Will CoinTracking be implementing a way to match a specific purchase with a specific sale? I'm trying to take advantage of tax loss harvesting since wash sale rules don't apply to crypto. If I choose LIFO and the coin I'm selling was the last purchased, my net loss is $0.
The IRS allows for the use of the Specific Identification Method. If you have the information for each and every transaction (which we do since we are using the CoinTracking software), you can report the specific coin you're disposing of when reporting your taxes. This allows me to sell a losing position, immediately buy it back and realize the loss.
My issue is that CoinTracking only allows for a blanket FIFO, LIFO, etc choice for reporting. Choosing one reporting method might let me realize the loss for the wash sale, but increase my taxes on other transactions in the process.
For example, here are my 3 transactions;
Buy 0.374 BCH on 12/30/17 for $900 (BCH Price $2,406)
Sell 0.374 BCH on 5/23/21 for $199 (BCH Price $533)
Buy 0.374 BCH on 5/23/21 (BCH Price $533)
The object is to harvest the $1,873 loss on the transaction. However, there is no way to do that since I can't assign the 12/30/17 purchase to the 5/23/21 sale without changing the reporting method for the entire year. Changing it for the entire year increases the tax burden on other transactions I've made through the year.
I need a way to assign the each transaction to a purchase so I can maximize my loss harvesting.