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Delaware Crypto Tax Calculator

Estimate your 2026 federal and Delaware state tax on crypto capital gains, with FIFO, LIFO, or HIFO cost basis.

Cost-basis method — changes which lots are sold
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Estimated tax owedFIFO
$2,586
short-term gains$3,000
long-term gains$8,000
short-term tax$660
long-term tax$1,200
DE state tax$726
total gains
$11,000
estimated tax
$2,586
effective rate
23.5%

A $10,000 crypto gain realized in Delaware attracts about $660 in Delaware tax — a marginal rate of 6.60% — for someone otherwise earning the state median of $85,860. Federal capital-gains tax applies on top.

Delaware taxes capital gains as ordinary income, so the gain stacks on your other income and is taxed at the rate that band falls in. Figures use 2026 Delaware rules and 2026 federal rules, single filer. Holding period decides the federal rate.

Crypto capital-gains tax in Delaware

Delaware taxes income above a $2,000 exempt threshold at rates from 2.2% to 6.6%, with the same brackets for all filing statuses; the top rate applies above $60,000. A 2025 bill (HB 13) proposed new 6.75% and 6.95% top tiers, but it was not enacted, so 6.6% remains the top rate. Wilmington levies a separate 1.25% local wage tax not included here.

Delaware taxes capital gains and crypto as ordinary income, so they run through the same 2.2% to 6.6% brackets as wages.

Common questions

How are crypto gains taxed in Delaware?
As ordinary income: this estimate stacks the gain on your other income and runs it through the same schedule as wages — 2.2% to 6.6%, above Delaware's $2,000 exempt band. Any Delaware exclusion or cap on long-term gains is not applied here.
How much Delaware tax would a $10,000 crypto gain cost?
About $660 of Delaware tax, on top of federal capital-gains tax. That is the gain stacked on Delaware's $85,860 median household income (2024), where it lands in the 6.6% band.
What Delaware rate applies to my gain?
Whichever band the gain lands in once it is added to your other income — Delaware's 2026 schedule runs 2.2% to 6.6%, with the top rate starting at $60,000 of taxable income. A large sale can therefore push part of the gain into a higher band than your wages sit in.

How we calculate this

Federal lot-matching per our crypto-tax methodology, plus Delaware's 2026 state treatment of capital gains. Estimates only — not tax advice.

Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 1102 (rate schedule) and Sec. 1108 (standard deduction) — official Delaware Code →Tax Foundation: 2026 state individual income tax rates and brackets (updated Feb 11, 2026) →

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Estimates for general informational purposes only; not tax advice. Crypto tax rules are complex and Delaware state treatment is simplified here — verify with the state Department of Revenue and a tax professional. This estimate does not model Wilmington's city wage tax. Delaware's six-rate 2.2%–6.6% schedule is applied with the $3,250 standard deduction for a single filer — not itemized deductions or any Delaware tax credit.