Zerion Taxes: How to Import Your Transactions & Generate Your Tax Report
Zerion is an Ethereum and multi-chain DeFi portfolio tracker and wallet aggregator. It tracks transactions across ETH, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism and many other chains. Every swap, DeFi interaction and token transfer tracked by Zerion may be a taxable event. CoinTracking imports your full Zerion transaction history via CSV and generates a jurisdiction-specific tax report covering all swaps, DeFi activity and multi-chain transactions.
How to Import Your Zerion Transactions into CoinTracking
Watch how to export your Zerion transaction history as a CSV and import it into CoinTracking to generate your complete crypto tax report.
Start Your Free Zerion Import- Every token swap, DeFi interaction that results in a disposal, and receipt of tokens as income tracked by Zerion is a potential taxable event. Receiving tokens in exchange for services or as rewards is income at fair market value. Tax compliance is your personal responsibility.
- CoinTracking supports Zerion CSV import. Export your transaction history from Zerion and upload it to CoinTracking. All swaps, DeFi activity and multi-chain transactions across ETH, Polygon, Arbitrum and more are supported.
- Transferring tokens between your own wallets tracked by Zerion, and holding tokens in connected wallets, are generally not taxable events. Only disposals — swapping, selling or spending tokens — trigger a tax obligation.
- Tax compliance is your responsibility. Zerion is a non-EU platform and is not an EU-regulated CASP subject to DAC8. Your tax authority will not receive automatic reports from Zerion. You are required to report all taxable gains and income from your Zerion activity in your annual tax return.
Zerion and Your Crypto Tax Obligations
Zerion is an Ethereum and multi-chain DeFi portfolio tracker and wallet aggregator that allows users to connect multiple wallets and track their entire DeFi portfolio in one interface. It supports Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and many other EVM-compatible chains. Zerion provides a unified view of token balances, transaction history, NFT holdings, and DeFi positions across all connected wallets.
As a non-EU platform, Zerion is not subject to EU DAC8 reporting obligations. This means your tax authority will not receive automatic reports of your Zerion-tracked activity — you are responsible for declaring all taxable events in your annual tax return.
Zerion users need to account for:
- Token swaps across all tracked chains (taxable disposals)
- DeFi interactions that result in token disposals (e.g. providing liquidity, removing liquidity at a gain)
- Receiving tokens as rewards, yield, or income (taxable at FMV on date received)
- Cross-chain bridge transfers that result in disposals
Crypto Tax Basics for Zerion Users
Zerion users are typically active DeFi participants tracking activity across multiple chains. Here are the key tax rules that apply to Zerion-tracked activity.
Token swaps are taxable disposals
Every time you swap one token for another using a DEX or DeFi protocol tracked by Zerion — whether on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum or any other chain — you are disposing of the token you gave and acquiring the token you received. The taxable gain or loss equals the difference between the fair market value of the token at the time of the swap and your original acquisition cost. CoinTracking imports all Zerion swap data and calculates the gain or loss on each swap.
DeFi rewards and yield are income
Tokens received as DeFi rewards, liquidity mining rewards, staking yield, or airdrop income tracked by Zerion are generally treated as ordinary income at the fair market value on the date of receipt. In Germany, this falls under § 22 EStG (other income). CoinTracking records each reward or yield payment as an income event with the correct FMV timestamp.
Multi-chain activity: each chain is tracked separately
Zerion aggregates activity from Ethereum mainnet, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and other EVM chains. Each transaction on each chain is independently taxable if it constitutes a disposal. CoinTracking imports your full multi-chain transaction history from your Zerion CSV export, preserving the chain, timestamp and asset details for each transaction.
Wallet-to-wallet transfers are not disposals
Transferring tokens between your own wallets — all of which may be tracked by Zerion — is generally not a taxable event, as no disposal occurs. However, the transfer must be correctly identified as an internal transfer (not a sale) in CoinTracking to avoid incorrectly triggering a taxable event. CoinTracking\'s transfer matching tool helps identify and reconcile these transfers.
DAC8 is not applicable to Zerion
The EU DAC8 directive requires EU-regulated crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) to automatically report transaction data to EU tax authorities from 1 January 2026. Zerion is a non-EU platform and is not regulated as a CASP under EU MiCAR. It is not subject to DAC8. Users in the EU or elsewhere must self-report all Zerion-tracked activity — it will not be reported on their behalf.
Zerion Taxes by Country
Key crypto tax rules for countries where Zerion is most commonly used. Select your country for specific rates and requirements.
Germany
- § 23 EStG: Token gains taxed at personal rate (up to 45%) if sold within 1 year; tax-free if held over 1 year
- Annual exemption: €1,000/year in private disposal gains
- Cost basis: FIFO per wallet
- DeFi rewards: Taxable as other income under § 22 EStG at FMV on date received — report on Anlage SO
- Swaps: Each token swap is a separate disposal event — report on Anlage SO
- Forms: Anlage SO
United Kingdom
- Capital Gains Tax: 18% (basic) / 24% (higher) from October 2024
- Annual exempt amount: £3,000 (2024/25)
- Cost basis: Section 104 pooling (HMRC)
- DeFi rewards: Treated as miscellaneous income at FMV; reportable to HMRC
- Authority: HMRC
United States
- Short-term gains: Ordinary income rates (up to 37%) for tokens held ≤1 year
- Long-term gains: 0%, 15% or 20% for tokens held >1 year
- DeFi rewards: Report as ordinary income at FMV on date received
- Cost basis: FIFO or specific identification (IRS); report on Form 8949 / Schedule D
- Authority: IRS
Australia
- Capital Gains Tax: Token disposals subject to CGT; 50% CGT discount for assets held >12 months
- DeFi rewards: Treated as ordinary income at FMV on date received
- Cost basis: Cost base at time of acquisition; FIFO commonly applied
- Authority: ATO (Australian Taxation Office)
Switzerland
- Capital gains: Generally tax-free for private individuals unless classified as professional traders
- DeFi rewards / yield: Subject to income tax as moveable capital income
- Wealth tax: Token holdings may be subject to annual cantonal wealth tax at year-end market value
- Authority: Cantonal and federal tax authorities (ESTV/AFC)
Tax rules change frequently. This overview is for general information only. Consult a qualified advisor for your specific situation.
Are Zerion Transactions Taxable?
In most jurisdictions, token swaps and DeFi rewards tracked by Zerion are taxable events. Use this as a starting reference — exact rules vary by country.
Taxable Events
- Token swaps on DEXes tracked by Zerion
- Selling tokens for fiat
- DeFi rewards, liquidity mining rewards (income at FMV)
- Staking yield received (income at FMV)
- Airdrop tokens received (income at FMV in most jurisdictions)
Not Taxable
- Buying tokens with fiat
- Transferring tokens between your own wallets
- Holding tokens in connected wallets
- Adding tokens to a liquidity pool (in most jurisdictions)
Tax treatment varies by country. Always verify with a qualified advisor for your specific situation.
How to Calculate Your Zerion Taxes
Active DeFi users tracked by Zerion can accumulate hundreds or thousands of transactions across multiple chains in a single year — each swap, reward receipt or DeFi interaction with its own FMV, cost basis and tax classification. Manually tracking each event across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and other chains is extremely time-consuming and error-prone.
CoinTracking imports your full Zerion transaction history from your CSV export, assigns the correct acquisition date and market price to every token, and applies your chosen cost-basis method (FIFO, LIFO, HIFO) across all chains. It then generates a jurisdiction-specific tax report — ready for your accountant or tax authority in Germany, the UK, the US, Australia and beyond.
How to Import Zerion into CoinTracking
Three steps to import your Zerion data and generate your tax report via CSV.
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Log into CoinTracking and open Imports
After logging in, click the Import icon in the left navigation. This is where you add all your exchanges, wallets and blockchains. Search for Zerion to start.
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Download your Zerion CSV and upload it
In the Zerion app or web interface, navigate to your portfolio or transaction history and export your transactions as a CSV file. In CoinTracking, search for Zerion in the import search and upload the CSV. All swaps, DeFi activity and multi-chain transactions will be imported.
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Review transactions and generate your tax report
Once your Zerion data is imported, validate the transactions and generate a tax report for your jurisdiction. CoinTracking calculates capital gains, DeFi income and losses across all chains and formats the output for your country, ready for your accountant or tax return.
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How to Create Your Zerion
Tax Report with CoinTracking
Three steps from Zerion CSV to a tax report your accountant will accept.
Import your Zerion transactions
Download your CSV from Zerion and upload it to CoinTracking. All token swaps, DeFi activity and multi-chain transactions across ETH, Polygon, Arbitrum and more are imported.
Review and validate your transactions
Open Reports → Validate Transactions. CoinTracking flags missing cost basis, missing prices and unresolved transfers so you can correct them before generating your report.
Generate your Zerion tax report
Select your country and tax year. CoinTracking generates a jurisdiction-specific tax report in PDF or Excel format, covering all Zerion gains, losses and DeFi income across all chains — ready to file or hand to your accountant.
No — Zerion provides a transaction export (CSV). CoinTracking imports this and generates your full tax report, including cost-basis tracking across all DeFi transactions, swaps, and multi-chain activity.
In the Zerion app or web interface, navigate to your portfolio or transaction history and look for the export or download option to generate a CSV file. Upload it to CoinTracking using the import search.
Yes — in most jurisdictions, swapping one cryptocurrency for another via Zerion is treated as a disposal of the asset you sold and an acquisition of the new asset. Each swap is a separate taxable event. CoinTracking imports all Zerion swap data from your CSV and calculates the gain or loss on each swap individually.
Zerion is a non-EU platform and is not subject to EU DAC8 reporting obligations. Tax compliance for Zerion activity is your personal responsibility in your country of residence.
Germany: FIFO per wallet (§ 23 EStG). US: FIFO or specific identification (IRS). UK: Section 104 pooling (HMRC). CoinTracking supports FIFO, LIFO, HIFO and all major methods — important for DeFi users with many small transactions across multiple chains.
Zerion aggregates transactions across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism and other chains. Each transaction on each chain is a separate taxable event if it constitutes a disposal. CoinTracking imports your full multi-chain transaction history from your Zerion CSV export and calculates gains and losses across all supported networks.
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