Need a Canadian crypto accountant and CRA-ready tax report?
A Canadian crypto tax accountant reconciles your exchange, wallet and DeFi history, tracks adjusted cost base per asset and applies the superficial loss rules, producing the capital gains and income figures your return needs. CountDeFi has done that work for Canadian investors since 2017, and specialises in complex portfolios and missing records.
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How we prepare your CRA crypto tax report
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CountDeFi, experts in Canadian crypto tax accounting.
CountDeFi offers specialised crypto tax accounting for Canadian cryptocurrency investors. We're not just accountants, we're data scientists who will reconstruct your full transaction history to deliver accurate, CRA-compliant tax reports.
If your portfolio is complex, or you're missing transaction history, CountDeFi can help with affordable plans. We operate 100% online and in your time zone.
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There are ways to legally pay less crypto tax to CRA if you know where to look
Pay Only the Crypto Tax You Need To
Good crypto accounting can uncover losses, expenses and cost basis that reduce what you owe. We calculate your full position so you claim what you’re entitled to and don’t overpay the CRA.
Don’t Get Caught by the Superficial Loss Rule
Sell crypto at a loss and buy it back too soon? Canada’s superficial loss rule can deny the loss and change your adjusted cost base. We apply the Canadian rules correctly across your portfolio.
Know What Your Crypto Accounting Will Cost
Complex crypto can make hourly accountant fees unpredictable. CountDeFi prices upfront by transaction volume and complexity, with reconciliation, software and your Canadian crypto tax report included.
// who we are
"CountDeFi is proud to offer tax reporting services to crypto investors in Canada. Our team is ready to calculate complex crypto taxes in accordance with CRA requirements."
Chris Herbst
Founder
Clients Worldwide
Crypto Tax Reports Completed
Crypto Transactions Optimized
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Seasoned experts in complex Canadian crypto accounting
Canadian crypto tax has been complicated since the beginning. We have been in it since 2017, longer than most firms have understood the difference between a capital gain and business income in the context of digital assets. If you are dealing with complex crypto activity and need CRA-compliant tax reporting you can actually stand behind, CountDeFi is your Canada crypto tax solution.
Some of the most common crypto activities produce the most complex and misclassified transactions under Canadian tax law. DeFi lending loops that blur the line between capital and income. LP positions that affect your Adjusted Cost Base in ways most accountants miss. Staking rewards that need to be valued in CAD at the time of receipt. These are not edge cases. They are where most accountants and crypto tax software breaks down. CountDeFi goes deeper. We reconstruct incomplete transaction histories, trace how positions evolve across time, and deliver CRA-compliant tax reporting that reflects the true structure of your positions, however complex the underlying mechanics.
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Our Canadian crypto accounting services
Adjusted Cost Base (ACB) Tracking
Canada requires pooled Adjusted Cost Base across all holdings of the same asset, not wallet-level tracking. This becomes difficult when activity spans multiple exchanges and DeFi protocols. CountDeFi reconstructs ACB across your full transaction history, ensuring your crypto tax calculations align with CRA requirements.
Business Income vs Capital Gains
Crypto activity in Canada may be treated as business income or capital gains depending on factors such as frequency, intent, and level of organisation. CountDeFi assesses your activity profile in detail, supporting accurate classification and consistent crypto tax reporting under CRA guidance.
NFT Tax Treatment
In Canada, NFT transactions may be treated as capital property or business income depending on how they are acquired, held, and disposed of. Royalty income introduces an additional reporting layer. CountDeFi categorises each NFT event correctly, ensuring your crypto tax reporting reflects both disposals and income where applicable.
Multi-Exchange and Wallet Reconciliation
Canadian reporting requires a complete and consistent transaction history across all wallets, exchanges, and DeFi protocols. Partial records can lead to incorrect gains and losses. CountDeFi consolidates and reconciles all data sources, producing DeFi reporting that is complete, accurate, and CRA-Compliant.
Airdrops and Incentive Income
Airdrops, staking rewards, and protocol incentives are generally treated as income at fair market value when received. These events are often distributed across multiple wallets and platforms. CountDeFi identifies and values each distribution, ensuring your DeFi tax calculations include all income and align with CRA guidance.
Superficial Loss Rules
Losses may be denied if you repurchase the same or identical crypto within 30 days before or after a disposal. This rule applies across all accounts and wallets, not just a single platform. CountDeFi identifies linked transactions and applies superficial loss rules correctly within your DeFi reporting and crypto tax calculations.
DeFi Income vs Capital Events
DeFi activity can generate both income and capital events, sometimes within the same transaction flow. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, correct classification depends on the nature and timing of each interaction. CountDeFi separates income from disposals at the transaction level, producing DeFi tax calculations that reflect the underlying economic activity.
CAD Valuation at Time of Transaction
All crypto transactions must be valued in CAD at the time they occur. This includes trades, income events, and DeFi activity. CountDeFi applies historical pricing data to each transaction, ensuring your crypto tax calculations are accurate and compliant with CRA expectations.
// EXPERT SKILLS
Regular accountants can't handle crypto accounting.
Traditional accounting was never built for crypto, and most Canadian crypto tax accountants are not equipped to handle it. They don't know which questions to ask, which protocols to dig into, or how to reconstruct a position that spans multiple chains and six months of compounding yield. Missing transaction data is not just an inconvenience under CRA rules. It is an audit risk most investors never see coming. In 2026, the CRA is not guessing. Neither are we.
CountDeFi traces your full transaction history across every chain, every exchange, and every wallet, hunting down every trade, every protocol, every token, until your complete history is accounted for. CountDeFi is a multi-disciplinary team of crypto tax accountants, data scientists, and legal experts who understand how crypto tax actually works in Canada.
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Crypto accounting software battles with CRA requirements
For many Canadian investors, crypto tax software is a great starting point. But DeFi, staking, NFTs, bridge transfers, multiple wallets, and years of transaction history can quickly create situations where software struggles to interpret what actually happened. That's where we come in. Our team of accountants reviews, reconciles, and validates the underlying data before finalising your report. The result is a complete, accurate, and audit-ready Canadian crypto tax report, with adjusted cost base calculations and CRA reporting requirements properly accounted for. And if you want to avoid paying more crypto tax in Canada than you need to, getting those calculations right is critical. If you're already using tax software, great! CountDeFi is Koinly's #1 Global Partner. If you already have a Koinly portfolio, bring it over. We can work with it.
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How to work with CountDeFi to calculate your CRA tax report
At CountDeFi, we use our proprietary Precision 7 System to take you from data chaos to crypto tax clarity. It starts with onboarding every data source you have, validating them, and hunting down every gap before we go anywhere near a calculation. From there we reconcile and categorise every transaction,.
Where data is incomplete, we come back to you. Nothing is left unaccounted for. Tax optimisation is built into the process, not bolted on at the end. It starts with a free 30-minute consultation where we talk through your situation and arrive at the right pricing plan for your needs.
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Real reviews from crypto investors like you
Chris
Extremely professional process made it very simple and took countless hours of headache away. Definitely would recommend and will be using for my crypto taxes going forward
5 Star Review | Canada
Patti
I recommend this service to anyone that has done very complex DeFi transactions and wants to remove the headache of dealing with thousands of transactions.
5 Star Review | Canada
DF Inc
Wow, these guys are REALLY good. I was overwhelmed when it came to preparing my crypto taxes and with very little effort on my part I was able to get them the needed information so that they could proceed with preparing a comprehensive report.
5 Star Review | Canada
Frequently asked questions
When is the deadline for filing crypto taxes in Canada?
What if I missed the April or June CRA filing deadline?
For the 2026 tax season, most individuals had until April 30, 2026 to file their 2025 Canadian income tax return. If you or your spouse or common-law partner were self-employed, the filing deadline was June 15, 2026, although any balance owing was still due by April 30. Planning ahead for the 2027 tax season? Your 2026 crypto activity will form part of your next Canadian tax return, so you can start reconciling exchanges, wallets, DeFi transactions and adjusted cost base well before filing opens in 2027. You do not need to wait for tax season to get your crypto accounting ready for the CRA.
File as soon as you can rather than waiting for the next tax season. Late filing and unpaid balances can result in penalties or interest, with any 2025 balance owing due by April 30, 2026. If incomplete crypto records are holding up your return, CountDeFi can reconstruct the transaction history, calculate adjusted cost base and prepare the Canadian crypto tax reporting needed by you or your accountant.
Can CountDeFi handle my Canadian crypto tax accounting from start to finish?
Can CountDeFi handle my Canadian crypto tax accounting from start to finish?
Yes. CountDeFi provides Canadian crypto tax accounting for portfolios involving exchanges, self-custody wallets, DeFi, staking, NFTs, lending, derivatives and other on-chain activity. We reconcile the transaction history, investigate missing records, calculate adjusted cost base, classify the activity and prepare a complete Canadian crypto tax report. If you already have an accountant or tax practitioner, you can give them the completed reports for filing.
Yes. CountDeFi provides Canadian crypto tax accounting for portfolios involving exchanges, self-custody wallets, DeFi, staking, NFTs, lending, derivatives and other on-chain activity. We reconcile the transaction history, investigate missing records, calculate adjusted cost base, classify the activity and prepare a complete Canadian crypto tax report. If you already have an accountant or tax practitioner, you can give them the completed reports for filing.
How much does Canadian crypto tax accounting cost?
Does CountDeFi charge Canadian crypto tax clients by the hour?
CountDeFi's Canadian crypto tax accounting starts at $695 USD for up to 500 transactions. Standard is $1,695 for up to 3,000 transactions, Premium is $2,995 for up to 5,000, Expert is $4,495 for up to 10,000, and Degen is $5,995 for up to 15,000 transactions. All plans are billed in USD. The appropriate plan depends on transaction volume and portfolio complexity. DeFi, multiple wallets, missing records, historical reconstruction and unusual transactions can increase the amount of accounting work required. See CountDeFi pricing and plans.
No. CountDeFi's standard crypto tax accounting plans are not billed by the hour. Pricing is based on transaction volume and the complexity of the portfolio, so you know the scope and price before the work begins. This can be useful for Canadian investors with DeFi, several wallets or broken transaction histories, where open-ended accountant hours can become difficult to predict.
What is included in the cost of my Canadian crypto tax report?
Will DeFi, missing records or several tax years make my Canadian crypto accounting more expensive?
Every CountDeFi plan includes crypto tax software, transaction reconciliation, missing-data analysis and a complete Canadian crypto tax report. Where your crypto disposals are treated as capital transactions, we calculate your adjusted cost base (ACB), proceeds, gains and losses for reporting on T1 Schedule 3, including the specific crypto-asset lines 15200 and 15301. If your crypto activity is treated as business activity, the reporting may instead flow through Form T2125, Statement of Business or Professional Activities. The accounting happens before the forms are prepared. We reconcile the underlying transactions, calculate the figures in Canadian dollars and establish whether the activity is being reported on capital or income account. You receive the completed calculations and supporting records to use for filing or provide to your Canadian accountant.
They can affect which plan is appropriate. Transaction count is important, but so is the amount of work required to turn the portfolio into reliable tax records. A clean history from one exchange is simpler than 5 years of crypto spread across self-custody wallets, DeFi protocols, failed exchanges and missing records. If you are getting your records in order for the 2027 Canadian tax season, starting the accounting during 2026 also gives us time to resolve historical cost basis and missing transactions before your next CRA return is due. Tell us about your portfolio first. CountDeFi will assess the transaction volume and complexity and confirm the appropriate plan before the accounting starts.