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Germany’s Bundestag Committee Blocks Greens’ Crypto Tax Increase Proposal

Germany’s Bundestag Committee Blocks Greens’ Crypto Tax Increase Proposal

Germany’s finance committee rejected the Greens’ proposal to end the one-year crypto tax exemption, with lawmakers from multiple parties opposing the measure for different reasons.

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Fact Check
The claim is directly confirmed by the official Bundestag press release ('Grüne scheitern mit Vorstoß zu Steuern auf Kryptowerte', hib 414/2026, dated 20 May 2026), which is the primary government source. It explicitly states the Greens' crypto tax bill failed in the Finance Committee, with only Die Linke in support, while CDU/CSU, AfD, and SPD each opposed it for distinct reasons — exactly as the claim describes. Three independent crypto news outlets (crypto.news, cryptopolitan.com, beincrypto.com) all corroborate the same facts consistently. There is no conflicting evidence.
Summary

Germany’s Bundestag finance committee rejected a proposal from Alliance 90/The Greens to abolish the tax exemption on cryptocurrency gains from assets sold after being held for more than one year. Under current law, capital gains tax does not apply to crypto disposed of after that holding period, and the rule remains unchanged following the committee vote. The Greens argued that ending the exemption could generate about €11.4 billion in annual revenue. The latest report adds that lawmakers from multiple parties opposed the measure for differing reasons, though it does not specify vote counts or detailed party-by-party positions.

Terms & Concepts
  • Holding period: The length of time an investor keeps an asset before selling it. In Germany, crypto gains can remain tax-free if coins are held for more than one year.
  • Capital gains tax: A tax on profits from selling an asset above its purchase price. In this case, the proposal targeted crypto profits currently exempt after a one-year hold.