Crypto Tax Software: Turn Your Trades Into Tax Forms

Crypto tax software: from trades to tax forms

If you sold, traded or spent crypto this year, you have to report each transaction. Tax software pulls your history together and does the math.

Why you might need it

Every sale, coin-to-coin trade and purchase made with crypto is a taxable event that goes on IRS Form 8949, with the date you bought, the date you sold, your cost and your proceeds. If you used more than one exchange, moved coins between wallets, or earned staking rewards, matching all of that by hand gets hard quickly.

What changes with Form 1099-DA

US brokers now send Form 1099-DA. For 2025 transactions it shows only your gross proceeds. For coins bought on or after January 1, 2026, it also shows your cost basis. Coins you bought before 2026, or moved in from another wallet, usually won't have a cost basis on the form, so you still need your own records.

What these tools do

Import your history from exchanges and wallets by file upload or connection.
Match each sale to the purchases it came from and calculate gains and losses.
Produce Form 8949 and a summary you or your preparer can enter in tax software.
Flag missing cost basis and transfers between your own wallets.

Most offer a free tier to preview your gains and charge when you download reports. Compare what each plan covers before you pay. Our tax estimator gives a quick ballpark first.