How to do your Kraken taxes in 2024
If you're looking for a straightforward way to calculate and report your Kraken taxes, you've come to the right place!
Blockpit is a trusted cryptocurrency tax calculator used by hundreds of thousands of crypto investors worldwide to accurately track and optimize Kraken transactions, and calculate gains, losses and income for tax purposes.
Simply sign up for free, import your transaction data and generate your fully compliant crypto tax report for Kraken and more than 250,000 other crypto assets, exchanges and wallets in minutes!
Read on to learn everything you need to know about Kraken and cryptocurrency taxation!
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Do I have to pay taxes when using Kraken?
Yes, Kraken transactions are considered taxabale events under capital gains tax or income tax in many countries. The tax rates differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and some may even offer tax exemptions based on profit thresholds or holding periods.
Read our crypto tax guides for more information.
Does Kraken automatically deduct taxes?
No, as of 2024, Kraken does not automatically deduct taxes from crypto trades.
Calculating crypto taxes can be challenging for crypto exchanges, as they do not have any knowledge of your off-exchange transactions on other platforms or wallets and are therefore missing crucial information required to calculate gains, losses and income.
However, Kraken might still report your crypto transactions to your country's tax authority, like the IRS or HMRC.
We highly recommend tracking and reporting all relevant crypto transactions on and off the exchange to prevent audits and fines.
Import Kraken transactions into Blockpit
Blockpit offers advanced integrations to process Kraken transaction data. Our guide explains how to add the Kraken integration for portfolio tracking and tax calculation.
Step 1: Log in to your Blockpit account
Log into your Blockpit account here: Login. If you don’t have an account yet, please sign up first: Create Blockpit Account.
Step 2: Select "+ Integration"
After logging in, click on “+ Integration" in the top navigation.
Step 3: Select "Kraken"
Select Kraken from the integration creation dialog
Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions
You can find a detailed Kraken setup guide here: How to import Kraken transactions
Step 5: Wait for the data import to finish
The data import can take several minutes, depending on the number of transactions. Have a look at the import scope description of our Kraken integration in the meantime!
Import Kraken transactions into Blockpit
Blockpit offers advanced integrations to process Kraken transaction data. Our guide explains how to add the Kraken integration for portfolio tracking and tax calculation.
Step 1: Log in to your Blockpit account
Log into your Blockpit account here: Login. If you don’t have an account yet, please sign up first: Create Blockpit Account.
Step 2: Select "+ Integration"
After logging in, click on “+ Integration" in the top navigation.
Step 3: Select the corresponding blockchain
In the appearing integration creation dialog, select the corresponding blockchain from the list.
Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions
You can find a detailed Kraken setup guide here: How to import Kraken transactions
Step 5: Wait for the data import to finish
The data import can take several minutes, depending on the number of transactions. Have a look at the import scope description of our Kraken integration in the meantime!
Which Kraken transactions are automatically imported into Blockpit?
Blockpit auto-labels Kraken transaction data based on country-specific gain, loss, and income tax categories, then processes them in alignment with your national tax regulations. As a result, Blockpit can distinguish automatically among these asset classes and Kraken transactions:
Assets
✅ Fiat (EUR, USD, CHF, etc.)
✅ Crypto (Coins & Token)
✅ NFTs (NFT Collections)
✅ Commodities (Gold, Silver, etc.)
✅ Derivatives (Tokenized Stocks, Tokenized Commodities, etc.)
Transactions
✅ Deposits & Withdrawals
✅ Fee Payments
✅ Converts
✅ Spot Market Trades
✅ Earn: Rewards & Distributions (Staking, Lending, Airdrops, Bounties, Hard Forks)
✅ All transactions provided by Kraken
Review Kraken transaction data in Blockpit
Blockpit seamlessly merges and organizes your Kraken transaction data. Once all data is imported, the following features ensure clarity and assist in verifying data accuracy:
- Identifying unmerged transfers
- Flagging unlabeled transactions
- Highlighting mismatched balances
- Pinpointing potential issues
- Filtering of assets and transactions
- Access to help center guides
For an in-depth overview of Blockpit's review capabilities, refer to: Troubleshooting
What does the Kraken tax report look like?
Blockpit's popular crypto tax calculator creates the most comprehensive tax reports for Kraken and more than 250,000 other crypto assets, exchanges, wallets and blockchains.
Additionally, Blockpit generates pre-filled tax forms for many countries for easy integration into your yearly tax return. Our tax reports also contain clear explanations in terms of legal interpretation for submission to tax authorities. So far, every tax report has been accepted by the tax offices without a complaint.
The tax report provides information about all of your crypto balances, realized profits and losses, and can be used as proof of origin with banks or tax advisors. It contains all relevant transactions of your account, always refers to the selected tax year and shows details such as time stamp, amount, asset, costs and fees of the individual transactions.
You can view some of our country specific crypto tax reports here: Blockpit Sample Tax Reports
Optimize & reduce Kraken taxes with Blockpit
Depending on your tax residency, it is possible to realize profits and losses in order to optimize your taxes (offsetting of losses against gains & tax loss harvesting). Blockpit’s Tax Optimization Feature allows you to identify unrealized gains and losses as well as the holding period of your Kraken assets.
A more detailed description of the Blockpit Tax Optimization Feature can be found here: How to identify and offset unrealized gains and losses?
