News, regulatory updates and crypto-tax guidance for individuals, covering reporting, compliance and accounting developments.
The US crypto filing timeline, why an extension to file is not an extension to pay, and the reconciliation work that has to happen before the deadline is close.
The National Taxpayer Advocate's 2026 filing season report reveals a two-speed IRS: smooth for digital filers, painful for everyone else, with direct implications for crypto holders navigating digital asset reporting.
Leverage changes the tax shape of a trade, not just its size. Borrowing, funding payments, liquidations and the regulated versus offshore venue split, and where the treatment is genuinely unsettled.
Norway's tax authority has uncovered over NOK 1.6 billion in false deductions, with crypto gains and losses explicitly flagged as a high-risk audit area carrying penalties up to 60% surcharge.
Norway's crypto filer count jumped 47% in 2024, and CARF means Skatteetaten now gets your transaction data directly from exchanges. File correctly or face a 10-year look-back.
Norway's CARF is live: what it means for individual crypto holders who haven't reported everything on their tax return
Skatteetaten warns that crypto gains must be reflected in your tax withholding card or you risk an unexpected tax bill next year
ASIC research shows Gen Z Australians are making riskier crypto decisions driven by social media, with 29% trading on influencer tips and 23% holding crypto, prompting a national sense-check campaign
The IRS has issued a gift tax safe harbor so parents and relatives contributing to a child's new Trump account under Sec. 530A can skip the gift tax return entirely if they meet simple conditions.
LP entry and exit, reward tokens, impermanent loss and auto compounding vaults: which parts follow from settled rules and which are positions you are taking.
How the ATO's CGT asset framework applies to DeFi: rewards as ordinary income, the wrapping trap that resets your 12 month clock, and why capital losses cannot rescue a staking income year.
The IRS is setting higher audit targets, and individual crypto holders need to understand what that means for their tax compliance now.
Practical breakdown of SARS 2026 filing season changes that affect individual taxpayers, including auto-assessments, new ITR12 features, and loss ring-fencing
Plain-English breakdown of the IRS safe harbor for Section 530A Trump accounts and the AICPA's caution around gift tax, Kiddie Tax, and Roth conversion risks
Plain-English guide for UK individuals and trustees on when the Trust Registration Service requires action, updated for the 30 June 2026 land-holding deadline
SARS has published Binding General Rulings 61-80, meaning the South African tax authority has officially stated how it will apply specific tax rules. If you have South African tax obligations, these rulings directly affect how your returns should be prepared.
Skatteetaten confirms Norwegian taxpayers with an approved deferral can file their 2025 tax return up to and including 2 July 2026, giving crypto holders a firm final window to reconcile gains and losses.
Moving crypto between wallets you control is not a disposal in the US, UK or Australia. Why phantom gains appear anyway, what network fees do, and how per wallet basis rules changed the stakes.
Gifting crypto in the UK is a disposal for CGT unless it goes to a spouse or civil partner. What that means in practice, how the spouse exception works, and what an estate has to do.
Giving crypto to a person and giving it to a charity are different transactions with different outcomes. What the giver reports, what the recipient inherits, and where the substantiation rules bite.
HMRC Income Record Viewer service issues may delay or complicate crypto tax reporting for individuals; here's what to do.
Explain how the UK's Pillar Two top-up tax rules (MTT/DTT) could impact individual crypto traders who are part of large multinational groups, and why using a crypto tax calculator is essential.
Portugal's crypto tax rules for individuals in 2026, including rates, exemptions, and how to calculate your tax.
South Africa's 2026 rules amendments serve as a global reminder to check crypto legality in India, UK, and USA.
