When Crypto Lending Triggers CGT – What Accountants Must Know - November 2025

As more Australians use their Bitcoin and other crypto assets as security for loans - whether to manage cashflow, back mortgages or further invest - accountants are increasingly asked to assess the tax consequences.

This session explores how the transfer of beneficial ownership during lending arrangements can trigger an unintended Capital Gains Tax (CGT) event, and how to assess lending agreements and structures to identify exposure.

 You'll walk away better prepared to review the different forms of crypto-collateralised lending and to protect your clients (and yourself) from CGT surprises.

This webinar covered:

• Understand how crypto collateralised lending can trigger CGT through a change in ‘beneficial ownership’

• Recognise legal and practical red flags in loan documentation (or the lack of it)

• Compare Australian lender agreements with overseas and decentralised options

• Determine deductibility of interest and fees on loans used to pay expenses and tax debts

•  Consider documentation and record-keeping strategies

•  And much, much more...