Crypto tax help for Liverpool
Liverpool’s crypto scene skews young and first-time. The digital and creative businesses around the Baltic Triangle, a big student population, and a wave of investors who bought in the last two cycles and have never filed a tax return in their lives. If that is you, you are exactly who this page is for.
We work with Liverpool clients remotely, which for crypto is a strength, not a compromise. The whole engagement runs on secure file sharing and video calls. You get a named specialist, not a call centre, and the same person handles your reconciliation and your filing from start to finish.
What we do for Liverpool clients
Reconciliation
We rebuild your full history across 40+ exchanges, wallets and DeFi protocols, matching transfers and fixing cost basis.
Self Assessment filing
HMRC SA100 with the SA108 capital gains pages, staking and airdrop income split out correctly.
Disclosure & enquiries
HMRC nudge letters, voluntary disclosure and enquiry support for Liverpool clients with unreported years.
New to how HMRC taxes crypto? Start with the UK crypto tax guide, or see our crypto tax accountants page.
The Liverpool cases we see most
Most of our Liverpool work is about doing something for the first time and doing it right. These are the usual three.
First-time filers
You sold some crypto, the gain looks bigger than £3,000, and you have never touched Self Assessment. There is a registration deadline of 5 October after the tax year ends, then the return itself. Our deadlines guide lays out every date, and we handle registration and filing end to end.
Play-to-earn and gaming tokens
Gaming reward tokens are usually taxable as income at the value when you earn them, then again under Capital Gains Tax on any rise when you sell. Two tax events, one token, and almost nobody realises until later. Our play-to-earn guide breaks down both layers.
Wallet-hoppers
Coins spread across old phones, dead exchanges and half-remembered wallets. Transfers between your own wallets are not taxable, but software constantly misreads them as sales or zeroes the cost basis, inflating your gain. Our guide to wallet transfers shows the trap, and reconciliation fixes it.
Liverpool crypto tax questions we hear every week
My gains are under £3,000. Do I need to do anything?
If your total gains for the year sit within the £3,000 annual exempt amount and you are not otherwise in Self Assessment, there is usually no Capital Gains Tax to pay. Two catches. Crypto-to-crypto swaps count as disposals when adding up your gains, and if you already file a return you must report disposals once total proceeds pass £50,000 even with no tax due.
Are my gaming and play-to-earn tokens really taxable?
Usually yes, twice. Once as income at the sterling value when the tokens become yours, then under Capital Gains Tax on any growth between receipt and sale. The income value you declare becomes your cost basis, which stops you being taxed twice on the same amount.
Do I need a crypto tax accountant based in Liverpool?
No, you need one who actually specialises in crypto. Everything runs over video calls and secure file sharing, and one named specialist looks after your whole case. We work with Liverpool and Merseyside clients all year round.
What will it cost me?
A fixed quote after a free 30-minute review, with most engagements between £400 and £1,200 plus VAT. First-time filer cases with a single exchange are usually at the lower end. You pay nothing until you accept the quote.