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- Tax Software
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- Official website
- tokentax.co
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Scored 66 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
TokenTax
US crypto tax software
Tax Software
#10 Overall
Ranked #10 of 11 tax software in the published ranking
66
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
- $199 your cost/yr
Is TokenTax right for you?
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?5/10 here; ZenLedger scores 7
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?6/10 here; CoinTracking.info scores 7
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?6/10 here; ZenLedger scores 7
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?6/10 here; ZenLedger scores 7
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What will TokenTax cost you?
$199 your cost/yr
- Transactions per year
- 1k
- Published tiers
- 5
- Cheapest tier that covers you
- Premium
$65 above the median of 6 priced tax software.
How this is calculatedHow safe is TokenTax?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to TokenTax
Compare all 4- 8ZenLedger7 points above · stronger on your tax form (7 against 5)73$199
- 9CoinTracking.info6 points above · stronger on your tax form (7 against 5)72$169
- 11Ledgible4 points below · weaker on cost-basis method (4 against 6)62
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Why this rank
Why TokenTax ranks #10
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (18.2 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
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Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−6behind CoinTracking.info, #9
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 65–69 and stays #10
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of TokenTax’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? 5 → 8 on its ladder · passes CoinTracking.info+372#10 → #9
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? 6 → 10 on its ladder · passes CoinTracking.info+473#10 → #9
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? 5 → 2 on its ladder · Ledgible passes it−360#10 → #11
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? 6 → 3 on its ladder · Ledgible passes it−362#10 → #11
My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? 6 → 2 on its ladder · Ledgible passes it−461#10 → #11
Smallest climb: “Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?” 5 → 8 passes CoinTracking.info, #9.
Strengths
0 from the score dataWhere it leads
No scored criterion is at or within one point of the category best, so no strength can be stated from the data.
Tradeoffs
4 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? — 5/10 against a category best of 9/10
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? — 6/10 against a category best of 8/10
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? — 6/10 against a category best of 9/10
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? — 6/10 against a category best of 8/10
Record watch-outs
- UPHELD, with one item added and one quote re-sourced. That the plan you bought does not produce the thing the marketing page sold, and that the real work costs more. (1) /features advertises "Form 8949, Schedule D" AND "International forms" under "Our software automatically generates every tax form you need to complete your filings—whether you file with us or a different provider, such as TurboTax.", but the help centre states "Includes information that TokenTax does not have access to for crypto-only clients. TokenTax is unable to generate this form unless we are handling your full tax return. Your tax preparer is responsible for your Schedule D." — and no page anywhere names a single international form. (2) Outside the US there is no form at all — every tier promises only an "IRS Form 8949 or relevant international report", and TokenTax's own Sweden guide tells the filer to "Log in to Skatteverket, open form K4 (D). List each disposal’s cost basis, proceeds, and result" by hand. (3) Buying the cheap tier and then importing your full history to establish basis silently burns your cap: "Import the complete historical data needed to establish accurate cost basis. Your plan's transaction allowance still applies; importing historical data does not make the plan's transaction limit unlimited." (4) Surcharges land after purchase and are published only inside the help centre, never on /pricing: "Margin Processing: This service is $399 and includes processing of margins, derivatives, and futures data.", "It is available for purchase for $49 for Basic Plan or Premium Plan holders." for FBAR, and full filing "starting at $999". (5) Even the $3,499 VIP plan is chain-limited — "At the moment, the VIP Plans include support for Layer 1 Ethereum, Polygon, and Binance Smart Chain transactions. Our engineers are continually adding support for new chains, but in the meantime, other chains may require additional fees." — and one-shot: "Additionally, we will only complete your reconciliation one time for each plan purchased. If we complete the services included in your account's plan but you later discover that you omitted some transaction data, we may ask you to purchase an additional plan." (6) None of it is refundable, and there is nothing to try first: "TokenTax does not offer refunds." (https://tokentax.co/terms), expanded in the help centre as "At TokenTax, we have a no refund policy." (https://help.tokentax.co/en/articles/1800908-can-i-get-a-refund, October 25, 2021) — while "At this time, we do not offer free trials, demos, or preview functions." (https://help.tokentax.co/en/articles/5803735-does-tokentax-offer-any-demos-or-trials, January 23, 2024). You buy blind and you cannot unwind it. (7) ADDED — three served pages disagree on who may buy the $999 full-filing add-on: the UI guide says "This service is only available for U.S.-based clients with a VIP Plan or above." and the VIP article says Full-Filing services "are available to purchase, as an add-on to our VIP Plan, or above, only.", but the plan-chooser, timestamped "Updated today", says "Full filing by TokenTax is a separate add-on available to customers who purchase any crypto tax plan; it is not included automatically and is not limited to VIP customers." and /pricing says only "This add-on is only available to customers who purchase a crypto tax plan." A Basic buyer reading the newest page believes a service two older pages gate behind $3,499 is available to them.
Competitive position
Where TokenTax leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 1114.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#10 / 1113.6 of 30 · best 19.2
Friction#1 / 112.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 113.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 118.3 of 18 · constant here
Where TokenTax leads
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?#4 / 11
Where it trails
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?#10 / 11
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?#9 / 11
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?#10 / 11
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Ledgible#11 of 11 · score 62 · 4.0 points behind
TokenTax leads on
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?6 vs 4
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?6 vs 5
Ledgible leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason TokenTax is ahead: published criteria (+4.4 display points).Scenario cost: Ledgible has no verified pricing for this scenario.
CoinTracking.info#9 of 11 · score 72 · 6.0 points ahead
TokenTax leads on
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?6 vs 5
CoinTracking.info leads on
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?7 vs 5
- Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?7 vs 6
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?7 vs 6
Largest single reason CoinTracking.info is ahead: published criteria (+5.7 display points).Scenario cost: CoinTracking.info is −$30 against TokenTax.
ZenLedger#8 of 11 · score 73 · 7.0 points ahead
TokenTax leads onNo scored criterion
ZenLedger leads on
- Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?7 vs 5
- My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?7 vs 6
- Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?7 vs 6
Largest single reason ZenLedger is ahead: published criteria (+6.8 display points).Scenario cost: ZenLedger is the same.
Against the leader
81 vs 66 · gap 15.0Why Koinly ranks above TokenTax
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 15.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisKoinlyGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight13.619.2−14.6, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisKoinlyPoints
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? · w3258−3.07, worse
Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? · w2668−1.66, worse
My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? · w2268−1.41, worse
Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? · w2068−1.28, worse
Net6681−15.0
Your scenario
What TokenTax costs on your scenario
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Transactions per year · your input1k
Published tiers · published rate5
Cheapest tier that covers you · published ratePremium
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 29 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
$199
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median$1346 of 11 rows priced · TokenTax +$65 vs median
Cheapest priced$99 · KoinlyTokenTax costs +$100 more · availability not applied — set your country to filterCompare with Koinly
2 of 11 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
3 of 11 quote a zero fee that leaves costs out, so they are absent from the median and the cheapest row, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 29 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessHoldsrank #10 across every one-point re-run
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 29 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing?strength 5 · weight 32Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires?strength 6 · weight 26Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one?strength 6 · weight 22Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me?strength 6 · weight 20Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Regulatory failure (TokenTax 5/10): no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.Scored by Which country's actual tax form comes out at the end — named, and for the year I am filing? · 32%
- Exit failure (TokenTax 6/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Can my accountant take this without redoing it — and if I stop paying, does my per-lot basis still leave with me? · 20%
- Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Which lot did it decide I sold, and does that method match what my tax authority actually requires? · 26% (TokenTax 6/10)Scored by My history has DeFi, staking, NFTs, a rug and ten transfers between my own wallets — what does it do with each one? · 22% (TokenTax 6/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- https://
tokentax .co /pricing — fetched 29 September 2026, HTTP 200 to plain curl (94,478 bytes; August reached it only in headless Chrome). Header: "TokenTax is a full-service accounting firm as well as a software platform. With a full filing package, our in-house team of CPAs, EAs can file your tax return for you." Toggle "Just Crypto Tax" / "With Full Filing". Basic "For casual crypto investors with light activity" "$49" "/tax year" ("Up to 100 transactions", "IRS Form 8949 or relevant international report", "TurboTax online integration", "FIFO, LIFO, specific ID accounting", "Average cost basis for UK/CA filers"; optional "FBAR"). Premium "$199" "/tax year" ("Up to 5,000 transactions", adds "Tax loss harvesting dashboard"; optional "Add 20,000 transactions", "FBAR"). Pro "$1,999" "/tax year" ("Up to 20,000 transactions", "Margin/options PnL calculations", "FBAR"). VIP "Most popular" "$3,499" "/tax year" ("Up to 30,000 CEX transactions", "Two 30 min. consultations with tax expert", "Review of IRS inquiries"; optional "Full filing by TokenTax", "Custom transaction counts", "May require extra fees"). Enterprise: no published price. Additional offerings: "Full filing by TokenTax", "30-min. consultation with a tax expert", "Save 10% on TokenTax when you purchase multiple years." FAQ: "Yes. TokenTax calculates capital gains and losses for any country and provides results in your chosen currency." Add-on prices published only in the help centre, https:// help .tokentax .co /en /articles /8614350 -the-tokentax-user-interface-guide (re-written "August 24, 2026", fetched 29 September 2026): "Margin Processing: This service is $399 and includes processing of margins, derivatives, and futures data." | "It is available for purchase for $49 for Basic Plan or Premium Plan holders." (FBAR) | "With the purchase of this add-on (starting at $999), our crypto expert tax team will file your state and federal taxes for you." No trial: "At this time, we do not offer free trials, demos, or preview functions." (https:// help .tokentax .co /en /articles /5803735 -does-tokentax-offer-any-demos-or-trials). Refunds: "TokenTax does not offer refunds." (https:// tokentax .co /terms). Prices unchanged since 19 August 2026.TokenTax — official pricing page ↗ · 29 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDTokenTax — official pricing page ↗ · 29 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- A real filing-channel handoff and a real per-year continuity statement — but the OPEN-lot basis cannot leave, and the terms are silent.
- Supported chains
- Not published
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
11 methodology entries
- 29 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 66, #10 of 11. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 1 October 2026
2026.10.0Layer-2 chains are ranked on whether you can leave with your funds- added Four l2_chains criteria with published band ladders: proof system (18), withdrawals if the operator stops (18), rollup stage (14) and exit window before an upgrade (6). EVM equivalence moves 40 to 17, Ethereum data availability 25 to 15 and maturity 35 to 12. Every chain's emergency exit window reads None, so the exit-window ladder also reads L2BEAT's regular, non-emergency upgrade path (Arbitrum One 10 days, Starknet and Arbitrum Nova 7, zkSync Era 4 days 3 hours); data availability separates full transaction data (10) from state diffs only (9, L2BEAT: Onchain (SD)). A stage L2BEAT marks Under review keeps its last score for at most one 45-day cycle and is never interpolated.
- changed l2_chains ranks through scoreCriterionObjective on fitStrength, like the other criterion-ranked categories; the hand-written structural scorer is deleted. All 105 criterion scores across 15 rows carry a quote and source in research-pending/rereads/2026-10-01-l2_chains.json; 131 of 135 quotes re-fetched verbatim on the read date, and the four behind a bot wall or a JavaScript shell were read by the adversarial model run.
- fixed Four facts corrected on the read: Scroll, Mantle and Blast are EVM-compatible, not equivalent (their own documentation, and for Blast live RPC probes); Starknet's public mainnet opened to users in 2022, not 2021. Arbitrum Nova's data has gone to Ethereum as blobs since 31 August 2026, and the row now leads with the Arbitrum DAO's decision to minimise it.
- fixed The old scorer credited Ethereum data availability whenever the data-availability text contained the word "ethereum", so Arbitrum Nova's committee ("…Ethereum L1 rollup fallback") and Polygon zkEVM's off-chain data ("…Ethereum L1 before the sunset") both scored full marks. Data availability is now a quoted L2BEAT reading.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt tax_software:tokentax:2026.10.18:1bf07a0203ab
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