Given the popularity of myTax in Australia as the ATO’s official online platform for tax reporting, it’s important to understand how to report your crypto profits, losses, and income alongside your regular income and capital gains.

To accurately report your crypto transactions on myTax, you will need to calculate and enter both your crypto capital gains and losses, and any crypto income (like staking rewards or airdrops).

Crypto Tax Calculator can help you track your gains and losses, calculate your capital gains, and get ATO-ready reports in minutes.

Get started with a quick overview of how to report your crypto tax in myTax, or keep reading for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots from the ATO’s myTax portal.

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Step 1: Gather your documents and data

Accurate crypto tax reporting in Australia starts with thorough recordkeeping, as required by the ATO. Before lodging your tax return through myTax, you’ll need to collect a full summary of your crypto transactions for the financial year. This includes any:

• Buys and sells
• Swaps
• Staking rewards
• Mining income
• Airdrops
• Crypto used for purchases or payments
• Transfers between wallets (to identify non-taxable events)

The easiest way to do this is to use tax software like Crypto Tax Calculator which will automatically analyse your transaction history once you connect your exchange accounts or wallets.

Alternatively, most exchanges will let you download a CSV or excel file with your transaction history and relevant information, which can be used to manually calculate your taxes. If you're unable to get this information from your exchange or wallet, then you may need to keep your own records.

For each crypto transaction, the ATO expects you to have the following information to report it on your taxes:

• A description of the crypto asset
• The date you acquired and sold the asset and supporting receipts
• The value in AUD at the time of the transaction
• The cost base (including purchase price, transaction fees, and other relevant costs)
• The resulting capital gain or loss
• Records of any accounting or legal fees you’ve paid or tax software you’ve used
• Digital wallet records and keys

You can wait until you're preparing to file your tax return to gather these documents and transaction data. However, keeping records throughout the year will likely be easier (and more accurate) so they're ready to go when tax season rolls around.

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Step 2: Set up myTax to prepare and personalise your return

To lodge your tax return with myTax, you’ll need to set it up first. Start by creating a myGov account – or using your existing one – to connect to the ATO. From your linked services you will then select ‘Manage tax returns’ to report your tax. You will then need to calculate and report CGT, income, and deductions. If you’re in the middle of filling out the forms but need more time to calculate, you can save what you’ve done so far and come back to myTax at any point.

Here’s how you can prepare your crypto taxes in myTax:

1. Sign into your myGov account and make sure you’ve linked your account to the ATO to access myTax. Then select Tax → Lodgements → Income tax

2. Click ‘Prepare’ for your 2024-2025 Individual income tax return.

3. Make sure your contact and banking details are up-to-date. Then select ‘Personalise return.’

4. Fill out the relevant boxes for your regular income. Note: some of the boxes may already be selected, if the ATO has received information from your employer, bank, crypto exchange, or another organisation. Most of your pre-fill tax information will be available by late July.

Step 3: Calculate your capital gains and losses

Whenever you dispose of crypto at a profit or loss, a capital gains event is triggered. To figure out how much tax you might owe, you need to calculate your capital gains and losses for each transaction. You’ll need to:

1. Identify each individual capital gains tax (CGT) event. If you’ve conducted hundreds, or thousands of transactions, a crypto tax calculator like Crypto Tax Calculator can help you automatically identify your overall capital gains and losses.

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2. Figure out the cost base of your crypto. Your cost base is what you paid for the crypto in AUD, plus any additional fees such as gas, transfer, or brokerage fees.

Figuring out the cost base can be more complicated when you have multiple transactions of the same token at different times and prices. When this happens, the order in which you calculate disposals can impact your tax owed. The two common methods for determining order are:

• FIFO (First In, First Out): You sell your earliest purchase first
• LIFO (Last In, First Out): You sell your most recent purchase first

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The accounting method you choose can impact both the cost base and if you qualify for the 50% CGT discount – since it only applies to assets held for more than a year. Since FIFO takes into account your earliest purchases first, it could increase the chance of you receiving the 50% CGT discounts if you’ve held those assets long term.

Still confused? Crypto Tax Calculator can automatically figure out your cost basis for you based on ATO rules. You can also choose the accounting method that works best for your situation. If you have a lot of transactions or get stuck figuring out your cost base, Crypto Tax Calculator can help automate the tricky calculations to make this process a lot easier.

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Step 4: Report your capital gain/loss on myTax

After calculating your gains or losses, you need to report them on your tax return. To report your capital gains and losses on myTax, go to ‘Personalise return’.

You will need to add in your crypto capital gains. Refer to your Crypto Tax Calculator Capital Gains Report. If you have capital gains or losses from crypto activity, select ‘Capital gains or losses that are not from a managed fund distribution’.

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Step 5: Calculate your income from crypto activities

Not all crypto activity counts as a capital gain. Certain crypto activities are considered income, and you’ll need to report it on your tax return. For example, if you’ve earned crypto through mining, staking, rewards, or airdrops, the ATO treats this as ordinary income, similar to wages.

To figure out your income, you’ll have to keep track of the fair market value in Australian dollars at the time each income event occurred. This value also becomes your cost base if you get rid of the assets down the road, so you could also pay CGT if you sell for a profit.

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Step 6: Report your income from crypto on myTax

To report your crypto income on myTax, go to ‘Personalise return’.

Next, check your Crypto Tax Calculator Income Report. If you received income from airdrops, interest, staking rewards, or royalty, select ‘You had other income not listed above (including employee share schemes)’. Staking rewards are considered to be income by the ATO.

Step 7: Calculate any deductions

As a crypto investor, you may be able to deduct expenses related to your investment activity – such as your Crypto Tax Calculator subscription. The ATO groups these expenses under interest, dividend, and other investment income deductions. You don’t have to be running a business to claim these deductions, as long as they have a clear connection to income-producing activities.

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