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.
- Portugal
Portugal: the paragraphs of art. 10.º CIRS are renumbered
Portugal has renumbered the paragraphs of art. 10.º CIRS: what were 17 to 22 are now 20 to 25, with nothing changed in substance. The 365-day exclusion is paragraph 22 today and crypto given for crypto paragraph 23 — worth knowing when you read an older guide or ruling.
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…
- Portugal
Portugal: crypto taxed from 2023, and left alone after 365 days
From 1 January 2023 Portugal taxes a gain on crypto assets that are not securities at 28%, but excludes the gain — and the loss — where the asset was held for 365 days or more. Crypto given for crypto is not taxed at all: the cost of what was handed over becomes the cost of what came back.