Crypto taxes, done on software we built ourselves.
Most "crypto tax experts" just run your data through the same off-the-shelf software anyone can buy. We built our own — modeled on the IRS Core Digital Asset team's guidance — so every number is traceable and audit-ready. CPA-friendly.
| Type | Asset | Quantity | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade (Buy) | ADA | 2,612.55 | $961.63 |
| Staking | ADA | 0.6440 | $0.89 |
| Trade (Buy) | AERO | 3,039.28 | $480.82 |
| Type | Asset | Quantity | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade (Sell) | BTC | 0.1168 | $200.39 |
| Trade (Sell) | ETH | 1.4200 | $3,420 |
| Trade (Sell) | SOL | 12.50 | $2,180 |
| Category | Proceeds | Gain/(Loss) |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Gains — Short Term | $48,210 | ($4,730) |
| Capital Gains — Long Term | $23,900 | $7,066 |
| Income (staking, airdrops) | $1,240 | $1,240 |
| Description | Proceeds | Gain/(Loss) |
|---|---|---|
| Box H — 1099-DA (Coinbase) | $43,302 | ($9,629) |
| Box I — not on 1099-DA | $25,177 | ($1,760) |
| Box I — margin, not 1099-DA | $12,935 | ($3,809) |
| Line | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 8v | Digital assets received as income | $1,240 |
| Wallet | Fees | Rebates |
|---|---|---|
| Margin Fees — Grand Total | $1,094.23 | $227.02 |
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The crypto tax software companies you've heard of feature us when their clients hit scenarios their tools can't handle.
A generic calculator guesses. Your return shouldn't.
Missing cost basis
Bridged ETH to Base? A rented calculator drops your cost basis at the bridge and calls it a $0-basis sale. Our software traces it back to the original lot — and shows you every step.
LP exits priced wrong
A calculator treats your LP exit as one mystery token. Our software breaks it into the underlying assets and prices each leg at the right timestamp — transparently.
"Unknown asset" rows
Yield tokens, points, airdrops a generic calculator has never seen. Our software classifies and documents them with the full chain visible — not a guess you can't check.
Everyone else rents the same third-party calculator. We're the only firm that built its own — transparent, traceable, and modeled on the IRS's digital-asset guidance.
Transparent software. Not a black box.
Transparency isn't a buzzword here — it's the whole point. You and your CPA can follow every number on your return straight back to the transaction that created it.
Defensible in an audit
Every figure is documented and sourced. If the IRS asks where a number came from, the answer's already in your file.
No surprises
You see how each number was reached before you file — not after a letter shows up.
Your CPA can verify it
Hand it over and they can trace and check every line themselves. Nothing to take on faith.
From wallet chaos to filed forms in four steps.
Upload to your portal
Public wallet addresses, exchange CSVs, and your 1099-DA — straight into your secure client portal.
Run through our software
Your data runs through software we built — every transaction traced through bridges, LPs, and dead exchanges, with the full chain visible. No guesswork.
Specialist review
A tax specialist reviews the output and your edge cases — and you can see exactly how every number was reached.
Audit-ready files
Form 8949, Schedule D, Schedule 1, and a tax analysis — organized and traceable. Hand it to your CPA or file with TurboTax.
Everything we send you. Ready to file.
A complete, organized Excel workbook plus your IRS forms as clean PDFs, ready to download from your secure portal. Hand them to your CPA, or file yourself.
Your 2025 crypto tax files
Our software vs. a rented calculator.
| ✓ RecommendedOur software | Third-party calculators | |
|---|---|---|
| Who built it | We engineered it in-house | An off-the-shelf tool you — or your "expert" — rent |
| How it works | Transparent — every number traces to its source | A black box — you can't see how it got there |
| Built around | The IRS Core Digital Asset team's reporting framework | Generic, one-size-fits-all calculations |
| Real complexity (DeFi, LPs, bridges, dead exchanges) | Handled | Built for beginners — breaks on the hard stuff |
| In an audit | Every figure is documented and explainable | Can't show its work |
| Who does the work | Done for you, start to finish | DIY — you fix the errors yourself |
"Third-party calculators" = the consumer crypto tax-calculator tools that individuals and most "crypto tax" firms rely on.
Built by traders who got tired of being the workaround.
Mike Ring
A decade in public accounting and multiple meetings with the IRS's Core Digital Asset team on crypto tax policy. Founded BCTP in 2018 to do the one thing nobody was doing well: clean, defensible crypto tax forms.
Brian Ernest
Corporate finance, tax planning, and an $8M renovation company under his belt. Keeps the firm's economics and tax strategy sharp.
Anna Mae Garcia
Runs operations and growth end to end — the intake and workflow behind every 5–7 day turnaround, and the marketing that gets crypto traders through the door.
We trade this stuff too — DeFi, LP positions, NFTs. That's why we get it.
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