Play-to-Earn and Gaming Token Tax UK
Play-to-earn tax UK: when game tokens are income, the trading allowance, CGT on disposal, and why in-game NFTs are taxed separately.
Play-to-earn tax UK: when game tokens are income, the trading allowance, CGT on disposal, and why in-game NFTs are taxed separately.
Are airdrops taxable in the UK? When free tokens are income, when they are capital, and the nil cost basis trap, explained with examples.
Crypto mining tax UK: the income tax hit on receipt, the hobby vs trade test, allowable expenses, and CGT when you later sell.
How crypto margin, futures and leverage are taxed in the UK: CGT for most investors, when it becomes income, funding fees and liquidations.
Crypto lending and borrowing tax in the UK: when lending is a disposal, how interest is taxed, and why liquidations can trigger CGT.
Adding liquidity to Uniswap or Curve can be a hidden disposal. How UK CGT applies to liquidity pools, LP tokens, fees and withdrawals.
How does HMRC tax DeFi? When deposits are disposals, how lending and yield are taxed, and the record-keeping trap, explained for UK users.
Staking rewards are taxed twice. Once as income when you receive them. Again as capital gains when you dispose of them. Both HMRC and the IRS agree on this, and both treat the underlying mechanics almost identically. Yet roughly 6 out of 10 tax reports we review at Certified Crypto Accountant either miss the income…
Most crypto holders assume staking rewards are only taxed when they sell them. HMRC takes a different view, and the difference matters significantly when it comes to filing your tax return correctly. This guide covers exactly how HMRC taxes staking rewards in the UK, why most crypto tax reports contain errors on this point, and…