NZ Cryptocurrency Enquiry: Recommendations

The Finance and Expenditure Committee of New Zealand has prepared a report from their cryptocurrency enquiry. It focuses on recommending and advising the government to prepare for regulatory policies and find a legal stance on cryptocurrencies. There was a recommendation regarding the…

2023 Cryptocurrency Financial Statements & Tax Returns 

We’d like to start preparing your 2023 financial statements and tax return and need information from you. To accurately calculate your taxes, we need to have details of every single transaction involving buying, selling, swapping, earning/staking, gifting, airdrops, ICOs and margin/futures…

Tax implications of FTX and Celsius Bankruptcy

Earlier this month, we presented to IRD about claiming tax loss for taxpayers who held cryptocurrency on these platforms. A summary of that presentation can be found here. We have now received a reply to that presentation, and this article…

Requesting Crypto Information for Tax Purposes

As we approach the end of the 2023 Financial year, the task of gathering exchange information and tracking tokens may seem overwhelming. However, we are here to help. This article provides a comprehensive guide on what is needed to calculate…

Crypto Tax Update (2023 Market Decline)

In recent months, we have had many difficult conversations with cryptocurrency clients about their tax liability for the 2022 financial year (from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022). Many of our clients made significant profits in the 2022 financial…

Tax Position on Sacrificing Tokens to Pulse Chain

Some clients have sacrificed HEX tokens with the intention to receive PULSE tokens once they are released. This article considers the tax position and the current application of the income tax legislation, draft IRD guidelines on DEFI protocols, and our…