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Staking rewards and tax
Staking rewards are new coins you receive, and depending on the country they can be taxed when received, when sold, or both.
- What it means
- Where a reward counts as income when received, its value that day often becomes its cost, so a later sale can bring a taxable gain or a loss on top.
- What to watch
- How your country treats rewards: as income when received, only when sold, or not yet settled by official guidance.
- How Compass-Alpha uses it
- The tax overview lists the rewards in your uploaded exchange files and applies each country's published rules to them.
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