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What is a transaction label?
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Written by Carl Gärdsell
Updated over a week ago

Every deposit and withdrawal has the option to be tagged with a label. Examples of labels are mining, staking reward, airdrop, and gifted away.

Choose a label

Labels are used to ensure that the transaction is correctly represented and taxed accordingly in your country. You can find a detailed list explaining each label and it's purpose.

When possible Divly will automatically label your transactions. This depends on the quality of the data provided by the wallet or exchange. If necessary, you can edit the label manually in Divly.


Do I need to label all transactions?

Not all deposits and withdrawals need to be labeled. Sometimes a withdrawal should just be a withdrawal, and a deposit should just be a deposit. Trades and transfers are never labeled.

Divly handles unlabeled transactions accordingly:

  • A deposit is assumed to be a purchase of cryptocurrency using the price in local currency on the day of the deposit. This affects the cost basis unless edited manually.

  • A withdrawal is assumed to be a sale of cryptocurrency using the price in local currency on the day of the withdrawal. In many countries this is a taxable event.

If the default assumption is correct, then you can leave them unlabeled. However, if a label suits the transaction more appropriately then please use that label.

In some cases the deposit or withdrawal should represent one side of a transfer between your own wallets. You can read more about transfers and how to ensure they are correctly matched.

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