Crypto tax transparency: EU directive DAC8 starts in 2026

Frankfurt. The time when crypto investors could operate in secret and hide their profits from the tax office is coming to an end.

Since 2026, providers have been obliged to report information about their users and their transaction data to the tax authorities. Germany is thus implementing the EU directive DAC8. The risk of being caught as a tax evader increases many times over.

All crypto providers that come from Germany or operate here with German users must report the information to the tax authorities and are also dependent on the self-disclosure of their users. For example, Bison, Bitpanda, Kraken, Binance and Coinbase are affected.