It's up to any coin trader how they choose to report and pay taxes on their profits. It's a commodity.
Whatever the creators of Ripple or Neucoin or Gems are doing doesn't matter to me.
They are not "coin traders". They are a corporation, allegedly, with "Angel" investors (famous, rich, and handsome ones!), soliciting investments from unsophisticated investors. Wire fraud. None of their Angels are "women", because, women suck at business. Rich women are, for the most part divorcees from rich men, glorified whores (Miley Cyrus) or inherited their money (Hi Paris Hilton!).
You have lost your money. Say bye bye! You paid for something that still doesn't exist. When it exists, it will be dumped on you because THEY control 95% of the "coins" in existence when they exist.
Funny how you've never posted on the Ripple or Gems threads. Only here, the last few days...
What "corporation" do you work for?