Crypto Tax Live with Kirk Carmichael.
A recurring conversation between Allan Staple and Kirk — for a crypto audience that's already done with the deductions conversation and is ready to talk about structure.
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- Years tax-free
Two hosts. One uncomfortable conversation.
A recurring conversation between Allan Staple and Kirk Carmichael on the Staple Crew Crypto Show — covering UNAs, jurisdiction, and the constitutional foundations of income tax for an audience already operating in crypto.
Long-time crypto operator running the Staple Crew on YouTube. Brings the audience and the obvious questions.
Visit the channelHasn't filed since 2009. Walks through the framework — Revocation of Election, jurisdiction, and the unincorporated association — episode by episode.
Crypto-native lens
Why standard CPA advice tends to break the second self-custody, on-chain income, or cross-border activity enters the picture.
Jurisdiction first
Where jurisdiction actually comes from — contracts, licenses, agreements — and what changes when you stop volunteering into systems by default.
Structure over loopholes
Positioning beats deductions. Once the association holds the activity, the conversation moves from “what can I write off” to “what applies to me at all”.
Six episodes of Crypto Tax Live. Watch them inline.
Each card opens an embedded YouTube player and the topics covered in that conversation. No scrolling away. No tab-hopping.
Episode 6 — Rebuttal of a ROE from a so-called expert
Kirk walks through a Revocation-of-Election critique from a credentialed CPA — point by point — and shows where the standard tax-industry framing collapses when you actually read the statute.
- How CPAs are trained to dismiss the ROE without ever reading it.
- The difference between operating *inside* a system and choosing the system you operate in.
- Why “positioning beats deductions” — a clean walkthrough of the 575-E posture.
- Reading the rebuttal in real time: what was true, what was misframed, what was simply wrong.
Three PDFs that show their work.
Allan keeps prodding Kirk for the receipts. These are the receipts — same framework, in print.
The FAQ Workbook
48 of the same questions Allan keeps asking — answered.
The Strategic Guide
The full walkthrough behind every framework Kirk references on the show.
Tax-Positioning Brochure
The 575-E posture in print — the doc to hand your CPA after they push back.
What most people get wrong about taxes, structure, and control
The companion blog post to the rebuttal episode — positioning over loopholes, lawful vs legal, why two people can earn the same and owe nothing alike.
Bring the questions you couldn't ask Allan on stream.
Kirk runs an open Q&A call at 3PM every weekday, and 10AM on Saturday. Show up with the episode you're still chewing on. He'll walk you through where the framework lands for your situation specifically.
New to this?
- What is an Unincorporated Association? — the full answer, in plain English
- How a UNA works — the pillar guide