Tax Time with Stormrake & CryptoTax Calculator

We have just finished the financial year here in Australia and it is during this time that we start receiving all the end of financial year statements required to complete your tax returns.

From a crypto investment standpoint, this is super simple for anyone who uses Stormrake for all their crypto trades with the CryptoTax Calculator x Stormrake integration.

A Step by Step Process on How to Use the CryptoTax Calculator

Stormrake provide all customers with their end of financial year holdings. This should be saved as a CSV File on your computer as it will be used in CryptoTax Calculator:

Here is an example of an end of financial year holding report email that Stormrake clients receive

As an existing CryptoTax Calculator customer, clients just need to log into their account. For new users, use the code 'STORMRAKE20' to receive a 20% discount when signing up. Once logged in, click on Integrations and then click the purple + Add integrations button.

Type in Stormrake and select the Stormrake option:

Next, drop the previously saved Transaction CSV File onto the area that states Upload or drag & drop your files here:

Depending on the number of trades placed with Stormrake during the year, the importing will take anything from a few secs to a couple of minutes:

Once the import is complete, you will receive a summary as outlined below. This client has been with us for many years:

CryptoTax Calculator also provide you the number of transactions that have been imported:

Next step is to review the transactions and ensure they all line up. CryptoTax Calculator makes this easy for you to do by stepping through theme: Categorising transitions, Resolving missing prices and resolving missing purchase history.

If all your crypto trading is done via Stormrake, you will not need to spend any time doing this. The only time it may be necessary is when you have deposited crypto to Stormrake and they do not have the purchase price (in which case you can update these transactions) or if you use a DEX or exchange for other transactions.

Next step is to click on the Reports section which shows you a summary of your Total gains for the 2023-2024 financial year.

A couple of things to note:

Check the settings under the Tax Settings. This will impact how your gains/losses are calculated and should be tailored to your own
Review any suggestions from CryptoTax Calculator

Once happy with it all, click on Reports and select which tax report you would like to download:

ATO report - use this report option if you are using MyTax to complete your taxes
Accountant pack - use this report option if you use an accountant
Custom - use this option if you wish to pick and choose which report to download

The process outlined above, importing the Storrmrake end of financial year transaction file, reviewing the transactions and downloading the reports from CryptoTax Calculator, ensures you are ready for tax time in relation to your crypto investments.

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