Ethereum
German Tax Rules and Recent Ether Price Volatility Highlight Holding Period Requirements
Recent price swings in Ether have brought German tax rules into focus, where sales after a one-year holding period remain entirely exempt from income tax.
Under section 23 of the German Income Tax Act, gains from cryptocurrency sales are tax-free if the asset has been held for longer than one year. For assets sold before reaching that threshold, profits are treated as taxable income and subject to the individual's personal income tax rate.
The rule returned to focus following trading on September 11, 2026, when Ether reached an intraday high of $2,664.81 on Kraken, its highest mark since January 31, 2026. The price subsequently retraced roughly half of that gain, trading around $2,519 (2,179 euros) by September 14.
The initial rally was accompanied by $216.41 million in net inflows into US spot Ether ETFs on September 11, including $148.82 million into BlackRock's fund, according to data from SoSoValue. The report notes that taxable events are determined strictly by the actual sale price rather than temporary market peaks.
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