The meat of this is actually fucking based as fuck and legally the IRS has no legs.

>have gold coins that say they're 50$
>they are minted by the government and acknowledged as cash
>each coin is only face value at 50$
>get over 2k$ worth of work and services for each coin, as they are gold
>report proper pay value as you are legally required, going off the face value of the tender
>50$ increments
>somehow this is tax evasion

Now think long and hard on this. This precedent basically means the fed can jail you for the literal value not aligning with what you report, even if you're report is based entirely on their word. Paid your employees in cash? Fiat is actuallyworthless, you're a criminal now!