Rob Massey
Global Tax Leader - Blockchain and Crypto
Deloitte Tax LLP
Rob Massey has over 25 years of professional experience in tax consulting for technology companies. Since 2012, he has focused on blockchain, digital assets, cryptocurrency and tokenization. He serves companies throughout the blockchain ecosystem inclusive of investors, miners, staking providers, payment processing, wallet hosting, custodians, exchanges, funds, DAOs, tokenization and protocol development. Rob leads Deloitte’s blockchain efforts in tax for the global firm.
Rob’s blockchain expertise spans the comprehensive tax considerations of blockchain enabled transactions and the analysis of the tax impacts of tokenization and digital asset transactions across business models, industries, and geographies. He also has a growing expertise in tax controversy matters involving digital assets and blockchain based business models.
Rob (and co-Author Conor O’Brien) worked with 50 other tax specialists in Deloitte to produce Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Portfolio, Taxation of Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets, No. 190-2nd. This 400-page tax treatise examines U.S. federal and state income taxation of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, providing a detailed analysis of the classification of digital assets for tax purposes. It offers an inclusive overview of the digital asset ecosystem, tax guidance to date, tax classification, and accounting treatment. The portfolio further delves into the tax implications of using, dealing, trading, and investing in digital assets, and addresses novel tax questions raised by digital asset transactions.
Rob’s blockchain expertise spans the comprehensive tax considerations of blockchain enabled transactions and the analysis of the tax impacts of tokenization and digital asset transactions across business models, industries, and geographies. He also has a growing expertise in tax controversy matters involving digital assets and blockchain based business models.
Rob (and co-Author Conor O’Brien) worked with 50 other tax specialists in Deloitte to produce Bloomberg BNA’s Tax Management Portfolio, Taxation of Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets, No. 190-2nd. This 400-page tax treatise examines U.S. federal and state income taxation of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, providing a detailed analysis of the classification of digital assets for tax purposes. It offers an inclusive overview of the digital asset ecosystem, tax guidance to date, tax classification, and accounting treatment. The portfolio further delves into the tax implications of using, dealing, trading, and investing in digital assets, and addresses novel tax questions raised by digital asset transactions.
