The Ethereum Merge may constitute a taxable event if it results in a chain-splitting hard fork, tax experts warn. There is a chance that The Merge will result in a contentious hard fork, which will cause ETH holders to receive duplicate units of hard-forked Ethereum tokens, similar to what happened when the Ethereum and Ethereum Classic hard fork occurred in 2016. Meanwhile, is there a chance the IRS might give crypto traders some sort of tax break?~This episode is sponsored by Bybit~Receive up to a $500 Bonus upon depositing & signing up to Bybit.Join Now! - https://bit.ly/ByBitPBN2