Episode 38: 2025 Tax Season Stats, SALT Cap Push, DeFi Bill Signed, and the End of Paper Checks

In Episode 38 of The Taxverse Podcast Experience, hosts Zac Crites and Tanner Nickles unpack a packed week of tax headlines. We start with a look at the latest IRS filing statistics for the 2025 tax season and what they reveal about taxpayer behavior so far. Next, we discuss a new proposal to raise the SALT deduction cap to $30,000. Then we dive into Trump’s signing of a bill blocking a DeFi crypto tax rule - what does this mean for digital asset reporting? Finally, we cover the U.S. Treasury’s move to eliminate paper checks and how this shift could impact millions of taxpayers.

 

Resources:

https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/tax-filing-season-statistics-for-2025 https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/house-republican-sees-salt-deduction-limit-boost-to-30k https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/trump-signs-bill-blocking-defi-crypto-tax-rule-biden-pushed https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/u-s-treasury-to-eliminate-paper-checks-this-year-what-it-means-for-you