Austria's Crypto Reporting Act: Clear Rules And Tax Transparency For Investors

December 2025 – With the new Crypto Reporting Act ("Krypto-Meldepflichtgesetz" – Krypto-MPfG) effective from 1 January 2026, Austria aligns with international standards for transparency and tax compliance in the digital asset space. This reflects the EU's broader push for harmonised regulation under DAC8 (the eighth amendment to the Directive on Administrative Cooperation in Direct Taxation, which mandates the automatic exchange of information on crypto-asset transactions between the Member States), the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework ("CARF"), and the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation ("MiCAR").

The new legislation implements international standards and sends a clear message: the regulatory net is tightening globally, and anonymity in the crypto-asset space in Austria is history.