Cost Basis

Questions about how cost basis, net fiat invested, and capital gains work

15 articles in this collection
Written by Chandan, Eivind, and Taylor Finley

Manually Accounting for a Coin Swap

Written by Taylor Finley
Updated over a week ago

Some of my transactions are missing the cost basis or proceeds. What do I do?

Sometimes CoinTracker is unable to automatically detect the cost basis or proceeds of transactions. Here's how to fix it

Written by Eivind
Updated over a week ago

Why does my market value change if the performance chart is set to "now" vs. today's date?

Performance date's impact on market value

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

What is the difference between "net fiat invested" and "cost basis"?

What is net fiat invested? What is cost basis?

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Cryptocurrency Performance and Return

How do you calculate All Time Return, ROI, Net Deposits, Net Proceeds, Unrealized Performance, Total Performance, Net Fiat Invested?

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

How is cost basis calculated?

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Why are transactions to my local wallets being marked as taxable "send" events instead of "transfers"?

Send transactions being treated as taxable gain events

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

My cost basis / return / capital gain / market value is incorrect. Why?

Wrong numbers, incorrect cost basis, average cost basis too high

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

How do I track my local/cold/hardware wallet? Why is it showing zero balance?

Adding local wallet xPub keys (Ledger, Trezor, Exodus, etc.)

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

What is xPub, yPub, zPub, and UTXO?

Extended Public Key and unspent transaction outputs

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Why does market value on the dashboard not match the chart?

Market value and chart on dashboard do not match

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Why does my portfolio not match my wallets?

Dashboard portfolio does not match wallets

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

How can I track an initial coin offering (ICO) or token sale?

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Can I edit the cost basis of my own transactions?

Edit cost basis

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago

Cost Basis Tracking: Universal vs. Per Wallet

Written by Chandan
Updated over a week ago