About CoinReckon: Crypto Taxes and Product Reviews
What CoinReckon is
CoinReckon explains crypto taxes and compares the services people use to buy, hold and move crypto. Dated sources and visible evidence limits sit behind both sections.
Your exchange sends a form, but you still sign the return. CoinReckon lines up what the form says with what actually happened in your accounts. We show where the two part ways and what to do about it. Federal rules cite IRS sources; state rules cite state authorities, with their tax years and evidence limits. We also run tax software on the same data and tell you what each program got wrong.
Who it is for
The tax section is written for a US resident who holds crypto on one or more exchanges and wallets, has received a Form 1099-DA (or is about to), and has to file. The situations are usually concrete: the form shows proceeds but a blank or zero cost basis, the figures do not match your own records, coins moved between exchanges lost their history, or staking income sits outside the form. Some readers are simply choosing tax software before the season starts.
The product reviews serve readers comparing services before opening an account or choosing a wallet. US, New York and Global profiles separate regional eligibility; Global does not imply availability in every country.
What is here now
The first section covers US crypto taxes and Form 1099-DA: /taxes/. It has five indexes:
- Form 1099-DA guides: how to read the form and what to check against your records.
- Exchanges: what each exchange sends and where it tends to differ from your own numbers.
- Tax software: programs compared on the same published criteria.
- Calculators: five checks you can run before you file. They work in your browser, and the figures you type are not sent anywhere or stored.
- States: a screening table for 50 states and DC, with six guides to selected state rules. Incomplete rows remain incomplete.
Product reviews and official warnings
The review section covers exchanges, brokers, wallets, swap services and fiat on-ramps. Numerical ratings use a different published model for each applicable category. Software wallet and on-ramp profiles are not rated. Suspended ratings and insufficient data are shown without a score.
The warnings hub links to sourced status pages and a searchable official-warning database. A warning's wording and jurisdiction matter. Absence from the database is not an assurance of safety.
The initial review evidence snapshot is dated October 20, 2026. Publication dates do not imply that every source was checked again that day. These reviews do not claim test trades, timed onboarding or hands-on wallet testing. The methodology explains the gaps and how they limit the ratings.
Who writes it
Dana Kessler (she/her) writes CoinReckon. She is not a CPA or an enrolled agent and does not prepare returns for others. Her contribution is the practical part a form cannot give you: how to find your records, line them up and see where they disagree. More on her is on the team page.
How we work
We tie each tax rule to an IRS publication or another primary source and show the tax year it covers. Products within a category are judged on the same published criteria. The details are in our methodology and editorial policy. The site provides general information, not personal tax or financial advice; see the disclaimer.
Money
There are no affiliate relationships at launch. Links to tax software and exchanges are ordinary editorial links, and nobody pays for them. If that changes, we will mark such links and say so on the page. The disclosures page keeps the current position.
Contact
The site has no accounts, comments or contact form. You can reach us by email at [email protected]. See contacts for details.