--- title: "Strike" description: "The easiest way to calculate your Strike crypto taxes with Recap. Import your account statements in seconds." --- # Strike Crypto Tax Calculator The easiest way to calculate your Strike crypto taxes with Recap. Import your account statements in seconds. Recap has a comprehensive integration with [Strike](https://strike.me/) that makes it easy to manage your **crypto tax calculations**. Import your Strike transaction history into Recap and **automate your taxes**. From 2026, tax authorities are widening the automatic reporting of crypto under frameworks such as the OECD's Cryptoasset Reporting Framework (CARF), so keeping an accurate record matters more than ever. > **Disclaimer** > > The information provided in this content does not endorse Strike. Furthermore, it does not constitute tax advice. If anything financial or tax-related is unclear, speak to a qualified tax professional. You can also share your Recap account with your accountant or tax adviser directly. ## Why Strike tax can be difficult to calculate manually Strike is a Bitcoin-only payments app built on the Lightning Network, designed to feel like a money app rather than an investment account. That is exactly what makes its tax position easy to get wrong, because Bitcoin is a crypto asset and many everyday actions on Strike are disposals. A few things tend to trip people up: ### Common pitfalls - **Spending or sending Bitcoin is a disposal.** Paying someone, sending Bitcoin abroad, or buying something with it disposes of that Bitcoin at its value on the day, even though it feels like a payment rather than a sale. - **Lots of small payments add up.** Fast, low-cost Lightning payments mean a regular user can build up a long list of little disposals over a year, each one needing to be valued and recorded. - **Recurring buys build the pool.** Buying a fixed amount of Bitcoin on a schedule feeds the same cost-basis pool, and that running average is what each later disposal is measured against. - **Transfers are not disposals, but still have to be tracked.**Moving Bitcoin to your own account is a transfer rather than a disposal, yet it has to be matched so it is not mistaken for a sale and so the cost basis follows the coins. ## How to import your Strike data into Recap Export your transaction history CSV from the Strike app and upload it to Recap, and we import your full history automatically, including your Bitcoin buys, sells, sends, receives and credits. Recap classifies and values every transaction with our fair-market valuation engine, works out which movements are disposals, and applies the tax rules for your jurisdiction. ## How are Strike transactions taxed? Tax treatment depends on the transaction type and where you are tax resident. Here is how the main Strike activities are generally treated: ### Strike transaction types This table shows Recap's default classification for common Strike transactions. It is not an exhaustive schedule or a ruling. Treatment depends on your circumstances and jurisdiction, and you can recategorise any transaction where yours differ. Confirm your position with a qualified tax adviser. The point to remember with Strike is that spending or sending Bitcoin is a disposal, even though it feels like a payment, so it can create a capital gain or loss. Moving Bitcoin to your own account is a transfer rather than a disposal, and any credits or rewards received in Bitcoin are brought in as an acquisition at the value you receive them rather than as income, so tax only comes into play when you later dispose of them. Refer to our [tax guides](https://recap.io/guides/crypto-tax-uk-a-comprehensive-guide) for a more detailed look at crypto tax rules. ## What's in your Strike tax report Recap turns your full Strike history into a single tax report: capital gains, losses and income worked out under the rules for your jurisdiction, every Bitcoin payment and sale valued on the day it happened, transfers to your own accounts reconciled, and a clear year-by-year summary you can file yourself or hand straight to your accountant. ## Common Strike tax challenges and how Recap solves them Strike accounts produce a few recurring tax problems. Here is how Recap handles each one: ### How Recap resolves them - **Payments that hide disposals.** Spending or sending Bitcoin does not feel like a sale, but it is a disposal. Recap identifies each one and calculates the gain or loss automatically. - **A long list of small Lightning payments.** Frequent micropayments are slow to value by hand. Recap prices each one at the point it happened, so none are missed. - **Recurring buys and cost basis.** Scheduled purchases all feed the same pool. Recap pools them correctly so the cost basis behind each disposal stays accurate. - **Transfers to your own account.** Recap matches Bitcoin you move to your own accounts so it is not mistaken for a taxable disposal, while the cost basis follows the coins. - **Missing historical data.** Older Strike accounts can hold years of payments and buys. Recap combines your exports into a single tax position, so earlier activity is not overlooked. ## Why Strike users choose Recap Strike users often choose Recap because using Bitcoin as money creates disposals that are easy to miss: every payment, send and sale is a taxable event hiding inside what feels like a cash app. Rather than valuing a year of Bitcoin payments by hand, you can upload your Strike CSV and see your gains, losses and income reconciled in one report, ready to file or share with your accountant. Whether Strike shares account data with HMRC is a separate question, and we answer it in [does Strike report to HMRC](https://recap.io/blog/does-strike-report-to-hmrc). ## FAQs ### Is Strike taxable? In most jurisdictions, yes. Disposing of Bitcoin, whether you sell it, spend it or send it to someone, is typically a capital gains event, and any Bitcoin credits or rewards may be taxed as income. The exact rules depend on where you are tax resident, and Recap classifies and values your transactions so you can see what applies. ### Is spending or sending Bitcoin on Strike taxable? Usually yes, where capital gains tax applies. Spending Bitcoin, sending it to someone, or making a cross-border payment with it is a disposal at its market value on the day, which can create a gain or a loss even though it feels like a payment. Recap records each one and values it automatically. ### Do I owe tax if I only buy and hold Bitcoin on Strike? Buying Bitcoin and holding it is generally not a taxable event. Tax usually arises when you dispose of it, which on Strike means selling, spending or sending it. Recurring buys still matter because they set the cost basis your future disposals are measured against. ### Can I import Strike into Recap? Yes. You export your transaction history CSV from the Strike app and upload it to Recap, which imports your full history automatically, then classifies and values every transaction. ### Does Recap handle Bitcoin I move to my own account? Yes. Recap matches Bitcoin you transfer to your own accounts so it is not mistaken for a taxable disposal, while still treating genuine payments and sales as the disposals they are. --- Canonical HTML: https://recap.io/integrations/strike Site map: https://recap.io/sitemap.xml ยท AI manifest: https://recap.io/llms.txt Any page listed above is available as Markdown by appending `.md`, or by sending `Accept: text/markdown`.