Does your crypto exchange report to SARS?

Why this matters in 2026

Many South African investors assume that if an exchange does not send data to SARS, their crypto is invisible. That assumption is getting riskier. SARS already receives information from local exchanges and from the bank rails you use to move rand in and out, and from 1 March 2026 the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) widens automatic reporting further.

More importantly, your tax obligation does not depend on whether a platform reports. Every disposal — selling for rand, swapping one coin for another, or spending crypto — is a taxable event you must declare, reported or not. The labels below are our read of each exchange’s current SARS reporting posture; treat “unconfirmed” as “assume yes” and file a complete, reconciled return either way.