PANews reported on April 18 that according to Fxstreet, Slovenia plans to impose a 25% tax on personal cryptocurrency profits starting from 2026, which will begin on January 1, 2026, pending public feedback and parliamentary approval. The draft law proposed by the country's Ministry of Finance on Thursday aims to make the treatment of crypto assets consistent with other investment tools such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Currently, Slovenian law taxes cryptocurrency income obtained by enterprises, but individual investors are in a legal gray area and can obtain huge profits tax-free. The proposed changes aim to end this difference and establish a more balanced framework for capital gains of various assets.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the new rules will apply to profits from converting cryptocurrencies into legal currencies like euros or used for purchasing goods and services. However, under the new guidelines, exchanges between cryptocurrencies (such as converting Bitcoin to Ethereum) will remain tax-free, considering the technical complexity and impracticality of taxing such transactions. It is worth noting that Slovenia's cryptocurrency regulatory proposal excludes security tokens, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), electronic money tokens, and Non-Fungible Tokens from the taxable asset range. The government estimates that this tax reform could add 2.5 million to 25 million euros to the national budget annually.
