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Portugal, one of the countries considered a crypto tax haven due to its absence of crypto-related taxation, is preparing to change this policy. Fernando Medina, minister of finance of Portugal, stated that the country is working on a framework to allow the taxation of cryptocurrency income gains following the principles of \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201cefficiency,\u201d and declared that there cannot be gaps for any income gains to be obtained without taxation.<\/strong><\/p>\n Portugal, one of the countries that has been touted as a crypto haven due to the absence of taxation in this regard, is working on the establishment of laws that will allow it to tax these digital assets. The statements<\/a> on the subject were made by the minister of finance of the country, Fernando Medina, during a state budget discussion.<\/p>\n Medina explained:<\/p>\n Several countries are building their models regarding this matter and we are going to build ours. I do not want to commit myself to a date at this moment, but we will adapt our legislation and our taxation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The government had already given signs of its future direction regarding cryptocurrency taxation. The Ministry of Finance asked<\/a> the Portuguese Tax Authority to study how crypto assets were taxed in other regions in 2021 \u201cin order to propose an adequate tax framework for these new instruments, taking into account the necessary balance between the fair distribution of income and wealth and the attraction of foreign investment.\u201d<\/p>\n While the models by which cryptocurrency gains will be taxed are still unclear, Medina stated that these would be set up following the principles of \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201cefficiency,\u201d aiming for a tax system that would not scare cryptocurrency investments out of the country. Medina declared this system should make taxation \u201cadequate,\u201d but not of an \u201cexceptional character that ends up reducing revenue to zero, which is contrary, in fact, to the objective for which it exists.\u201d<\/p>\n However, he was firm in the belief that cryptocurrency should be taxed eventually, stating that there could not be \u201cgaps that cause there to be capital gains in relation to the transaction of assets that do not have a tax.\u201d<\/p>\n Recently, cryptocurrencies are starting to be used as a means of payment in real estate transactions in Portugal. On May 8, the reported first transaction of this kind happened<\/a> in the country, when an apartment in Braga was sold for 3 BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\nPortugal to Tighten Cryptocurrency Taxation Policy<\/h2>\n
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