Hub · Tax year 2026 · first 1099-DA with cost basis
Crypto tax, sorted
Free tools and plain-English guides for the 1099-DA era. Every rule links the IRS or exchange page it came from. Updated . Not tax advice.
Free tools
All three run in your browser. No account, no API keys, no upload.
- 1099-DA checker and reconciler
Drop in Kraken and Coinbase exports. Transfers between exchanges are matched so your original cost follows the coins, and every sale likely to show a blank basis is listed.
- Crypto cost basis calculator
Enter buys and sells with fees, compare FIFO, LIFO and HIFO, and split short- and long-term gains. CSV export.
- Kraken crypto tax estimator
Reads Kraken trades.csv and gives a FIFO estimate of realized gains, plus the sells with no matching buy.
Exchange 1099-DA guides
- Coinbase 1099-DA: "Unknown" Cost Basis and How to Fix It
Why transferred-in coins show "Unknown" basis, and how to add it in Coinbase.
- Does Kraken Report to the IRS? Kraken 1099-DA Explained
Kraken's Tax Center "Missing Cost Basis" filter, ledgers vs trades exports.
- Robinhood 1099-DA: $0 or Missing Crypto Cost Basis
Zero-basis lots close first, then FIFO. How to add basis in the app.
- Does Gemini Report to the IRS? Gemini 1099-DA Explained
Add basis for transfers in the Tax Center, and why the default "transfer date" basis is only an estimate.
- Does Crypto.com Report to the IRS? Crypto.com 1099-DA
No cost basis on the 2025 form by choice; exports from the app History screen.
- Cash App Bitcoin 1099-DA: No Cost Basis, Gain Loss CSV
One 1099-DA per bitcoin sale, no basis to the IRS for 2025, and the FIFO Gain Loss CSV.
- Does Binance.US Report to the IRS? Binance.US 1099-DA
No minimum for the 1099-DA, and history exports capped at 12 months each.
Form 1099-DA and cost basis
- Form 1099-DA Explained (2025 vs 2026): What Brokers Report
Proceeds for 2025, basis from 2026, and the Form 8949 boxes G to L.
- 1099-DA Missing Cost Basis? Why It's Blank and How to Fix It
Why a 1099-DA shows proceeds with no basis, and how to reconcile it.
- Are Kraken Staking Rewards Taxed? IRS Rules
Income at receipt (Rev. Rul. 2023-14), basis, and the ledger rows to look for.
- Crypto Trading Bot Taxes: Every Fill Is a Taxable Sale
Every fill is a disposal: lot methods, wash sales and records for bots.
- How to Fill Out Form 8949 for Crypto: Boxes G-L and Codes B, E
Boxes G-L, columns (a)-(h), codes B and E, and when you can skip 8949.
Crypto tax software
- Koinly vs CoinLedger vs CoinTracker: Price per Transaction
Plan prices by transaction count, free tiers and refunds.
- Koinly vs CoinLedger for Kraken Users
Kraken import, prices by transaction count, free previews.
Key facts
- Brokers report gross proceeds on Form 1099-DA for sales in 2025, and gross proceeds plus cost basis for covered assets sold from January 1, 2026 (IRS, Instructions for Form 1099-DA).
- A covered digital asset is one acquired from 2026 on in an account where the broker provided custody. Coins transferred in, or bought before 2026, can show a blank basis (IRS i1099da).
- Digital-asset sales go on Form 8949 in boxes G to L, and a blank basis is not $0: enter your correct basis in column (e) (IRS, Instructions for Form 8949).