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Crypto for Advisors: It's Tax Time

The 2024 tax year has come to a close, and tax filing season is now upon us. If you’ve been trading crypto, here are some key things you need to consider.

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Netherlands Starts Consulting on Crypto Tax Reporting Bill

The bill would require crypto services to share their users data with tax authorities.

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Italy to Raise Capital Gains Tax on Crypto to 42% From 26%: Reports

The price of bitcoin (BTC) remained unaffected by the development, rising above $68,000 for the first time since late July.

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 16 : Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo illustrates in a press conference the measures approved by the Government on the economic maneuver, ,on October 16  , 2024 in Rome, Italy.  Photo by Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Maurizio Leo

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UAE Exempts Crypto Transactions From Value Added Tax

The update in the law applies retrospectively from Jan. 1, 2018.

16:9 UAE dirham (Pixelline studios/Pixabay)

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Turkey Shelves Additional Plans to Tax Stocks and Crypto: Bloomberg

"We don’t have a stocks tax on our agenda," Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz told Bloomberg, including the country's plans that also affect crypto.

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Japans Financial Regulator Mulls Taxing Crypto as Financial Asset

A change in the regime could result in lower taxes for some crypto investors.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Nigeria Planning to Present Law to Tax Crypto by September: Report

Enacting the law would need the support of the National Assembly.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

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IRS Shares New Crypto Tax Form, Invites Industry Input

The IRS’ new U.S. crypto tax regime will begin to go into effect for 2025 taxes, though some controversial aspects remain to be worked out.

The Internal Revenue Service has shared the form that U.S. taxpayers will be using soon to report their crypto gains. (Shutterstock)

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India to Release Its Crypto Policy Stance by September After Stakeholder Consultations: Report

“The policy stance is how does one consult relevant stakeholders, so it is to come out in the open and say here is a discussion paper these are the issues and then stakeholders will give their views,” said Ajay Seth who is the Economic Affairs Secretary in India's Finance Ministry.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu (fourth from right), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (third from right), Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary (fifth from right) before the budget presentation. (DD News)

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India Keeps Controversial Crypto Tax Rules Unchanged, Finance Minister's Budget Speech

The budget is the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected for a third straight term.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu (fourth from right), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (third from right), Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary (fifth from right) before the budget presentation. (DD News)