Cryptocurrency
In order to prepare an accurate tax returns with cryptocurrency trades, we will need access to certain information. Please contact us to setup access to our secure portal for secure uploading of documents. Please follow the instructions below for each exchange where you have traded during the tax year. these are the most up-to-date instructions that we have access to. If you run into any issues contact us and we can work on finding an alternative.
You can manually download and import your trade history:
- Log into your Binance account
- Click on Orders menu at the right and choose Trade History
- Click the Export Complete Trade History at the top right of the table
- Use “Custom Range”
- Enter the first day of your tax year (e.g. 2018-01-01) or first date you traded
- Enter the end to be no more than 3 months (e.g. 2018-03-31)
- Click the Export button to download the file
- Upload the file to our secure vault
- Note: You may need to do this multiple times to include the whole year.
Or, Binance provides read only access through their API.
- Log into your Binance account
- Click your API Setting button on your profile page
- Enter a label, e.g. Taxes52, and click Create New Key
- Enter your 2FA if prompted
- Click the Edit button, untick Trading leaving only “Read Info” ticked.
- Click Save button.
- Copy the API Key and Secret values and submit to our secure server
Use Bitfinex API to import trade data:
- Log into your Bitfinex account
- Click the Api access link over on the lower right
- If you don’t already have a key, click the Generate an API key link
- Take a note of the API key and API secret in case you need them again in the future
- Copy the API Key and API Secret values and submit to our secure server
You can manually download and import your trade history:
- Log into your bitFlyer account
- Click on Trade Report menu on the left
- Click the Export All Transactions button to download the xls file
- Upload the file to our secure server
- Log into your Bitstamp account
- Click on Account at the top then Transactions on the left side
- Leave the filters above the transaction list as Any..
- Click the + next to “Export”
- Click the “Export All” button
- This will download a single file called transaction.csv
- Upload the file to our secure server
Bittrex provides a CSV export of orders but it does not always include the exact date and times of each trade. You may have to manually edit your data to match your trade history.
- Log into your Bittrex account
- Click Orders at the top-right
- Click the Download Complete History button and follow instructions
- upload the file to our secure server
BTC-e/WEX does not provide an CSV export and so trade data must be imported using their API.
- Log into your BTC-e/WEX account
- Click the Profile link at the top right
- Click the API Keys on the left
- Enter something for the key name and click Create
- In the Perms column, make sure the “info” option is ticked and the “trade” option is un-ticked. Click Save.
- Copy the Key and Secret values and submit to our secure server
- Note: BTC-e/WEX do not report their trade, e.g. 0.2%, or withdrawal fees (e.g. 0.5 LTC down to 0.1 LTC during 2013). We instead set their standard fee of 0.2% but you should adjust these if your trade fees are different.
- Log into your CampBX account
- Click the Orders menu at the top and select History
- Click the Export to CSV File button on the right
- Upload the file to our secure server
Use CEX.IO API to import trade data:
- Log into your CEX.IO account
- Click your username on the top right and choose Profile
- Select the API tab
- Check ‘Account Balance’ and ‘Open Orders’ and click Generate key
- Copy down the User ID, Key and Secret values upload to our secure server
- Login to your Changelly account
- If you cannot see how to login, click the “Join” button at the top, or the “Exchange now” to open the sidebar
- Click the “Account” menu at the top right and choose “History”
- Click the Download CSV button to download your file
- Upload the file to our secure server
- Log into your Circle Pay account
- Click your name at the top-right and choose Settings
- Click Advanced on the left
- Click the All Transactions button and a file will be emailed to you.
- Upload the file to our secure server
To manually download and import your trade history:
- Log into your Coinbase account
- Click on Tools on the left side
- Click on the Reports link near the top of the page
- Click the “+ New Report” button
- Change the Type field to “Buys, Sells, and merchant payouts”
- Select your wallet to export
- Choose a suitable date range, or just “Last full year”
- Click Export and you will receive an email with a link to your file
- Upload the file to our secure server:
- Warning: if you have any cancelled orders, they will still appear in the downloaded file from Coinbase as if they were successful orders. You must either remove those lines from the file or delete them once they have been imported.
- Log into Coinbase Pro
- Click the API link from the top right menu
- Click the “+ NEW API KEY” button
- Check “View” only – ensuring all we can do is view your trades
- Enter a passphrase, your 2FA and click the CREATE API KEY button
- Copy the API Secret and put somewhere safe
- Click the API Key, API Secret and Passphrase and upload to our secure server
(Import rate is around 6,000 fills/min)
- Log into your Cryptopia account
- Click your user name at the top-right
- Click the Trade History in the menu on the left
- Click the first icon to Export page to CSV
- Upload the file to our secure server
- Log into your Gate.io account
- Click your name at the top right
- Click My Billing Details in the menu on the left
- Set the date filter to be your tax years dates or to include all your trading
- Click Filter button
- Click the download icon
- Upload the file to our secure server
You can manually download and import your trade history:
- Log into your Gemini account
- Click on Transfer Funds menu at the top and choose Transaction History
- Click the Download History (xlsx) link
- You can use the default dates for all data or enter the first day and last dates of your tax year
- Click the Download .XLSX button to download the file
- Upload the file to our secure site
Click to select and upload
Use Gemini API to import trade data:
- Log into your Gemini account
- Click the account icon at the top right and choose API Settings
- Click the Create a new API Key button
- Copy the API KEY and API SECRET values
- Upload the values to our secure server
- Log into your HitBTC account
- Click the settings icon at the top right
- Click the API keys tab
- Click the New API Key button, only tick “Order book, history, Trading balance”.
- Click Generate Key.
- Copy the API and Secret values and upload to our secure server
You can download and import your trade history from your account:
- Log into your Kraken account
- Click your name and then the History link at the top right
- Click on the Export tab
- Change the Export Data to ledgers
- Change the date to the cover the tax year
- Check the Select All box to include all items
- Click the Submit button and wait for the file to be ready
- When it is ready there will be “download” link in the Requests table below the button to download the file
- Upload the file to our secure server
Or, Kraken provides read only access through their API.
- Log into your Kraken account
- Click your name and then the Settings link at the top right
- Click the API link
- Click the Generate New Key button, tick both “Query Closed Orders & Trades” and “Query Ledger Entries”.
- Click Generate Key.
- Copy the API Key and Private Key values
- Upload the data to our secure server
CSV Import (orders before 18-FEB-2019)
- Log into your KuCoin account
- Click Orders at the top and choose “Trade History”
- Follow the link shown in “Click here to view the transaction history of the old version”
- Click the Trade History tab
- Select “ALL” for the Coin and “All” for the Side.
- Change the date filter to be the first day in your tax year, e.g. 1/1/2018, to the first day of the next month
- Click the “Export to CSV” link
- Click the “Download” link to go to the page to download your file (you can upload this .zip file, you do not need to extract the CSV)
- Upload to our secure server
IMPORTANT: You can only download one month at a time, so you must use the filter and download multiple files per year.
API Import (orders after 18-FEB-2019)
You must use the CSV importer for trades before 18-FEB-2019.
- Log into your KuCoin account
- Go to the circular account image at the top right and choose “API Management”
- Click the Create API button
- Enter any name, e.g. “Taxes52”, and a new password into the API Passphrase field, click Confirm.
- Enter your trading PIN and click Send to receive a code to your email
- Enter the code from your email once it arrives and then your 2FA code, and click Submit
- IMPORTANT: Ensure only “General” is ticked. If not, click the Change button and untick anything else..
- Copy the Key, Secret and your API Passphrase
- Upload the data to our secure server
- Log into your LocalBitcoins account
- Click on your Dashboard in the blue bar near the top
- Click Released contacts from the displayed links
- Click the CSV Dump link to download your file
- Upload the CSV Dump along with your username to our secure server