Preparing Your Poloniex Taxes
The first and most important step when using Crypto Tax Calculator is to import all your crypto data onto our platform. If you have just traded on Poloniex Crypto Tax Calculator can calculate your Poloniex tax, otherwise, you can find out your general tax obligation and a profit and loss breakdown by token.
There are two ways to import your transactions from Poloniex, an API, or a CSV history upload.
Using an API
On Poloniex:
- Once logged in click on Settings in the top right corner and then navigate to the API keys page
Poloniex API - Click create new key and verify through email if needed
- Uncheck the enable trading option (for security purposes)
- Save your API and secret keys
On Crypto Tax Calculator:
- Once logged in navigate to the Import page
- Select Poloniex from the dropdown menu
Import Your Poloniex API - Enter your API and secret keys
- Click Import
- While Crypto Tax Calculator is uploading your data you can continue importing transactions from your other accounts
Using a CSV Upload
On Poloniex:
- Click on the Activity tab on the top of the page and navigate to the Trade Analysis page
Poloniex Trade Analysis - Click Export on the top right of the page
- From the activity type options select trades and enter the date range you have traded over
- Click Download
On Crypto Tax Calculator:
- Once logged in navigate to the Import page
- Select Poloniex from the dropdown menu
Poloniex CSV import - Upload the file downloaded previously and click import
Wrapping Up
If you can’t import your transactions you also have the option to manually add them on the review transactions page, after this, you can view a summary report of your tax obligations, profit and loss as well as holdings over time.
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