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France: the €305 threshold
In France, only cashing out crypto to euros, or paying with crypto, is taxed; swaps between coins, stablecoins included, are not.
- What it means
- In a year where your cash-outs total €305 or less, they are exempt; above that, the gain is taxed at a flat rate of about 31.4% in 2026, worked out with a formula over your whole portfolio.
- What to watch
- The total you cash out in the year against €305, which counts the amounts cashed out and not the gain, and form 3916-bis, which declares every account on a foreign exchange, even without sales.
- How Compass-Alpha uses it
- The tax overview applies France's rules as published for 2026 to your uploaded exchange files, and the free tax guide for France explains them.
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