Crypto Tax Estimator

About this calculator

In most tax jurisdictions, selling or trading cryptocurrency is a taxable event that triggers capital gains tax, calculated the same way as selling stock: proceeds from the sale minus your cost basis (what you originally paid, plus fees) equals your capital gain, which is then taxed at your applicable capital gains rate — a rate that often depends on how long you held the asset before selling.

This calculator estimates that tax from your proceeds, cost basis, and tax rate, returning your capital gain and the net amount you keep after tax. It's a planning tool for crypto traders and investors estimating their tax liability before filing, useful for rough year-end tax planning, but it's a simplification — actual crypto tax rules involve short- vs long-term holding periods, wash-sale-adjacent rules in some jurisdictions, and per-transaction cost-basis tracking that a full tax filing requires.