A library of plain-English crypto-tax guides: IRS letters, forks and airdrops, mining, FBAR, wash sales, cost basis, and getting caught up. Written to inform, not to sell.
A new IRS form, 1099-DA, starts arriving in early 2026. Here's who sends it, what it reports,…
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Read →How selling crypto at a loss cuts your tax bill: offsetting gains, the $3,000 rule,…
Read →Yes, Coinbase reports to the IRS. Here's what it sends, how Form 1099-DA changes things for…
Read →Where Coinbase keeps your tax forms, how the gain/loss report differs from a 1099, why…
Read →Legal ways to cut what you owe on crypto: holding past a year, harvesting losses, picking lots,…
Read →Yes, some crypto losses cut your tax bill. Here's how capital losses, the $3,000 rule, dead…
Read →How crypto is taxed in 2026: short-term vs long-term rates, the 2026 income thresholds, the…
Read →How NFTs are taxed in the US: buying with crypto is a disposal, selling is a capital gain,…
Read →How DeFi gets taxed in the US: DEX swaps count as sales, rewards are ordinary income, pool…
Read →Crypto is property to the IRS, so most trades, sales, and purchases are taxable. Learn cost b…
Read →How crypto is taxed in the US: every sale, trade, or purchase can be a capital gain. Cost bas…
Read →Revenue Ruling 2019-24 explains how hard forks and airdrops are taxed: no income if you recei…
Read →The wash sale rule blocks a loss deduction when you rebuy within 30 days. Here is why it stil…
Read →Buying crypto isn't taxed; using it is. A plain guide to what triggers US tax, what stays tax…
Read →Own crypto and filing in a hurry? The core US tax rules, what Form 1099-DA changes for 2025 a…
Read →How the US taxes crypto: why it counts as property, which trades are taxable, how to figure g…
Read →How crypto capital gains are taxed in the US: which moves trigger a gain, short-term versus l…
Read →FBAR and FinCEN Form 114 for crypto: when a foreign exchange account crosses the $10,000 mark…
Read →How the IRS taxes crypto mining in the US: income at the coin's value when you receive it, bu…
Read →Bookkeeping for crypto clients in 2026: property treatment, taxable events, per-wallet cost b…
Read →Left crypto trades off an old tax return? How the IRS spots unreported trades, how far back i…
Read →A CP2000 means the IRS matched crypto exchange data to your return and found a gap. What it i…
Read →The IRS has said it for years: crypto you sell, trade, or spend is taxable. What goes on your…
Read →A 1099-K from Coinbase shows gross payment volume, not profit. Here is what the form reports,…
Read →Received Bitcoin Cash from the 2017 fork? When those airdropped coins count as ordinary incom…
Read →A hard fork can drop new coins into your wallet without a purchase. Here's when the IRS treat…
Read →Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold raised a tax question in 2018. Revenue Ruling 2019-24 answered…
Read →Borrowing cash against your crypto is usually tax-free, but lending it out or moving it into…
Read →Spend bitcoin on coffee and the IRS counts it as selling property. How crypto capital gains w…
Read →Crypto gambling winnings are taxable in the US, and betting with crypto can trigger a second…
Read →The flat 21% corporate rate makes incorporating your crypto sound like a tax cut. Here is whe…
Read →Crypto is taxed as property, and most of the bill is set before you file. How basis, holding…
Read →Retirement accounts, life insurance, and 1031 like-kind swaps get pitched as ways to skip cry…
Read →Moving crypto to a foreign exchange or offshore account won't erase your US tax. What worldwi…
Read →Sending your own crypto isn't money transmission. What a transmitter license covers, who FinC…
Read →Owe crypto tax you can't pay, or thinking of not reporting it? What the IRS actually does, th…
Read →Three tools that keep crypto tax records straight in 2026: software that imports your trades,…
Read →Crypto tax software can turn a year of exchange and wallet activity into a filable Form 8949.…
Read →Plain answers on how US crypto taxes work in 2026: what the IRS taxes, getting paid in crypto…
Read →Ten questions that reveal whether a crypto-tax preparer has really done this before, from cos…
Read →How the IRS taxes cryptocurrency in the US: which moves are taxable, the records to keep, two…
Read →Crypto tax tips for US investors: keep clean records, watch the one-year holding line, donate…
Read →How crypto is taxed in the US as of 2026: which transactions trigger tax, how capital gains a…
Read →Three crypto tax mistakes that lead to IRS notices: not reporting purchases made with crypto,…
Read →Crypto is legal to own, sell, and spend in the US even though only Congress can coin money. H…
Read →Crypto is property to the IRS, and exchanges now report your sales on Form 1099-DA. Why the a…
Read →Crypto is mainstream now, and the IRS has the data to match. What changed since the 2019 lett…
Read →The IRS mailed thousands of crypto letters and the proposed tax is often too high. Here is ho…
Read →The IRS built a dedicated crypto enforcement group in 2019 and now has broker 1099-DA data on…
Read →A 2017 court order made Coinbase hand the IRS records on about 14,000 accounts. Here is what…
Read →In 2018 an IRS summons forced Coinbase to disclose about 13,000 account records. Here's what…
Read →A LocalBitcoins seller who ran cash-for-bitcoin trades pleaded guilty to unlicensed money tra…
Read →In 2017 the IRS made clear it wanted tax on crypto gains. Why every trade is a taxable event,…
Read →A DIY tax app handles a W-2 fine. Crypto is where it misses cost basis, transfers, and income…
Read →Crypto is taxed as property, so trades and purchases can trigger a gain the software misses.…
Read →The IRS treats nearly every crypto trade as a taxable event, and tax tools only estimate. Whe…
Read →A busy year of crypto trading can mean thousands of taxable events. Why consumer tax software…
Read →Consumer tax software has a long record of upsells and quiet downgrades. Here is that history…
Read →Had crypto stolen in a hack or scam? If you held it as an investment, a theft-loss deduction…
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