teonite / casper-node

Reference client for CASPER protocol
https://casper.network
Apache License 2.0
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Make Auto-compounding of Rewards Optional #8

Open przemyslaw opened 9 months ago

przemyslaw commented 9 months ago

TBD (needs more detail about German accounting)

I’m not an accountant, but AFAIK in Germany crypto is tax-free after holding it for 1 year.

I think auto-compounding is causing some issues here and maybe it would make sense for people who are tax-residences of Germany that they can disable auto-compounding for their rewards.

Maybe it could also make their lives easier when cspr.live would keep track of rewards older than 1 year so they see the amount which is tax free?

Crypto holdings are tax-free if they exceed 1 year of holding.

If there is a possibility to avoid automatic restaking, this would simplify a lot.

Based on the corresponding Finanzamt (I hired a tax lawyer for my taxes in Germany), it can be an issue if the rewards are restaked when it comes to cut-off date calculation. Imagine they do not understand a lot and even use fax-devices. ;)