Tuesday, January 13, 2026

EU Cryptocurrency - DAC8 - Collect Tax Document

 DAC8 - Eighth Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8) in the European Union

DAC8 is aimed at enhancing tax transparency through automatic exchange of information on crypto-assets among EU member states

Key Objective

- Tax Evasion

- Fraud

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Should be Complied by

  • Crypto Asset Service providers (CASPs)
  • Exchanges
  • Wallet Providers
Data To be Collected
  • Name
  • Address
  • Tax ID
  • Transaction Details
  • Account Balances
Reporting
  • Reporting happens yearly once.
  • Data from each state in EU will be shared across
Timeline
  • Starting Jan 1 2026