For years, crypto tax reporting has lived in a strange world where taxpayers were expected to self-report everything while the IRS had limited third-party visibility. That era is ending.
Starting with 2025 transactions, custodial crypto platforms must begin reporting certain digital asset sales and exchanges on a new IRS information return: Form 1099-DA (Digital Asset Proceeds From Broker Transactions).
That means more taxpayers will receive crypto tax forms that look and feel a lot like the brokerage forms we have dealt with for decades.
Convenient? Eventually.
Pain-free? Do not get carried away.