ATHENS, June 5 – Greece is preparing legislation to impose a 15 per cent capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies, two government officials with knowledge of the issue told Reuters on Friday.

Greece doesn’t have a comprehensive legal framework for taxing cryptocurrencies, and European Union countries don’t have a unified taxation system for the sector.

A senior government official told Reuters that the Finance Ministry is preparing a law that is expected to be submitted to the parliament in coming months.

“The aim is to include cryptocurrencies in the country’s tax code,” the official said.

Taxation of cryptocurrencies among European countries varies from 8 per cent in Cyprus to 30 per cent in France and is usually imposed on capital gains.

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