DianeW777
Employee Tax Expert

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It depends. You can begin by using the information in the link below. 

Your IRS form 1099-DA reports gross proceeds, the digital asset, the number of units and the number of transactions.

  1. Select Wages & Income.
  2. Scroll to Investments and Savings.
  3. Select Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B) >  Add investments.
  4. On the Save time and connect your financial accounts screen, select Enter a different way > Select Type it in myself, then Continue.
  5. OK, let's start with one investment type, select Digital Assets > Click Continue.
  6. On the screen Which bank or brokerage is on your 1099-DA, enter the information > Continue.
  7. On the screen Did you get a 1099-DA from XXX?, select Yes.  Click Continue.
  8. Answer the questions at the screen Tell us about the sales on your 1099-DA

Any digital currency you purchase becomes income at the time you redeem or sell the digital currency and must be reported .

Holding Periods:

  • Long term is a holding period of more than one year (one year plus one day) and receives capital gain tax treatment (0%, 10%, 15%, 20% depending on your regular rate of tax)
  • Short term is a holding period of one year or less and receives ordinary gain tax treatment (your regular rate)

A solution can be to enter summary transactions if you have many transactions. Your brokerage statements should include a summary of your transactions, grouped by sales category, for example, Box A short-term covered or Box D long-term covered.

 

You can always use direct entry if you choose, with summary totals.  The only exception if wash sales, which must be entered separately, if you have any.

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