If you file a US Tax Return, you will be forced to answer this question: At any time during 2023, did you: (a) receive (as an award, reward, or payment for property or services); or (b) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of a digital asset (or financial interest in a digital asset)? So yes, the IRS expects you to report and pay taxes on payments received in Bitcoin or any else for that matter. They always want their “pound of flesh.”