New Zealand Crypto Tax Guide

How the IRD treats staking rewards in NZ and what to put on the IR3.

If you’re a crypto investor in New Zealand, early 2026 saw several changes to crypto tax rules that are worth paying attention to.

The countdown to the 7 July 2026 IR3 deadline is on: what to reconcile, when, and how to file your crypto correctly.

As the leading home of crypto in Aotearoa, Swyftx holds a unique vantage point on the trading sentiment and trends emerging across the motu.

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If you have lost crypto to a hack, a phishing attack, or an exchange collapse, you are not alone. The good news: the IRD does allow a deduction for stolen crypto in certain circumstances.

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Step-by-step guide to filing crypto on the IR3 in New Zealand: where each figure goes, key dates, and the mistakes to avoid.

How the IRD treats DeFi activity in New Zealand under IRRUIP18: lending, LP positions, yield, wrapping, bridging, and liquid staking.

From 1 April 2026, NZ crypto exchanges must report user activity to the IRD under CARF. Here's what gets shared, the key dates, and how to prepare.

New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department has identified 355,000 unique crypto users across 57 million transactions, and from 1 April 2026, a new international reporting framework has closed the data gap that previously made enforcement difficult. The shift marks a significant escalation in how New Zealand taxes cryptocurrency activity.

New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department has dramatically expanded its crypto enforcement activity, and small-time traders are no longer safe from scrutiny. Since 1 April 2026, IRD has broadened its focus well beyond high-volume traders, sending letters to anyone identified as having traded on crypto exchanges, regardless of the scale of their activity.

A comprehensive guide to top cryptocurrency wallets in the market to safely store your assets. From hot digital wallets to hardware wallets, this guide will help users pick the most valuable wallet with features that meet your specific needs.

Wondering what the difference is between a CEX and a DEX, and how that might impact your experience come tax time? Read our latest blog for all the information you need.

Struggling to understand what a smart contract is and how they work? We break it all down for you in this blog.

One of the new ideas in the crypto space in using your crypto as collateral to borrow money. Of course it's a little different to traditional loans so here's everything you need to know about borrowing crypto.

Struggling to understand crypto mining and its tax implications? We break it all down for you in this blog.

Staking has increased in popularity in the crypto world. We have detailed everything you need to know about staking and its tax consequences in this article.

Struggling to understand what a blockchain explorer is and how to use one? We break it down for you in this blog.

Reporting your Bitcoin transactions on your federal taxes is essential to comply with IRS regulations.

In this guide we’ll run through everything you need to know about Form 8949 and how to fill it out.

Learn how Bitcoin is taxed in the U.S., the difference between short and long-term capital gains, and how timing your sale can cut your crypto tax bill.

Swapping one crypto for another is a taxable event, and you will need to work out the USD value of your capital gain or loss to report on your taxes.

This guide will walk you through the steps to upload Coinbase data into Summ (formerly Crypto Tax Calculator) by three methods: an API, CSV upload or via OAuth. Uploading your transactions allows Summ to calculate your Coinbase tax obligation.

Learn how Bitcoin is taxed in the U.S., the difference between short and long-term capital gains, and how timing your sale can cut your crypto tax bill.

Our senior tax advisor discusses the accounting methods - Last In, First Out, First In First Out and others, which can be applied for cryptocurrency transactions, and the ATO tax guidelines for traders and investors.

Summ (formerly Crypto Tax Calculator) is proud to support TaxScouts, a fast and effortless tax preparation tool in the United Kingdom. You can easily prepare a self-assessment tax return, and have it sorted by a certified accountant online. Follow these steps to get your tax return sorted out.

Everything you need to know to do your crypto taxes in New Zealand. Read our guide now.

Our senior tax advisor discusses the tax implications of trading cryptocurrency as a business in Australia, and the ATO guidelines around distinguishing between a trader or investor for crypto tax.

If you’ve received a CP2000 notice for crypto, you need to take immediate action. This guide explains what a CP2000 notice means for crypto investors, how to respond, and steps to avoid future issues.

The complete guide to understanding and filing your NFT taxes in the US.

A step-by-step walkthrough of everything you need to know about calculating your MetaMask crypto tax.

A guide to liquidity pools, LP tokens and how to report them on your taxes.

Bitcoin is taxed as either capital gains or income tax depending on the transaction. Learn how to do your Bitcoin taxes with this guide.

Summ (formerly Crypto Tax Calculator) is one of the simplest tax calculators on the market but the tax process is complicated no matter where you live. This guide breaks down the step by step process for getting your crypto taxes calculated as quickly as possible.

A guide to the implications of rebase tokens such as OHM and TIME.

The complete guide to understanding and filing your DeFi taxes in the US.

This guide contains everything you need to know about how to calculate your crypto taxes for the 2024 tax year. It includes crypto tax brackets, crypto capital gains tax, how to report losses, and includes legal ways to lower your bill. Plus  how to prepare yourself for some big changes to crypto taxes in 2025.

This guide shows you two methods for uploading your crypto tax information to TurboTax. Updated for 2025.