<p>I’ll start this off by saying I’m not a tax professional, so take this advice as you will...</p>

<p>At the time you purchase your bitcoin, your purchase price becomes your cost basis. This means if you bought 1 bitcoin for $10,000 then this is the price you will compare your capital gain/losses to. </p>

<p>For example let’s say you buy 1 bitcoin at $10,000. A week later the price of 1 bitcoin is $12,000. You decide to sell half your bitcoin due to the price hike and you receive $6,000 for the sale. Your tax liability would be $1,000 in capital gains (sale price of half a bitcoin is $6,000 minus original price of half a bitcoin is $5,000). I believe the in the US the tax on short term capital gains is whatever income tax bracket you fall into, so you would pay a X% capital gain tax on the $1000 profit you made from selling half your bitcoin. </p>

<p>Again I’m not a tax professional, but this is my understanding of how it all works based on lots of research. </p>

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2018-01-19T04:22:09.517Z
@NateEldredge is right, my mistake. The answer has been updated to reflect his added information
Jcmoney1010
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2018-01-25T08:04:41.020Z
In Australia it is very similar but it varies for each country or region.
Willtech
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Jcmoney1010
<p>I bought 1 bitcoin and sold part of it to make cash from time to time. How will tax on this income be calculated?</p>

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2018-01-17T19:58:57.900Z
sorry, can't resist: in case there are taxes to be paid, with the current plunging of prices, it will reduce your load :-) Maybe you want to add another tag like "tax"...
pebwindkraft
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thank you:) what do you mean reduce load?
Bitscary
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You would have to pay less... I searched the forum for tax, but couldn’t make up my mind. Complicated matter!
pebwindkraft
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How can we know the tax laws in your country, when you haven't even told us what country you are in?  You may also want to browse the [tag:taxes] tag since we have a lot of other questions on this topic.
Nate Eldredge
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How bitcoin tax is calculated?
Bitscary
# How bitcoin tax is calculated?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-17)

I bought 1 bitcoin and sold part of it to make cash from time to time. How will tax on this income be calculated?

**Tags:** buy-bitcoins, taxes

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: sorry, can't resist: in case there are taxes to be paid, with the current plunging of prices, it will reduce your load :-) Maybe you want to add another tag like "tax"...  
> **username_0**: thank you:) what do you mean reduce load?  
> **username_1**: You would have to pay less... I searched the forum for tax, but couldn’t make up my mind. Complicated matter!  
> **username_2**: How can we know the tax laws in your country, when you haven't even told us what country you are in?  You may also want to browse the [tag:taxes] tag since we have a lot of other questions on this topic.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-19. Score: 1

I’ll start this off by saying I’m not a tax professional, so take this advice as you will...

At the time you purchase your bitcoin, your purchase price becomes your cost basis. This means if you bought 1 bitcoin for $10,000 then this is the price you will compare your capital gain/losses to.

For example let’s say you buy 1 bitcoin at $10,000. A week later the price of 1 bitcoin is $12,000. You decide to sell half your bitcoin due to the price hike and you receive $6,000 for the sale. Your tax liability would be $1,000 in capital gains (sale price of half a bitcoin is $6,000 minus original price of half a bitcoin is $5,000). I believe the in the US the tax on short term capital gains is whatever income tax bracket you fall into, so you would pay a X% capital gain tax on the $1000 profit you made from selling half your bitcoin.

Again I’m not a tax professional, but this is my understanding of how it all works based on lots of research.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: @NateEldredge is right, my mistake. The answer has been updated to reflect his added information  
> **username_4**: In Australia it is very similar but it varies for each country or region.  

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