Slovenia’s crypto-friendly status faces test with new tax proposal
The proposed legislation exempts wallet transfers and crypto swaps but taxes crypto spent or sold for fiat.
Slovenia’s Finance Ministry has proposed a 25% tax on crypto trading profits, aiming to bring digital assets in line with other investments. The draft law, unveiled on 17 April, targets residents who convert crypto into fiat or use it for purchases.
Crypto-to-crypto trades and transfers between self-owned wallets would remain untaxed under the proposed rules.
Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič defended the move, describing it as a step towards fairness rather than a revenue-generating effort. He emphasised that speculative instruments like cryptocurrencies should not be excluded from…
