#韩国寻求将加密税推迟至2029年
The 22% crypto tax has been delayed for the fourth time—this time all the way to 2029 🦖
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On Thursday, South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance proposed delaying the crypto asset income tax, originally scheduled to take effect in January 2027, by another two years.
A 22% tax would apply to annual gains exceeding 2.5 million won (about $1,860), comprising 20% income tax and 2% local tax.
This is the fourth time the tax has been postponed. It was first scheduled to take effect in January 2022, then pushed back to 2023, then 2025, then 2027—and now it’s been moved to 2029.
Seven years. An entire presidential term has passed, and the tax still hasn’t been collected.
The official reason is straightforward: South Korea won’t begin exchanging information under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) with the U.S. until 2029.
Introducing a tax on its own before information exchange begins would put the domestic market at a disadvantage compared with overseas markets.
The government is also waiting for planned digital asset legislation to take effect. The rules aren’t finalized, so there’s no need to rush into collecting the tax.
This time, there’s also a substantive concession: a three-year loss carryforward.
That means crypto investment losses can be used to offset profits over the following three years.
For South Korean retail investors who went through the 2022 crash, this is more valuable than the delay itself.
A timeline has also been laid out: submit an amendment to the regular National Assembly session in 2027, then issue detailed tax guidelines in the first half of 2028.
The most interesting part is the reversal in stance ⚖️
As recently as May this year, South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance publicly confirmed that the tax would take effect as scheduled in January 2027.
In less than six months, its position changed to recommending another two-year wait.
During that time, the ministry met with several major exchanges. The industry’s argument was that tax rules for different types of transactions hadn’t been finalized and there wasn’t enough time to prepare the infrastructure.
In other words, this isn’t a technical problem—it’s a political cost problem.
South Korea is one of the world’s most active crypto markets for retail investors. No one wants to face the public backlash in the first year the tax is actually collected.
So the plan is to wait for CARF, let global information exchange get up and running, and then follow suit.
But a delay doesn’t mean the tax is gone ⚠️
Once South Korea connects with the U.S. through CARF in 2029, overseas accounts and exchange records will become transparent in both directions. That will be the real turning point.
The next three years are the final window before the rules take effect 📅
For the market, this is a short-term boost to sentiment. For exchanges, it’s a race to build compliance infrastructure: whoever gets their reporting systems working first will be ready to serve these users.
What do you think? Are these repeated delays protecting retail investors, or just kicking the can down the road? Let’s talk in the comments.
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Every day, we bring you the latest on South Korea’s crypto tax debate—not just what’s happening, but the logic and opportunities behind it 👀🚀
The 22% crypto tax has been delayed for the fourth time—this time all the way to 2029 🦖
⚡ 有大动静群里说
On Thursday, South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance proposed delaying the crypto asset income tax, originally scheduled to take effect in January 2027, by another two years.
A 22% tax would apply to annual gains exceeding 2.5 million won (about $1,860), comprising 20% income tax and 2% local tax.
This is the fourth time the tax has been postponed. It was first scheduled to take effect in January 2022, then pushed back to 2023, then 2025, then 2027—and now it’s been moved to 2029.
Seven years. An entire presidential term has passed, and the tax still hasn’t been collected.
The official reason is straightforward: South Korea won’t begin exchanging information under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) with the U.S. until 2029.
Introducing a tax on its own before information exchange begins would put the domestic market at a disadvantage compared with overseas markets.
The government is also waiting for planned digital asset legislation to take effect. The rules aren’t finalized, so there’s no need to rush into collecting the tax.
This time, there’s also a substantive concession: a three-year loss carryforward.
That means crypto investment losses can be used to offset profits over the following three years.
For South Korean retail investors who went through the 2022 crash, this is more valuable than the delay itself.
A timeline has also been laid out: submit an amendment to the regular National Assembly session in 2027, then issue detailed tax guidelines in the first half of 2028.
The most interesting part is the reversal in stance ⚖️
As recently as May this year, South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance publicly confirmed that the tax would take effect as scheduled in January 2027.
In less than six months, its position changed to recommending another two-year wait.
During that time, the ministry met with several major exchanges. The industry’s argument was that tax rules for different types of transactions hadn’t been finalized and there wasn’t enough time to prepare the infrastructure.
In other words, this isn’t a technical problem—it’s a political cost problem.
South Korea is one of the world’s most active crypto markets for retail investors. No one wants to face the public backlash in the first year the tax is actually collected.
So the plan is to wait for CARF, let global information exchange get up and running, and then follow suit.
But a delay doesn’t mean the tax is gone ⚠️
Once South Korea connects with the U.S. through CARF in 2029, overseas accounts and exchange records will become transparent in both directions. That will be the real turning point.
The next three years are the final window before the rules take effect 📅
For the market, this is a short-term boost to sentiment. For exchanges, it’s a race to build compliance infrastructure: whoever gets their reporting systems working first will be ready to serve these users.
What do you think? Are these repeated delays protecting retail investors, or just kicking the can down the road? Let’s talk in the comments.
Tap the profile picture to watch the livestream.
Every day, we bring you the latest on South Korea’s crypto tax debate—not just what’s happening, but the logic and opportunities behind it 👀🚀