# Money and taxes — The Prop Standard

> Fees, splits, payouts and filings — what a funded account actually pays, and what it costs to get there.

**Source:** https://thepropstandard.com/guides/money-and-taxes  
**Publisher:** The Prop Standard — independent analysis of the prop trading industry  
**Byline:** Editorial Team

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## What this guide covers

The money side of a funded account: what a challenge fee buys and when it comes back, how a profit split is eroded by scaling tiers and platform charges, how payouts are requested and processed, what each payout method costs in fee and settlement time, and how payouts are usually taxed in the US and UK. Tax coverage points at primary sources and tells readers to take advice.

## Published in this guide

- [Goat Funded Trader vs Industry Benchmarks: 2026 Deep-Dive Analysis](https://thepropstandard.com/article/goat-funded-trader-industry-benchmarks-2026-analysis) — Goat Funded Trader offers five evaluation paths with 80% base splits (100% addon on 1-step), four trading platforms, and a live payout ledger showing sub-48-hour withdrawals. This analysis benchmarks every dimension against 2026 market norms. _(2026-09-20)_
- [My Crypto Funding vs Market: 2026 Deep‑Dive Analysis](https://thepropstandard.com/article/my-crypto-funding-vs-market-2026-deep-dive-analysis) — My Crypto Funding offers up to 100% profit splits on both 1‑Step and 2‑Step challenges, with trailing drawdowns and static max drawdowns. This analysis benchmarks its terms against the 80‑90% industry standard. _(2026-07-26)_
- [Klein Funding vs Industry Standards: A 2026 Analytical Review](https://thepropstandard.com/article/klein-funding-vs-industry-standards-2026-review) — Klein Funding offers crypto-only prop trading via Bybit with two paths: a 70% split instant-funded model and an 80% split one-step challenge. This review benchmarks both against current market standards. _(2026-07-20)_
- [Crypto Fund Trader: Detailed Comparison with Industry Standards](https://thepropstandard.com/article/crypto-fund-trader-analysis) — This analytical piece delves into Crypto Fund Trader's offerings against broader market standards, focusing on profit sharing, evaluation models, and trader-related parameters. _(2026-07-15)_

## The other guides

- [Passing evaluations](https://thepropstandard.com/guides/passing-evaluations) — The mechanics of getting funded and staying funded: the rule types that end accounts, and which one bites first.
- [Trust and risk](https://thepropstandard.com/guides/trust-and-risk) — Who you are handing your money to: registration, regulation, rule-change history and what happens when a firm closes.
- [Platforms and futures](https://thepropstandard.com/guides/platforms-and-futures) — The execution layer: MT4 and MT5, TradingView, NinjaTrader and Tradovate, and how futures evaluations differ.
- [Trader psychology and process](https://thepropstandard.com/guides/psychology-and-process) — The part that is not the rules: sizing risk against a limit you do not control, and the habits that survive it.