So the US IRS has made a determination about bitcoin and other virtual currency:  they consider it a property and not a currency.  See links below.
Is this information worthy of a brief article on LetsTalkBitcoin?  Is @Adam ready for members of the LTBcoin community to start writing articles?  And if so, shall I draft something?  Or is it already too late to be consider news?

IRS Virtual Currency Guidance

Notice 2014-21 (Q&A)