What does a crypto tax accountant in Birmingham do for you
Most of the job happens before any tax is calculated. We collect the exports from every exchange and wallet you have used and match each withdrawal to the deposit it became so that moving coins between your own accounts stops looking like a sale. Then HMRC’s share pooling rules are applied across the full history, including the same day rule and the 30 day rule, which is where crypto tax software most often goes wrong. The gain that comes out is one we can trace back to a source row for every figure. Our guide to how crypto gains are taxed in 2026 to 2027 walks through the rules we apply.
Filing comes last. The gains go on the SA108 capital gains pages of your return, and staking or airdrop receipts go on the income pages at their sterling value on the day you received them. If you have never filed before, our note on the crypto tax deadlines for this tax year sets out every date that applies to you. The crypto tax accountants page describes the whole engagement, and the full list of services covers disclosures and company work as well.
Is there a Birmingham office
No. The practice is remote and works with UK taxpayers only. There is no Birmingham office and nowhere to drop off paperwork. You send your records through a secure upload link and we talk them through on a video call. The finished return comes back to you for approval before anything goes to HMRC.
We looked for something about crypto that is specific to Birmingham and checkable, such as an FCA or HMRC announcement naming the city, and found nothing we could cite as of 18 September 2026. So this page makes no local claims. The work is remote across the UK, and a Birmingham client gets exactly the process a client in Leeds or Cardiff gets.
How much does a crypto tax accountant cost in Birmingham
Location has almost no bearing on the price. Published prices from UK crypto tax firms, checked in September 2026, put one fully reconciled and filed year at £750 to £2,000. A year that only needs a clean software report checking and filing can come in at £300 or under, a heavy DeFi or NFT year tends to cost £1,200 to £2,500, and several missed years with a disclosure to HMRC usually cost £1,500 to £3,500. Our breakdown of what accountants charge for a tax return in 2026 explains how those bands were put together.
The number of trades matters less than the number of places they happened. Two exchanges with clean exports is a short job even at a thousand trades. A history spread over closed exchanges, hardware wallets and several chains takes much longer. After a free review we give one fixed quote, and the pricing page lets you try your own numbers first.
Do I need an accountant for my crypto tax return
Plenty of people do not. One exchange, no wallets, no DeFi and gains comfortably below £3,000 is a history you can report yourself with the exchange’s own statement. It gets harder once coins have moved. Software regularly reads a wallet transfer as a sale or prices staking rewards at zero. Both errors inflate the gain. Our piece on where crypto tax software goes wrong on UK returns shows each one with a worked example.
A swap from one coin to another is also a disposal, even though no pounds reach your bank. People who only ever traded crypto for crypto are often surprised to find they have gains to report, and our post on owing crypto tax without ever selling for pounds explains why.
Does HMRC know about my crypto
Increasingly, yes. HMRC has collected customer data from UK exchanges for years, and under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, providers have been collecting transaction details since January 2026 to report them each year. Our explainer on what HMRC receives automatically from 2026 covers what is sent and when, and whether HMRC can see your wallet covers the self custody side.
If you have a letter already, read our guide to the HMRC crypto nudge letter before answering it. If earlier years were missed, the voluntary disclosure route costs less in penalties when you use it before HMRC opens an enquiry.
Which crypto tax problems do you sort out most often
These four come up across the UK every month, and none of them depends on which city you live in.
A salary with a portfolio that grew alongside it
PAYE covers the salary and nothing else. Once taxable gains pass the £3,000 allowance a return is needed even if you have never filed one, and anyone already in Self Assessment must report gains when total sales for the year pass £50,000. Whether your gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depends on how much of the basic rate band your salary has already used.
Contractors wondering if their company should hold crypto
A limited company pays Corporation Tax on its gains and gets no annual allowance, and moving coins you own personally into your own company counts as selling them at market value. Our guide to crypto held in a limited company sets out the costs before you move anything.
Crypto given to a partner or to children
Between spouses and civil partners who live together, a transfer is treated as no gain and no loss. A gift to anyone else, children included, is a disposal at market value with no cash to pay the tax from. Read how gifting crypto outside marriage is taxed before you transfer.
Holders who sold some and never registered
Bought years ago, sold part of it recently, never told HMRC. First time filers for the year to 5 April 2026 must register for Self Assessment by 5 October 2026. Earlier missed years are better disclosed now than explained after a letter.
Do you work with clients outside Birmingham
Yes, anywhere in the UK, with the same people and the same method. There is a crypto tax accountant page for London and another covering crypto tax help in Manchester. Who does the work, and the standard each figure is checked against, is on the about page.
Crypto tax questions from Birmingham investors
How much does a crypto tax accountant in Birmingham charge?
Published prices from UK crypto tax firms, checked in September 2026, put one reconciled and filed year at £750 to £2,000. A clean year from a software report can cost £300 or less, and several missed years with a disclosure usually cost £1,500 to £3,500. We give one fixed quote after a free review.
Do I need a crypto tax accountant based in Birmingham?
No. Crypto records are exchange exports and wallet histories, so the whole job is done on screen. Files come in through a secure upload link and you approve the return before it is filed.
I only ever swapped one coin for another. Do I still owe tax?
Very likely. HMRC treats swapping one cryptoasset for another as a disposal, so each swap can create a gain even though no pounds reached your bank. Whether tax is due depends on your total gains for the year after the £3,000 allowance and any losses.
Can I give crypto to my partner or children tax free?
To a spouse or civil partner you live with, yes, the transfer is treated as no gain and no loss and they take over your cost. A gift to children or anyone else is a disposal at market value, so a coin that has risen a long way can create a tax bill on the day you give it.
Who actually does the work on my file?
Fahad Zar, lead chain analyst and crypto tax expert, rebuilds the history and reviews every return. Sehar Javed, chain analyst, works the reconciliation with him. The person you speak to on the first call stays on your file until it is filed.