{"id":6538,"date":"2025-08-29T06:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6538"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:03:38","slug":"romania-to-hike-taxes-on-cryptocurrency-and-stock-market-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6538","title":{"rendered":"Romania to hike taxes on cryptocurrency and stock market gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania plans to significantly increase taxes on cryptocurrency and stock market gains, with the government preparing to take responsibility for a draft law that will raise the respective tax rates starting next year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profit.ro\/taxe-si-consultanta\/ultima-ora-impozitarea-castigurilor-din-criptomonede-creste-si-impozitul-la-castigurile-de-pe-bursa-creste-cum-a-anuntat-anterior-profit-ro-22146121?mc_cid=131e56dcfe&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Profit.ro<\/a>. The measures are part of a wider package of fiscal changes aimed at increasing the state\u2019s tax revenues.<\/p>\n<p>The tax on cryptocurrency trading profits will jump from the current 10% to 16%, while stock market capital gains taxes will see substantial increases across different holding periods.<\/p>\n<p>For stock transactions conducted through regulated entities, the tax on shares held for more than one year will triple from 1% to 3%, while the rate on shares held for less than a year will double from 3% to 6%. The increases also apply to gains from derivative financial instruments traded through authorized entities, with the same rate structure based on holding periods.<\/p>\n<p>For stock transfers not conducted through regulated entities, as well as investment gold transactions, the tax rate will increase from 10% to 16%, aligning with the new cryptocurrency tax rate. These changes will take effect for income generated starting in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new cryptocurrency taxation framework, individual taxpayers will calculate their own income tax based on annual income declarations, applying the 16% rate to gains determined as the positive difference between sale and purchase prices, including direct transaction costs.<\/p>\n<p><em>andrei@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Rawpixelimages\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania plans to significantly increase taxes on cryptocurrency and stock market gains, with the government preparing to take responsibility for a draft law that will raise the respective tax rates starting next year, according to Profit.ro. The measures are part of a wider package of fiscal changes aimed at increasing the state\u2019s tax revenues. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}