Country tax profile · 2026
Australia crypto tax
How Australia taxes crypto
Australia has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 45%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.
Compiled by MyNomadWorld for Australia and currently being re-verified against primary sources. Confirm with a local adviser before relying on it.
How Australia compares
57 of 197 countries we track have no tax on personal crypto gains (no capital gains tax). Australia is not one of them.
Who is a tax resident of Australia?
Resident under the 'resides' test, domicile test, 183-day test, or Commonwealth superannuation test
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What is the crypto tax rate in Australia?
Australia has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 45%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.