Tax Liability vs Tax-Loss Harvesting

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Tax Liability
beginner
fundamentals

The total amount of tax legally owed to a government authority based on taxable income, capital gains, and other reportable financial activity in a given tax year.

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Tax-Loss Harvesting
intermediate
strategy

A tax strategy where investors deliberately sell cryptocurrency at a loss to realise capital losses that offset capital gains, reducing overall tax liability for the year.

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