Crypto Form 1099-DA to TaxAct

TaxAct doesn't have a one-click 1099-DA importer the way it does for stock 1099-Bs from supported brokers. You enter crypto disposals on Form 8949 — either by importing a TXF (Desktop), uploading a CSV inside the crypto-section flow if it's available in your edition, or entering each lot manually. This converter produces all three formats so you can pick whichever your edition of TaxAct accepts.

In TaxAct Desktop: File → Import → Other Tax Data Files (TXF), select the downloaded TXF. TaxAct reads the lots into Form 8949 with the term and codes already set. Review the totals on the import summary screen and accept. The import guide PDF in the bundle has the exact menu path for the current TaxAct version.

Yes. TaxAct Online doesn't accept TXF imports for crypto, so you'll use the Form 8949 CSV and XLSX from the bundle for manual entry. Open the crypto/capital gains section in TaxAct Online, add a sale entry, and copy the rows from the spreadsheet. The codes column tells you what to put in the adjustment-code field on each row.

Both Desktop products accept the same TXF, so the converter works identically for either. TurboTax Online removed crypto CSV import in January 2026; TaxAct Online still allows manual entry on Form 8949 with no row cap. If you're filing hundreds of crypto lots and prefer not to use Desktop, TaxAct Online tends to be more forgiving than TurboTax Online for this case.

Unknown means the broker doesn't know what you paid for the lot — typically because you transferred it in from another wallet. Upload your full transaction history CSV alongside the 1099-DA and the reconciliation flow matches lots by date and quantity to fill in basis. Anything that can't be matched stays Unknown and goes through to TaxAct at zero basis (you can edit those manually before filing).

Crypto isn't subject to the wash sale rule under current IRS guidance (the rule applies to securities, and crypto isn't a security). The converter still preserves a wash sale column if your input has one, and includes a wash sale report PDF you can hand to a CPA for review. The TXF uses standard codes; nothing special is tagged unless your source CSV explicitly marked a row as a wash sale.

TXF has no practical row cap — TaxAct Desktop reads thousands of lots without complaint. The 4,000-row cap that bites TurboTax CSV imports is irrelevant to the TXF flow. For TaxAct Online manual entry, you'll feel the friction of typing each row, so the spreadsheet in the bundle is sorted to make copy-paste tractable.

No. Uploads are processed in memory and deleted when the conversion finishes. The output bundle stays available for 24 hours behind a signed URL, then is removed. We don't require an account and we don't email you anything you didn't ask for.