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Austria: crypto as capital income at 27.5%, with no holding period

From 1 March 2022 a realised gain on crypto is capital income in Austria, taxed at 27.5% however long it was held, and the rules reach crypto acquired after 28 February 2021. An exchange of one crypto asset for another is no realisation at all.

Source: § 27a Abs. 1 Z 2 EStG 1988 — „in allen anderen Fällen einem besonderen Steuersatz von 27,5%“; § 27b Abs. 3 — „Der Tausch einer Kryptowährung gegen eine andere Kryptowährung stellt keine Realisierung dar“ (ris.bka.gv.at); Ökosoziale Steuerreformgesetz 2022, BGBl. I Nr. 10/2022, mit § 124b Z 384 lit. a

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