# 115-hr-6973: Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018

115-hr-6973, Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6973
- Congress: 115
- Title: Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2018-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Safe Harbor for Taxpayers with Forked Assets Act of 2018 This bill establishes a safe harbor period that prohibits certain penalties and additional taxes from applying to a taxpayer who receives a forked convertible virtual currency until the Internal Revenue Service issues regulations or guidance, or legislation is enacted, that addresses specified issues related to the tax treatment of forked convertible virtual currency. A "forked convertible virtual currency" is any convertible virtual currency to which the taxpayer becomes entitled by reason of a hard fork. A "hard fork" is any material change in the shared digital ledger which is used to verify by consensus transactions in the currency if the change results in the maintenance of independent shared digital ledgers with respect to the currency. The legislation, regulations, or guidance must prescribe the tax treatment of receiving forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating and allocating the basis of forked convertible virtual currency, rules for calculating the fair market value of forked convertible virtual currency at any given time, and rules for determining the holding period of forked convertible virtual currency.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7225: U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6974: Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
- 115-hr-6969: Travel Trailer and Camper Technical Correction Act
- 115-hr-6851: Bank Secrecy Reporting Review Act
- 115-hr-6850: Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act
- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6973 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6973)

## Related
- [115-hr-7225: U.S. Virtual Currency Market and Regulatory Competitiveness Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7225)
- [115-hr-6974: Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6974)
- [115-hr-6969: Travel Trailer and Camper Technical Correction Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6969)
- [115-hr-6851: Bank Secrecy Reporting Review Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6851)
- [115-hr-6850: Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6850)
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6973 (as of 2025-11-18).