How to file crypto tax for free

I just published the scripts that I used to prepare tax for XRP sales. With no or minimal changes, it should work for any crypto, any exchange.

The repo is at https://github.com/r0bertz/node-xrp-tax

Below is the contents of README.md:

XRP Tax

This is a collection of scripts to prepare tax for crpyto (not necessarily XRP) sales. A majority of this project deals with XRP Ledger, so it is called "XRP Tax". The end product is a csv file that can be uploaded to http://www.easytxf.com.

Things to note

• Terminology:
  • Symbol: The currency being traded.
  • Currency: The currency you paid/got when buying/selling Symbol.
• USDT is considered USD.
• The csv format (except that of the end product) is bitcoin.tax format¹.
• The Source column is overloaded. If Action is SEND, Source is actually destination.
• Only LIFO (Last-In, First-Out) method is implemented.
• LIFO method is universally applied for a Symbol no matter where the trade actually happened.
• Like-kind exchange is not supported. If Currency is not USD, it will be converted into USD price.

Install dependencies

npm install -g bignumber.js csv dateformat fs lodash node-fetch ripple-lib yargs

Example

Suppose one guy has traded XRP on XRP Ledger, bitstamp and poloniex. He has transferred XRP back and forth between these exchanges. He wants to get a TXF file for the XRP trades he did in 2018 so that he can import it into TurboTax.

He has an addresses.json file which looks like:

{
  "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B": "~Bitstamp",
  "rpdADzXQJrnHKDJV9p7A4UwHsjT3rhm2cx": "~RippleTradeXRPBonus",
}

A hint.json file which looks like:

{
  "~RippleTradeXRPBonus": "Gift",
}

Bitstamp transaction history file:

bitstamp/Transactions.csv

Poloniex history files:

poloniex/depositHistory.csv
poloniex/tradeHistory.csv
poloniex/withdrawalHistory.csv

The following commands will generate a file that can uploaded to easytxf.com.

node XRPL/getTransactions.js --account $ACCOUNT --output transactions.json
node XRPL/exportTrades.js --account $ACCOUNT --input transactions.json --addresses addresses.json --cost_basis_hint hint.json  > xrpl.csv
# Find out the timestamp for all trades if it is a Gift or if Currency is not USD.
node XRPL/extractPricePoint.js --input xrpl.csv > usd.json
# Fill usd.json with XRP price in USD. Some requests may fail due to rate-limiting. Retry as needed.
node fillPricePoint.js --input usd.json
# Replace price with price in USD if Currency is not USD.
node XRPL/replacePrice.js --input xrpl.csv --price_file usd.json > xrpl_usd.csv
node bitstamp.js --symbol XRP --input bitstamp/Transactions.csv > bitstamp.csv
node poloniex.js --type deposit --input poloniex/depositHistory.csv  > poloniex.csv
node poloniex.js --type trade --input poloniex/tradeHistory.csv  >> poloniex.csv
node poloniex.js --type withdraw --input poloniex/withdrawalHistory.csv  >> poloniex.csv
cat bitstamp.csv poloniex.csv xrpl_usd.csv > unsorted.csv
sort -t, -k1,1 -k3,3r -k5,5 unsorted.csv > sorted.csv
# Merge a SEND with the immediate next RECEIVE if RECEIVE is equal to or slightly less than SEND.
node mergeSendReceive.js --input sorted.csv > xrp.csv
node profit.js --input xrp.csv --year 2018 --combine --easytxf > easytxf.csv

Upload the last file to easytxf.com to get a txf file XRP.txf. easytxf.com assumes the cost basis is either short-term covered or long-term covered. It needs to be changed with:

# Change short-term covered (321) to short-term not reported (712)
# Change long-term covered (323) to long-term not reported (714)
sed -i -e 's/N321/N712/' -e 's/N323/N714/' XRP.txf

1 The format doesn't really matter. I used to use bitcoin.tax, not anymore. ↩