Cryptic Guidance • O-Zone Deadlines • MassMutual’s Helen of Troy

This is a weekend roundup of Bloomberg Tax Insights, which are written by practitioners featuring expert analysis on current issues in tax practice and policy. The articles featured here represent just a handful of the many Insights published each week. For a full archive of articles, browse by jurisdiction at Daily Tax Report, Daily Tax Report: State, and Daily Tax Report: International.

This week we hear about the IRS’s not-so-clear guidance on cryptocurrency; when six months isn’t really six months for opportunity zone deadlines; OppenheimerFunds as Helen of Troy; the OECD blueprint for taxation in the digital economy; and unanswered questions as states rush to enact Wayfair legislation. We’ll hear from:

• Sahel Assar of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC on what was covered and what is needed in the IRS’s cryptocurrency guidance
• Jonathan Lachowitz of White Lighthouse Investment Management on the vague definition of “cryptocurrency” in that guidance
• Forrest Milder of Nixon…