How crypto tax works in Argentina
Argentina folds digital-currency gains into cedular taxation at 15% for non-business disposals alongside securities and real-estate schedules, with inflation-adjusted costs where rules allow.
Habitual trading, mining operations, and service income fall into progressive business and personal schedules with advance payments, while swaps and spends realise peso gains.
ARCA information regimes collect exchange and transaction data, personal-assets tax can touch large holdings, and filing deadlines follow extended calendars.
Tax rates at a glance
- Crypto gains tax
- 15%
- Business schedules
- Progressive
- Personal assets
- Threshold-based
- Mining income
- Progressive
- Inflation adjustment
- Where allowed
- Filing calendar
- Extended 2026
Who benefits most
These profiles tend to benefit most when the rules match their real residence, payroll and business setup.
Long-term holdersActive tradersMinersFreelancers paid in cryptoExpats
Watch out for
- Cedular versus business boundary decides 15% against progressive brackets, so frequency and organisation facts matter more than asset labels.
- Personal-assets tax adds a wealth layer on large holdings that gains analysis misses, with thresholds moving in nominal terms.
- Inflation adjustment mechanics change real outcomes dramatically in high-inflation years and need rule-by-rule confirmation.
- Extended filing calendars shift but never remove duties, and information-regime data means positions must reconcile to platform feeds.
Frequently asked questions
How is crypto taxed in Argentina?
Non-business digital-currency gains face 15% cedular tax, while habitual trading and mining fall into progressive schedules. Personal-assets tax can apply to large holdings.
Are crypto swaps taxed in Argentina?
Yes. Swaps, spends, and sales each realise peso gains against adjusted costs, with business-versus-cedular character deciding the schedule.
Does wealth tax touch crypto in Argentina?
Personal-assets tax can include large crypto holdings above thresholds, separate from gains taxation on disposals.