Frequently Asked Questions about TX-Partner & Crypto Accounting

No. TX-Partner is not a tax advisory firm, and Robert and Johannes are not tax advisors. TX-Partner does crypto accounting, the data layer underneath. Tax assessment is the advisory firm’s job; the calculation is the tool’s, once the history is complete. TX-Partner supplies exactly that basis: documented origin, matched transfers, traceable classification. That is why TX-Partner never states whether a figure is correct for tax purposes, only where it comes from and how it was derived.

That is exactly where TX-Partner starts. A tax advisor calculates with the data they are handed — if the history has gaps, the error passes unchecked into the calculation. The crypto accounting that comes first is technical work: finding missing sources, matching transfers, resolving on-chain events. That is not what a tax practice does. TX-Partner takes that step and hands over a data set your advisor can work with.

It depends on your setup, not your budget. A spot trader on one exchange with a complete API import gets a long way with the tax tool alone. Once several chains, bridges, DeFi protocols or defunct exchanges are involved, the tool's output rarely matches reality without review — at that point crypto accounting is work in its own right. In the free first call TX-Partner tells you which of the two applies to your case.

Yes. TX-Partner delivers the crypto accounting in a format your tax advisor can use directly, and clarifies open points with them on request. Practices that handle crypto clients but do not want to build their own on-chain analysis also engage TX-Partner in the background. If you do not yet have a crypto-focused tax advisor, TX-Partner can point you to contacts from its network in Germany and Austria.

Yes, both. TX-Partner is based in Austria and regularly handles cases from Germany. The crypto accounting itself is the same work, because on-chain data does not stop at a border. What differs is the layer above: tax tools apply different methods for Germany and Austria, and which one applies is a question for your tax advisor. TX-Partner supplies the data basis without which neither method can produce a traceable result.

The notice means the origin for that asset is missing, so Blockpit calculates with a cost basis of zero. If a negative balance is left standing, the tax report offsets it with a "+ Balancing" entry — the balance then looks right, the calculation does not. The usual cause is a source that was never imported, not a mis-click. In its crypto accounting TX-Partner looks for the missing counterpart instead of clearing the notice. Blockpit also only recalculates when you trigger it.

Better not. Every "Short (Warning)" marks a disposal with no matching acquisition, which CoinTracking values at a zero cost basis — the full proceeds then appear as gain, even where none arose. Two checks before filing: do the balances per exchange and wallet match reality, and does the "Missing Transactions" check under Analysis → Checks stay empty? If either shows something, a source or a counterpart is missing from the crypto accounting. TX-Partner adds it instead of clearing the warning.

Because an event that runs bundled inside a smart contract on-chain is often read incorrectly by the tools. Sometimes no swap is recognized at all and only an inflow or outflow is booked; sometimes the trade is booked against the fee; sometimes one leg is missing. With bridges and aggregators the counterpart is regularly absent. For its crypto accounting TX-Partner reconstructs from the transaction hash what actually happened and maps every step separately.

A gap does not stay where it is. If the acquisition is missing, the tool sets the cost basis to zero and treats the entire disposal as gain; the acquisition date is lost with it. The error then travels through every transfer and into every following year. That is why TX-Partner's crypto accounting closes the source first — missing exchanges, individual chains, old exports — instead of correcting single rows.

Yes. In practice, prepared portfolios reached back to 2014, and in one case to 2013. On-chain, everything stays traceable as long as the chain exists. The limit is defunct exchanges: trades inside an exchange never touch the blockchain and cannot be reconstructed from any explorer — there the route is your own export or a GDPR Article 15 data request. The effort grows with the years; the feasibility does not.

Data, mostly — not tax arguments. Authorities typically ask for every trading platform and wallet used, the level of income, all supporting records, and how the results were derived; more recent cases add a transaction record showing the holding period per position disposed of. At its core that is a demand on your crypto accounting. TX-Partner produces it; your tax advisor writes the tax answer. Deadlines are usually two to four weeks.

Two strands: where the money came from, and what path it took as crypto. What is usually submitted is the history from the first euro deposit up to the payout under review, not just the amount that was flagged. A tax report is not the same document — it answers "how much gain", while the bank asks "from where, and how did it flow". TX-Partner closes the gaps in the crypto accounting first, then writes the document the bank can check.

If you hold accounts with regulated crypto service providers in the EU: yes. Since 1 January 2026 data is collected there and reported to the national authority, with the first reports in 2027. The reconciliation works on differences — what stands out is not the amount but the gap between what was reported and what you declared. What happens afterwards is reported by no one: transfers to your own wallet, DeFi, DEX. Only your own crypto accounting closes that gap. That is what TX-Partner builds.