Tax Treatment of Capital Assets in Cryptocurrency Mining

We’ve recently been asked to discuss the tax treatment of capital assets purchased for cryptocurrency mining. In most situations capital assets (such as computers or graphics cards) are used 100% for the cryptocurrency mining operation and depreciation is claimed. The…

Migrating to New Zealand with Cryptocurrency – A Temporary Foreign Tax Exemption

Update October 2021. Although the same general principles apply, some of this earlier article is now out of date. We have recently published an online learning course for new migrants and New Zealanders returning to NZ after being away for…

Lessons from the 2017 bull run – from a Cryptocurrency Accountant

Bitcoin is up 52% this month (so far today). This reminds me of the bull run during late 2017 where checking the blockfolio app on my phone was as addictive as cocaine. Currently we are seeing bitcoin dominate; compared to…