Kraken says it may be giving HMRC UK client data for the 2022 to 2025 tax years under a Schedule 23 notice, with a £5,000 line counted per coin and per transaction type. What that covers, what CARF adds from 2026, and what you owe on the trades.
You must report if gains pass £3,000, if total proceeds pass £50,000, or if crypto income passes the £1,000 allowance. Why losses are worth declaring even when nothing is due, and where crypto now goes on the SA108.
Published UK ranges put a standard Self Assessment at £150 to £400 plus VAT and hourly rates at £50 to £150. Where crypto sits, from £99 flat rate filers to £2,000 specialist years, and what actually sets the number.
HMRC has held exchange customer records since 2020, bought blockchain tracing software the same year, and receives every UK platform’s customer data from 2026. What it can see, what it cannot, and what a cold wallet changes.
Stocks and crypto on eToro are capital gains, CFDs are derivatives, and every copied trade is your own disposal. What eToro reports to HMRC from 2026, what it never has, and where the pooling goes wrong.
Swapping one coin for another, spending crypto and giving it away are all disposals in HMRC’s manual. What gets taxed before any money reaches your bank, and what does not.
HMRC posted 81,172 crypto nudge letters in 2025-26, triple the volume of two years ago, while only 17,600 people reported gains. What changes in May 2027.
HMRC data shows 17,600 people reported crypto gains in 2024-25 while the FCA counts 4.5 million UK holders. What the gap means and what happens in May.
Nine tests decide whether you pay capital gains tax or income tax on your profits. What they are, and why crypto day traders almost never count as traders.
Bitcoin ETF taxes work nothing like holding coins. Grantor trusts, staking funds, UK crypto ETNs and the ISA window: the wrapper decides what you keep.