Getting your Binance CSV
Binance provides a single comprehensive export that covers all activity types - spot trades, Earn, Savings, staking, and Launchpool products.
- Log in to binance.com.
- Click the Wallet icon and go to Asset History.
- Click the export icon and select Export Transaction Records.
- Set the time range from account opening to today, not just the tax year, and click Generate.
- Download the CSV when ready.
Upload your complete history including prior years. The calculator needs your earliest purchases to build accurate cost basis queues for FIFO matching.
When are Binance profits taxable?
New Zealand has no general capital gains tax. But if you acquired crypto with the intention to dispose of it for profit, IRD treats any gain as taxable income. For most people actively trading on Binance, this threshold is met.
The key legal test is "acquired for the purpose of disposal." If you bought crypto on Binance planning to sell it when the price went up, the profit is taxable. This catches most exchange traders, especially those making regular buys and sells.
Taxable gains are added to your other income and taxed at your marginal rate, which ranges from 10.5% to 39% depending on your total income bracket.
- Taxable: Sells where intent to profit existed at purchase, regular trading, crypto-to-crypto swaps, spending crypto.
- May not be taxable: Long-term holds with genuinely no intent to sell at the time of purchase. IRD's view is that most crypto trading is taxable, so this exception is narrow and rarely applies to active exchange users.
- Staking rewards: Taxable as income at fair market value when received, regardless of intent. Income from property is always taxable in NZ.
- Filing deadline: 7 July for individual tax returns.
IRD has signaled increasing enforcement on crypto. Information-sharing agreements with overseas tax authorities mean Binance activity is not invisible to New Zealand tax officials.
What the calculator does
The calculator parses all 75+ Binance operation types - spot trades, Earn subscriptions and redemptions, Savings interest, Launchpool rewards, dust conversions, distributions, and more. Each disposal in your selected tax year gets a cost basis, sale proceeds, and gain calculation using FIFO matching.
Since NZ taxation depends on intent, the report provides gain estimates that you can use with your tax advisor to determine which disposals are taxable. Not every trade may qualify, and the intent test is fact-specific to your situation.
Binance CSVs report values in the trading pair's quote currency (USDT, BTC, etc.), not NZD. Our engine converts every transaction to New Zealand dollars using historical daily exchange rates. The report includes a trading summary, income section for staking rewards, top assets by P&L, end-of-year holdings, and a complete transaction audit trail.
IRD and your Binance history
- Active trading suggests intent: If you're buying and selling on Binance regularly - multiple trades over weeks or months - IRD will likely consider your activity taxable. The more frequently you trade, the stronger the case for taxation.
- Binance Earn as income: Flexible Savings interest, Locked Savings rewards, and Launchpool distributions are crypto income. In NZ, income from property is always taxable regardless of intent. There is no ambiguity here - Earn rewards are taxable when received.
- 75+ operation types tracked: Spot trades, Earn subscriptions and redemptions, Savings interest, Launchpool rewards, dust conversions, distributions, and staking. Every Binance operation type is parsed and categorized.
- NZD conversion from USDT/BTC pairs: Binance reports values in the trading pair's quote currency, not NZD. Our calculator converts all values to New Zealand dollars using historical rates, which is what IRD expects.
- IRD data-sharing agreements: Binance does not report directly to IRD. However, New Zealand participates in the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and has information-sharing agreements with other tax jurisdictions. You should not assume your Binance activity is invisible.
Related calculators and guides
Binance calculator: Binance Tax Calculator (all countries)
NZ calculator: New Zealand Crypto Tax Calculator (all exchanges)
Other exchanges in NZ:
Coinbase NZ ·
Kraken NZ