Foreign currency contracts subject to the Sec. 1256 mark-to-market rules would be defined as only including forward contracts, under proposed regulations the IRS and Treasury issued Tuesday ...

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Fiat currencies are issued and regulated by a country’s central bank but are not backed by a commodity like gold. Fiat currency is a type of money that is created by a government and is not backed by ...