Germany crypto tax draft could set acquisition costs at zero

• —Draft shifts crypto from Section 23 to Section 20 of the German Income Tax Act
• —Assets received free of charge or for services would carry zero acquisition costs
• —Heuel's example: on a 50,000 euro BTC salary, tax on sale rises from 2,500 to 15,000 euros
• —Employees holding privately are mainly affected; businesses and miners fall outside