Greece’s parliament has approved a tax framework that charges 10 percent on annual net crypto gains and 15 percent on income from staking, lending and DeFi liquidity, CoinDesk reports. It takes effect on 1 January 2027.
The 10 percent applies once yearly gains pass 500 euros, about $559. When they do, the whole gain is taxable, not only the excess. Spending crypto on goods or services counts, as does selling for cash.
Returns from staking, lending and liquidity provision are treated as interest income. Annual losses above 500 euros can be carried forward for five years.
Investors also get 12 months to declare past gains without late-filing fines or interest, subject to conditions. Tax is due within 60 days of declaring.
The open question is the one active traders will ask first. The Finance Ministry says swaps from one crypto asset to another do not trigger tax. Parliament’s Scientific Service warned that the bill’s wording could be read to cover them.
Which reading prevails matters more than the rate. A trader who rebalances every week, moving between tokens without ever cashing out, faces a very different bill depending on the answer.
CoinDesk, which credits the report to Francisco Rodrigues, does not give the vote count, and the conditions on the declaration window are not spelled out. For now the text of the law and the ministry’s statement point in different directions, and nobody has said which one the tax office will follow.
