European Union makes progress on the plan to share cryptocurrency tax data

Crypto asset service providers should report their clients’ transactions as part of the European Union’s Digital Finance Package proposal, known as DAC8.

As part of its effort to tighten regulations on cryptocurrency and make them more comparable to traditional financial services, the E.U. is taking this step.

The DAC8 amendment

To combat tax evasion through digital assets, the commission’s proposal, unveiled in December, requires companies with E.U. clients to register in the bloc and report digital assets, including crypto and some non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to tax authorities, aligning with similar moves by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Benjamin Angel, the director of the commission’s tax department, tweeted about the DAC8 proposal, which was submitted in December 2020 and recently won backing from EU ambassadors. This remark was made in connection to the usual meeting of economic and finance ministers scheduled for May 16 in Belgium.

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An attempt to curb tax evasion

Last year, in an effort to curb tax fraud via cryptocurrencies, the European Commission proposed an eighth amendment to the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8), which enlarged an existing regulation aimed at prohibiting taxpayers from concealing taxable assets in offshore bank accounts. The proposal was vulnerable to veto by any of the EU’s 27 member countries that comprise the E.U. Council. The council debated the bill behind closed doors, and a draught of the agreed-upon wording has yet to be published.

The latest news, however, indicates that the new rules permitting tax authorities to share data about traders’ crypto holdings have been universally endorsed by E.U. member states, indicating that formal agreement on the law is likely to be reached shortly.

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