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📉 Crypto Investing

Dilan Ropero • 7 min read

Borrowing Against Your Crypto Isn't Taxable. Getting Liquidated Is.

Taking a crypto-backed loan is generally not a disposal. But if your collateral gets liquidated, that usually is, and it can leave you with a taxable gain and no cash to pay it.

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🌐 Crypto Investing

Dilan Ropero • 8 min read

Which Crypto Transfers Get Reported Under CARF, and Which Don't

Moving crypto to a hardware wallet feels private. Under CARF, the transfer off the exchange is exactly what gets reported. Here is which transfers the CRA sees, and which it doesn't.

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🔓 Crypto Investing

Dilan Ropero • 8 min read

Your Crypto Got Hacked. The CRA Still May Not Let You Write It Off

After the $116M Coldcard hack, stolen crypto is not the simple write-off most Canadians assume. Why you can usually only claim your original cost, and only if your records can prove it.

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⏳ CRA

Dilan Ropero • 8 min read

Unreported Crypto and the CRA: How Timing Decides What It Costs You

How unprompted and prompted Voluntary Disclosures relief actually works, and what waiting for a CRA letter costs you in real numbers.

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🔍 Crypto Investing

Dilan Ropero • 7 min read

"I Never Cashed Out": Why the CRA Can Still Come Looking

Why cashing out was never the test, how transfers, staking rewards, and trades are taxed differently, and how to rebuild your full history.

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🍁 CRA

Danny Khanna • 9 min read

Crypto Tax in Canada: Complete Guide For Traders & Investors (2025)

How the CRA taxes crypto in 2025 - taxable events, capital gains vs. business income, staking, recordkeeping, and the mistakes that trigger audits.

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📈 Day Trading

Danny Khanna • 7 min read

Interactive Brokers Accounting: A CRA Tax Guide for Canadian Traders

Reporting IBKR trades to the CRA - ACB, T5008, CAD conversion, superficial loss rules, and Canadian trader classification.

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📚 CRA

Danny Khanna • 6 min read

What Do Bookkeepers Charge In Canada?

Canadian bookkeeping pricing broken down - hourly vs. monthly, offshore vs. local, and how to keep your monthly bill under control.

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🍁 CRA

Danny Khanna • 5 min read

Late Tax Penalty With No Owings [2024]

Filing your Canadian taxes late when you owe nothing - the CRA penalty math, deadlines by return type, and how to handle unfiled returns.

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