{"id":655373,"date":"2026-09-09T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/german-finance-ministry-proposes-25-crypto-tax-starting-2028-report\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:52:51","slug":"german-finance-ministry-proposes-25-crypto-tax-starting-2028-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/german-finance-ministry-proposes-25-crypto-tax-starting-2028-report\/","title":{"rendered":"German finance ministry proposes 25% crypto tax starting 2028: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/09\/01M236GTB6R3NKE0V3DBECZ26A\/hi-here-is-why-germany-leads-the-crypto-friendly-countries-ranking3.jpg\" alt=\"German finance ministry proposes 25% crypto tax starting 2028: report\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The German Ministry of Finance is reportedly seeking to impose a 25% tax on cryptocurrencies, departing from current laws that make crypto gains tax-free after one year of holding.<\/p>\n<p>The German Federal Ministry of Finance reportedly issued a draft proposal to transition cryptocurrency trading profits to the standard 25% flat-rate tax starting in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry\u2019s proposal would apply to all crypto assets acquired after Jan. 1, 2027, according to a draft proposal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/wirtschaft\/plus6a9ff4d5181cb962d4887eb4\/krypto-steuer-ende-der-steuerfreiheit-das-plant-die-regierung-fuer-anleger-in-bitcoin-ether-und-co.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seen<\/a> by local news outlet Die Welt on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The draft also proposes grandfathering protections, meaning that digital assets bought before this deadline may be treated under the old taxation rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/german-finance-ministry-25-crypto-tax-2028\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Ministry of Finance is reportedly seeking to impose a 25% tax on cryptocurrencies, departing from current laws that make crypto gains tax-free after one year of holding. The German Federal Ministry of Finance reportedly issued a draft proposal to transition cryptocurrency trading profits to the standard 25% flat-rate tax starting in 2028. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-655373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}