Japan’s cabinet meeting approved the tax reform outline for fiscal year 2024, and corporate crypto assets will not be subject to market value tax

On December 24th, the Japanese government approved the tax reform outline for the 2024 fiscal year at the cabinet meeting on the 22nd. The amendment includes the following changes: companies holding third-party issued cryptocurrency assets will not be subject to valuation-based taxes. Currently, Japanese companies' third-party issued cryptocurrency assets are recorded as profit and loss at the end of the fiscal year based on the difference between market value and book value. After the amendment, only profits from the sale of cryptocurrency will be taxed, which means the same tax system for individual investors will change. The bill will be submitted to the Diet in January next year and will require approval from both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.