Crypto Tax · Scotland
Crypto tax returns in Falkirk
If you have bought, sold, swapped, staked or been airdropped crypto from Falkirk, you probably have something to report even if you never converted to pounds. Swapping one token for another is a disposal. We untangle the history, apply the rules and tell you the figure, for a published fee that covers Scotland and the rest of the UK alike.
from £199 · fixed, per report
Next deadlines
- Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
- Tax year ends: last day for pension, ISA and dividend timing decisions
- Second payment on account due
- Register for Self Assessment if you started self-employment or new untaxed income in the last tax year
Who this is for
Crypto Tax for Falkirk
Individuals in Falkirk who hold or have held cryptoassets: long-term investors with a few disposals, active traders with thousands of swaps across several exchanges, people earning staking or lending yield, NFT buyers and sellers, those who received airdrops or forks, anyone who has had an HMRC nudge letter, and people with losses from collapsed exchanges or rug-pulled tokens to claim.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Transaction history imported from exchanges and wallets, with transfers between your own wallets matched and excluded
- Capital gains computed under HMRC's section 104 pooling, same-day and 30-day rules for every token
- Staking, mining, airdrop, lending and DeFi income identified and reported as miscellaneous or trading income
- Losses calculated and claimed, including negligible value claims for worthless or lost tokens
- A report you can keep: disposals, proceeds, allowable costs, gains, losses and the pool position for each asset
- Self Assessment capital gains pages and income pages completed and filed in the £279 package
How it works
Crypto Tax from Falkirk, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
What you get in Falkirk
No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Falkirk clients know the fee for crypto tax before they send a single document, and it stays fixed.
We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Falkirk get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to crypto tax.
We serve Falkirk remotely by design: records by WhatsApp or email, drafts back for approval, filing electronic. The saving on premises is passed to you in the fee for crypto tax.
A named person handles your crypto tax from Falkirk and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.
Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Falkirk comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.
You stay in control of crypto tax: drafts go to Falkirk clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Falkirk
Falkirk is in Scotland, in the FK1 postcode district, Scotland. Scottish taxpayers pay income tax under six Scottish bands set by the Scottish Parliament, from the 19% starter rate through 20%, 21%, 42% and 45% to the 48% top rate, applied to non-savings income. Dividends and savings are taxed at UK rates, National Insurance and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and property purchases pay Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Arnothill | 0.3 mi | W |
| Callendar Park | 0.4 mi | SE |
| Grahamston | 0.5 mi | N |
| Ladysmill | 0.5 mi | NE |
| Merchiston, Falkirk | 0.8 mi | NW |
| Bantaskin | 0.9 mi | W |
| Hallglen | 0.9 mi | S |
| Glen Village | 1.0 mi | S |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Crypto records and reporting
Most crypto holders have taxable events they do not recognise, because every swap is a disposal even when no pounds change hands. The computation requires the complete transaction history from every exchange and wallet, pooled by asset with HMRC's matching rules applied. Exchange-generated tax reports are frequently wrong because they cannot see transfers between a user's own wallets.
The 60-day property CGT return
Selling UK residential property that was not your main home for the whole period of ownership triggers a separate Capital Gains Tax return, due within 60 days of completion along with payment of the tax. This is in addition to the annual Self Assessment. The gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depending on your income band, after the £3,000 annual exempt amount.
Record keeping
Record keeping is a legal obligation with a penalty of up to £3,000 for failure, but its real value is in making every other filing cheaper and more defensible. Keep invoices, receipts, bank statements, mileage logs and any HMRC correspondence, digitally if you like, for five years after the relevant filing deadline for individuals and six years for companies and VAT.
Allowable expenses
An expense is allowable against trading profit if it is incurred wholly and exclusively for the business. Materials, business travel other than ordinary commuting, a proportion of home running costs, software, insurance, professional fees, bank charges and protective clothing qualify. Client entertainment, ordinary clothing, fines and the private share of mixed-use costs do not.
Employer National Insurance
Since April 2025 employer National Insurance has been 15% on earnings above a £5,000 secondary threshold, a substantial increase for small employers. The Employment Allowance rose to £10,500 at the same time to soften it for the smallest businesses. Directors deciding their own salary weigh this cost against the Corporation Tax deduction a salary provides.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.
Dormant companies
A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.
Questions
Crypto Tax questions from Falkirk
How is the fee set?
By transaction count. Up to 500 transactions across all exchanges and wallets is £199 for the report alone or £279 with your Self Assessment filed. Over 500 is £399. A response to an HMRC nudge letter, including the report and the reply, is £249. We confirm the band from your exports before starting.
I received an HMRC letter about crypto. What should I do?
Do not ignore it and do not reply without the figures. HMRC's nudge letters are sent where exchange data suggests undeclared activity. We prepare the full report, work out what should have been declared, and draft the response, including a voluntary disclosure where tax is owed, which reduces penalties substantially compared with being caught.
My exchange collapsed and I lost everything. Can I claim the loss?
Possibly. If the tokens still exist but you cannot access them, a negligible value claim may be available once the asset is effectively worthless. If the exchange is in administration you may need to wait for the outcome. We assess each case against HMRC's guidance and make the claim where it is supportable.
What do you need from me?
Full transaction exports from every exchange you have used, including closed accounts, and wallet addresses for on-chain activity. Partial history produces wrong pool costs, so completeness matters more than tidiness. We tell you exactly how to export from each major platform.
What are the Capital Gains Tax rates and allowance?
The annual exempt amount is £3,000 for 2026/27. Gains above it are taxed at 18% within your basic rate band and 24% above it. Losses in the year are set against gains automatically, and unused losses can be carried forward indefinitely if claimed on a return within four years.
Is staking income a capital gain?
No. Rewards from staking, lending, liquidity provision and most DeFi protocols are income when received, taxed at your income tax rate on the sterling value that day, and reported as miscellaneous income unless your activity amounts to a trade. The tokens then enter your pool at that value for a later capital gain or loss.
Do you have an office in Falkirk?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Falkirk and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for crypto tax is the same in Falkirk as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is crypto tax in Falkirk really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Falkirk pays and what a client in any other part of Scotland pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
Ready to fix your fee in Falkirk?
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.