Dust In and Dust Out are categories for small-value or incidental transactions that add clutter without meaningful tax impact. This guide explains how they work and how to manage them.
What are dust transactions?
Dust In and Dust Out are transaction categories applied to:
Small-value amounts of crypto
Incidental blockchain transactions that create noise in your records (e.g., Solana "create account" transactions, usually automatically categorized)
How Dust In/Out is handled
Automatic categorization
For Solana transactions, our parser automatically identifies and categorizes "create account" transactions as Dust In or Dust Out. This prevents them from:
Cluttering your transaction table
Interfering with transaction grouping logic
Obscuring your actual trading activity
Manual categorization
They can be manually categorized as needed. The treatment has no difference between automatic and manual categorisation.
Tax report inclusion
Important: Dust In and Dust Out transactions are included in your tax calculations and reports, even if hidden from view.
This ensures technical accuracy while keeping your transaction table focused on meaningful activity.
Dust vs. Ignored vs. Spam transactions
Feature | Dust In/Out | Ignored In/Out | Spam |
Included in tax report | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Counts toward billed transactions | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Can be hidden from view on the Transactions page | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Affects tax calculation | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Key difference: Dust transactions remain in your tax report for accuracy. Ignored and spam transactions are completely excluded.
To learn more about hiding Dust In/Out from the Transaction page, check here.