Key Insights:
Crypto tax software should show what an investor paid, what they sold, and what they owe.
However, the software only returns the proceeds as the final number.
As such, brokers are reporting 2025 sales proceeds without including cost basis.
This filing season, a crypto user downloads a new standardized crypto tax form for digital assets and expects the full picture in one place. The assumption is simple: it should show what they paid, what they sold for, and what they owe. Instead, the form often delivers only one clean number: proceeds.
That gap matters more than most people realize. Brokers are reporting 2025 sales proceeds without including cost basis, meaning the form can look complete while missing the detail that keeps the math honest.
As a result, a one-click import into crypto tax software can quietly overstate gains, simply because the purchase price never made it into the calculation.
Crypto Tax News: Brokers Report 2025 Proceeds on 1099-DA, While
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