Companies offering EU residents crypto services will need to report on transactions to tax authorities.
The European Commission aims for the new rules to be enforced on Jan 1. 2026.
“Tax authorities currently lack the necessary information to monitor proceeds obtained by using crypto-assets, which are easily traded across borders,” the European Commission wrote in a statement. “This severely limits their ability to ensure that taxes are effectively paid, which means European citizens lose important tax revenues.”
Very difficult to enforce! EU legislation can only target EU companies and EU residents. But they can't enforce their decisions and make companies operating outside the EU to follow their law. This kind of legal provision works in good faith. If a company wants, they can willingly do so, but it's their call whether to do it or not! EU has no power to force a company to follow it if they don't have a physical footprint in EU.
Also, it's a proposal and not a law yet. I don't see much impact even if it is signed as a law in EU. It seems ECB and EU parliament is doing everything they can do to bring down the importance and circulation of cryptos in EU.
Of course, that some Asian company will not comply with these requirements, then it will be closed to the European and American markets.