Crypto tax software & tools (2025–26)

If you made more than a handful of trades, yes — every sell, swap and spend is a CGT event the ATO expects calculated. Software reconstructs your history from exchange APIs in minutes; doing it by spreadsheet across hundreds of trades is where most people give up.

Every tool in our "Tax reporting" category generates ATO-format capital gains reports (including myTax figures). The ATO runs data-matching with Australian exchanges — it likely already knows you traded; the software makes sure your numbers are right.

Summ (formerly CryptoTaxCalculator) and Syla are Australian-built with native ATO logic; Koinly is the global leader with excellent AU support. Start with whichever connects to all your exchanges — most offer free previews before you pay.

Because they're part of the same toolkit — and because honesty matters: Pionex and Cryptohopper are automation platforms, not tax software, and CoinStats is a portfolio tracker whose exports feed a tax tool rather than replace one. Each review says plainly what the tool is and isn't.

Use read-only API keys for trackers and tax tools (they only need to see your history), and for bot platforms create keys with withdrawals disabled. A properly-scoped key means even a leaked credential can't empty your account.