Crypto tax CPA | Transaction reconciliation across exchanges, wallets & DeFi | Resource for tax practitioners handling complex crypto cases
Reston, VA
Joined October 2016
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I watched all 139 mins of the Congressional hearing on DeFi so you don’t have to.
This was the best 1 min clip.
Dem. Rep. Brad Sherman claimed DeFi is "an effort to liberate billionaires from income taxation.”
@coincenter Dir.of Research @valkenburgh's brilliant response 👇
Is your crypto tax reporting holding up your 2025 tax return filing?
Join me Thursday, September 10 at 2 PM ET for a rare behind-the-scenes demo of how we match Form 1099-DA to crypto records for our clients to ensure correct crypto reporting on their tax returns.
The FREE webinar will be held on YouTube Live. Suitable for both crypto investors & tax pros. To register, visit chainwisecpa.com/webinar
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If you are a tax firm with crypto clients but you don’t specialize in crypto, make sure you know how to report your clients’ 1099-DAs and their crypto tax reports correctly.
To help tax practitioners get a better idea about whether crypto tax reports provide by their tax return clients are ready for filing, I created a free 10-point checklist that you can use to review your clients’ crypto tax reports even if you don’t know how to do crypto reconciliation.
You can download the free checklist at the following link. Hope you find it helpful!
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A crypto tax report can look complete and still be unreliable.
In a real client case, we found transfers treated as sales, unsupported cost basis, missing staking history, excluded transactions, and significant differences from Form 1099-DA.
Read the case study: cryptocurrencytaxinstitute.c…
Can you trust the crypto tax report your software generated?
Verify Before You File™ is a practical system that I created to help crypto investors check their crypto tax reports for warning signs before filing.
I’m inviting a limited number of crypto investors to test the Essentials Workbook for free and share feedback.
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Companies with crypto on the balance sheet in 2026 — how are you actually getting the exposure?
The mix changed fast: BTC, ETH, and now XRP all trading as spot ETFs. Each path has a completely different tax + accounting framework. Most CFOs are using the wrong one for at least one.
The tax & accounting split, oversimplified:
→ Direct custody: ASC 350-60 fair value, mark-to-market quarterly. Sale = capital gain + full activity tracking (every airdrop, fork, validator reward in scope).
→ Spot ETF (BTC, ETH, XRP): Normal equity. Standard 1099-B at sale. No staking/validator complexity. Cleanest for traditional CFO teams.
For XRP specifically: if your business uses XRP for cross-border payments AND holds it on the balance sheet, holding the ETF instead of the token sidesteps the realization-on-every-use problem the IRS hasn't fully clarified.
→ MSTR / XRPN proxy stock: Just stock. No crypto activity to track. But you've added the issuer's leverage and operational risk on top of the underlying token exposure. Not the same trade.
→ Still on exchange: Custodial risk + the exchange controls your tax reporting. Audit liability you don't want.
If your CFO uses the same framework for two of these, that's the conversation to have this quarter.
Question for #TaxTwitter:
When a client brings you a crypto gain/loss report (from software or a crypto service provider), do you:
A) rely on the report
B) review it at a high level
C) redo the reconciliation yourself
Under IRC §6694, the signing preparer still owns the tax position.
Curious what other tax professionals with crypto clients are doing.
Example #2: DEX swap
Sometimes wrapping happens through a swap transaction on-chain:
ETH → wETH
Because the blockchain records it as a trade, some tax software treats it as a taxable disposal, even though the economic exposure is nearly identical.
Example #3: Cross-chain bridging
ETH → wETH → bridge → unwrap → ETH on another chain.
If the wrap is just a technical step to move assets between chains, some practitioners analyze the economic substance and treat it like a transfer.
But if liquidity pools or token swaps are involved, it may look more like a taxable exchange.
Is swapping ETH → wETH taxable?
Most crypto investors assume the answer is yes.
But the real answer is: it depends on how the wrapping works. 🧵
Example #1: True wrapping
You deposit 1 ETH into a smart contract and receive 1 wETH representing that ETH.
Economically, nothing changed.
Some tax professionals treat this like a tokenized receipt, which may not be taxable.
Tax pros — quick question.
What are you doing when Form 1099-DA doesn’t match the client’s crypto gain/loss report?
I’m seeing this come up quite a bit this year. 🧵
The real risk is when the numbers aren’t reconciled and both the 1099-DA proceeds and the gain/loss report proceeds end up getting reported.
That can lead to double counting proceeds and overstated gains.
One practical rule I often share with tax practitioners:
Don’t file a crypto return until the gain/loss report and the 1099 forms make sense together.
Curious how other tax pros are handling this issue this tax season.
#CryptoTax #TaxPros
It’s April 15 — tax day.
If you’re a crypto investor and not ready, don’t panic:
•File an extension (you still need to pay if you owe)
•Don’t rush a flawed crypto report
•Never just “leave it off” — the IRS is watching
•Get expert help if you need it
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