Crypto tax news, for your country.
When the law on crypto changes in your country, you read it here, with what it means for your return.
- Germany
Germany: the BMF letter of 6 March 2025 writes down what a swap does
The Federal Ministry of Finance's letter on crypto assets states that an exchange into euro, into goods or services, or into another crypto asset is a disposal, and that the one-year period of § 23 starts again after every swap. FIFO is allowed as a simplification, wallet by wallet.
- Germany
Germany: the private-sales threshold rises to 1 000 euro
From 2024 a gain from private sales — crypto among them — stays tax-free in Germany only while the year's total gain is below 1 000 euro, up from 600. It is a threshold and not an allowance: reach it, and the whole gain is taxed.
DAC8: crypto-asset service providers report from 2026
Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 of 17 October 2023 has every member state require crypto-asset service providers to report their users' transactions, and the member states exchange what they collect. They apply it from 1 January 2026, so 2026 is the first reported year: this is about what a tax…