Practical, no-nonsense guides to how HMRC taxes crypto — from exchange trades to liquidity pools, airdrops, and bridges. Written by people who actually use these tools.
£3,000 AEA resets on 6 April. The HMRC-correct year-end playbook: realising losses, the 30-day B&B trap, same-day consolidation, and what SA108 expects.
The HMRC rules, thresholds, and forms every UK investor needs to understand first.
2024/25 adds crypto boxes to SA108 and split-year CGT rates. See every box, worked examples, and the Box 51 adjustment too.
Sold, swapped, staked, or earned crypto? Learn when HMRC requires a Self Assessment return, what triggers reporting, and DeFi thresholds.
When you sell crypto, HMRC matches same-day buys first, then 30-day, then your Section 104 pool. Worked examples and the loss-harvesting trap that breaks the rules.
From 2026, around 50 UK platforms report crypto data to HMRC under CARF. Learn what they report, why DeFi is the gap, and what to do now.
Yes — crypto losses are tax deductible in the UK, but HMRC won't apply them automatically. Learn how to claim, carry forward and avoid the 30-day B&B trap.
HMRC pools your crypto into one Section 104 average cost — not FIFO like Coinbase. Worked ETH example, same-day rule, 30-day B&B, and the trap Koinly misses.
Your 2024/25 return needs SA108 boxes 13.1–13.8, the 30 Oct 18%/24% CGT split, and the £3,000 exemption. Step-by-step guide for UK crypto investors.
HMRC has sent over 100,000 crypto warning letters since 2020, and CARF adds exchange reporting. Learn what changed and what to do next.
Filing when you trade on Coinbase, Binance, or Kraken — and why their reports don’t satisfy HMRC.
Kraken's Ledgers CSV is the right export, but XXBT, refids, .S staking suffixes and margin trades trip up most tools. Here's the HMRC-correct treatment.
Binance CSVs and FIFO reports don't fit HMRC rules. Learn the right Section 104 treatment for trades, staking, fees and multiple exchanges.
HMRC pools tokens across exchanges and DeFi, but the tax records look very different. Learn the key UK crypto tax differences and risks.
Coinbase uses FIFO, but HMRC requires Section 104 pooling. Plus how HMRC taxes USDC rewards, Earn rewards and Converts — get your UK tax right.
LPs, bridges, staking, airdrops, NFTs — the cases where most crypto tax tools quietly fail.
HMRC's planned NGNL DeFi regime changes lending, borrowing and LP tax. What the consultation covers, what it excludes, and what to do now.
Most tools treat airdrops as zero-cost tokens, overstating gains later. Here's how HMRC taxes crypto airdrops and why cost basis matters.
Staking rewards are income, swaps are capital gains, and Aave deposits are different again. Learn the UK tax treatment before you file.
NFT taxes in the UK aren't intuitive. Buying with crypto is a disposal, selling is a disposal of the NFT, minting is an acquisition. Worked examples for HMRC.
Every token-to-token swap is a CGT disposal, even without fiat. Learn how HMRC taxes DEX swaps, routing and stablecoin trades.
Most Aave actions are not disposals, but wrong sorting can create tax you do not owe. Learn HMRC treatment for supply, borrow, repay and interest.
Curve rewards are income, not capital gains. Learn how HMRC taxes CRV claims, stablecoin swaps, LP deposits, veCRV locks and admin fees.
Is wrapping ETH to WETH taxable? What about stETH to wstETH or rETH? Learn when HMRC sees a representation change or a token swap.
Bridging crypto is usually not a taxable disposal under HMRC rules — cost basis carries across chains. Learn when it counts and why some tools overstate gains.
Staking rewards are usually miscellaneous income, not capital gains. Learn how HMRC treats Lido rebases, Rocket Pool rETH and Aave.
Uniswap tax in the UK is more than swap fees. HMRC treats LP add, remove, and fee accrual as separate taxable events. Plain-English guide with worked examples.
Import your exchange trades or paste any transaction hash to see how ChainTax classifies it — free, no account needed.