A broker typically sends both you and the IRS a 1099-B reporting the details of the sale of stocks, etc. Having this form makes your tax filing relatively easy.
Cryptocurrency exchanges don't necessarily issue these forms, which means that the taxpayer has to report the details themselves. In particular, the IRS wants each transaction reported on a separate row of Form 8949, which may be laborious for those with many transactions.
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A broker typically sends both you and the IRS a 1099-B reporting the details of the sale of stocks, etc. Having this form makes your tax filing relatively easy.
Cryptocurrency exchanges don't necessarily issue these forms, which means that the taxpayer has to report the details themselves. In particular, the IRS wants each transaction reported on a separate row of Form 8949, which may be laborious for those with many transactions.
(Note that an acceptable alternative is summarizing on Form 8949 itself and attaching details of the individual transactions separately. See "Exception 2" at https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8949#idm140393400093152)
You should use cointracker: https://www.cointracker.io/
If you want to DIY instead, I think it's an invocation of wikihtmltopdf + a simple script that turns CSVs into PDFs.