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## Cryptocurrency tax reporting
# Cryptocurrency tax reporting
(This is the README in the hledger repo's [examples/csv/cctax/][cctax] directory,
also published as the [Cryptocurrency tax reporting] page on hledger.org.
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and selecting the appropriate lots/costs in disposal transactions.
This is intuitive and robust. But also tedious, and above a certain level of activity it becomes unmanageable.
2. Calculate gains using the built-in lot tracking syntax of Ledger or Beancount. Beancount's is more robust.
2. Calculate gains using the built-in lot tracking syntax of Ledger or Beancount.
(hledger doesn't have this feature.)
Beancount's is more robust.
These may be too limited to calculate gains accurately, eg when there are inter-wallet transfers.
There may be additional plugins which help.
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When they are hacked or infiltrated, potentially your entire past, present and future cryptocurrency activities can be analysed.
4. Offline cryptocurrency tax calculators. These tend to be more private.
- [BittyTax] - UK and US variants (can do wallet-based cost tracking by using multiple configs)
- [rotki] - freemium, featureful, does not support US yet (wallet-based cost tracking, <https://github.com/rotki/rotki/issues/2438>)
- [RP2] - does not support US yet (<https://github.com/eprbell/rp2/issues/135>)
- [BittyTax] - UK and US variants (can do wallet-based cost tracking by using multiple configs)
[bittytax]: https://github.com/BittyTax/BittyTax
[rotki]: http://rotki.com
[rp2]: https://github.com/eprbell/rp2
[bittytax]: https://github.com/BittyTax/BittyTax
The main focus in this directory is exporting to offline calculators.
Examples of their CSV import format are collected here.
Each record represents an event in a particular cryptocurrency "wallet" (on an exchange or on a blockchain).
There are basic events like deposit, withdrawal, buy, sell, expense, income; and some more specialised event types.
[examples/csv/cctax/][cctax]