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Crypto Tax · South London

Crypto tax returns in South Bermondsey

If you have bought, sold, swapped, staked or been airdropped crypto from South Bermondsey, 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 London 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 South Bermondsey

Individuals in South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey, step by step

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

The IGI way of working, in South Bermondsey

The price for crypto tax is published on this page and is what a client in South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey client and chased before they arrive.

Online only, UK based. There is no office in South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About South Bermondsey

South Bermondsey is in South London, within Southwark, in the SE16 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.

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Rotherhithe1.0 miNE
New Cross Gate1 miSE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Salary versus dividends

Directors of their own companies usually take a salary at or just above the National Insurance thresholds, which keeps the year qualifying for State Pension and is deductible for Corporation Tax, with further income as dividends. Dividends above the £500 allowance are taxed at 10.75%, 35.75% and 39.35% by band and can only be paid from distributable profits after tax, with a minute and voucher each time.

Director's loan accounts

A director's loan account records money moving between a director and the company that is not salary or dividend. If the director owes the company money nine months and one day after the year end, the company pays section 455 tax at 35.75% of the balance, refundable only when the loan is repaid. Loans over £10,000 are also a benefit in kind unless interest is charged at HMRC's official rate.

The VAT registration threshold

Watching the rolling twelve-month turnover figure is one of the quiet jobs of monthly bookkeeping, because the £90,000 VAT threshold arrives silently. Crossing it brings quarterly returns, Making Tax Digital software and a decision about schemes. Crossing it late brings a bill for VAT you could not recover from customers and a penalty for failing to notify.

Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief

Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.

Late filing penalties

Lateness is expensive in a way that compounds. For individuals, £100 immediately, then daily penalties, then percentage-based ones at six and twelve months, with interest running on unpaid tax throughout. For companies, Companies House penalties scale with delay and double on repeat, and HMRC adds its own for a late CT600. Filing on time is the cheapest tax planning there is.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

The biggest change to Self Assessment in a generation is Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, now live for higher-earning sole traders and landlords and arriving for the rest in stages. Quarterly updates are due by 7 August, 7 November, 7 February and 7 May, built from digital records. The practical consequence is that spreadsheet-and-shoebox bookkeeping is ending for anyone above the threshold.

The Self Assessment calendar

Four dates govern Self Assessment: 5 October to register, 31 October for paper returns, 31 January to file online and pay, and 31 July for the second payment on account. Missing the January date triggers an automatic £100 penalty before any tax is even considered, so we treat it as the fixed point around which the rest of the year is planned.

Questions

Crypto Tax questions from South Bermondsey

How far back do I need to go?

The pool cost of what you hold today depends on every purchase you have ever made, so the computation must start from your first transaction even if you only need to report recent years. If earlier years were under-reported, we quantify the position and advise on disclosure, which HMRC treats far more leniently than discovery.

What if I am a trader rather than an investor?

HMRC rarely accepts that an individual is trading in crypto; the bar is very high and the badges of trade must be met. If you are trading, profits are income and losses are trading losses. For almost everyone the capital gains treatment applies, and we tell you plainly which side of the line you are on.

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.

Do you have an office in South Bermondsey?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

Is crypto tax in South Bermondsey really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in South Bermondsey 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 South Bermondsey, one fixed price

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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