Crypto Tax · South East
Crypto tax returns in Oxford
If you have bought, sold, swapped, staked or been airdropped crypto from Oxford, 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 South East 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 Oxford
Individuals in Oxford 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 Oxford, 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
Why Oxford businesses file with IGI
The price for crypto tax is published on this page and is what a client in Oxford pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.
Deadline-first: the dates that matter for crypto tax are shown at the top of this page, diarised for every Oxford client and chased before they arrive.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Oxford to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.
Continuity matters in crypto tax: the person who prepared last year's work for your Oxford business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Oxford 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 Oxford clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Oxford
Oxford is in South East, in the OX1 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Grandpont | 0.5 mi | S |
| New Osney | 0.6 mi | W |
| Jericho, Oxford | 0.6 mi | NW |
| Holywell Ford | 0.6 mi | E |
| Osney | 0.8 mi | W |
| Norham Manor | 0.8 mi | N |
| Walton Manor | 0.9 mi | N |
| Headington Hill | 0.9 mi | E |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Employer National Insurance
Employers pay National Insurance at 15% on each employee's earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold, following the April 2025 changes. The Employment Allowance offsets up to £10,500 of this for eligible employers, which for a small team often removes the liability entirely, but companies where the director is the only employee do not qualify.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Workplace pension compliance is part of payroll, not separate from it. Each pay period the payroll assesses who is eligible, calculates employer and employee contributions on qualifying earnings between the lower and upper thresholds, and sends the contribution file to the scheme. The minimum total is 8%, and many employers choose to contribute more as a recruitment advantage.
Dormant companies
Companies formed to protect a name or hold a future business are dormant but not exempt: Companies House still expects dormant accounts within nine months of the year end and a confirmation statement annually with its £50 fee, and HMRC must be told the company is dormant or it will demand Corporation Tax returns. The filings are short, but the penalties for missing them are the same as for a trading company.
The trading and property allowances
The first £1,000 of trading income and, separately, the first £1,000 of property income each year is tax free under the trading and property allowances. Below those figures no return is needed for that income. Above them you can deduct the £1,000 allowance instead of actual expenses if that is better, which suits side businesses and single-room lets with few costs.
Crypto records and reporting
HMRC treats cryptoassets as property. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto or gifting it are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, and staking and lending rewards are income. Gains are computed under pooling rules with same-day and 30-day matching. From 2026 HMRC receives data from exchanges worldwide under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, so unreported activity is increasingly visible.
The 60-day property CGT return
The 60-day Capital Gains Tax return on residential property is the deadline landlords most often miss, because it falls outside the Self Assessment cycle and runs from completion, not exchange. Private residence relief for periods you lived in the property, plus the final nine months, reduces the gain. Penalties for a late return mirror Self Assessment, starting at £100.
Record keeping
Good records are the difference between a quick enquiry and a long one. For the self-employed, five years after the filing deadline; for companies, six years from the year end; for VAT, six years. Photographs of receipts, PDF statements and software exports all count. The requirement is to keep records, not paper, and a well-organised cloud folder satisfies it.
Questions
Crypto Tax questions from Oxford
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 I pay tax if I never cashed out to pounds?
Usually yes. Swapping one cryptoasset for another, spending crypto on goods or services, and gifting it to anyone other than a spouse are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, valued in sterling at the time. Only moving coins between your own wallets is not a disposal. Most people's taxable events are swaps, not sales for cash.
How are gains calculated with so many purchases at different prices?
HMRC requires pooling: all units of the same token form one section 104 pool with an average cost, except that disposals are first matched against purchases on the same day and then against purchases within the following 30 days. We apply these rules across your entire history, which is impossible to do accurately by hand at any volume.
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.
Do you have an office in Oxford?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Oxford 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 Oxford as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is crypto tax in Oxford really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Oxford pays and what a client in any other part of England 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.
One message from Oxford, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.