:27 Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities

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