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How futures profits are taxed where you live, country by country. Information, not tax advice.

A laptop open on a wooden table next to a notebook, the usual setup for working through a Greek E1 return and the tekmiria that come with it.Tax by countryTekmiria and Trading Income: Greek Presumptive Tax RiskYou can spend a year flat on the markets and still get a Greek tax bill on income you never earned. That is what tekmiria do to a trader with no payslip, and here is how the arithmetic works.Sep 7, 2026 · 9 min readTwo black monitors on a desk showing code and market data, the kind of setup a Bulgarian trader uses for CME futures and tax record keepingTax by countryBulgaria EU Regulated Market Exemption: Do CME Futures Count?Bulgarians hear that stock market gains are tax free and assume it covers their CME futures account. It does not, and the reason is buried in two definitions nobody reads.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readA desk with a laptop and a tablet showing candlestick charts and technical indicators, the working setup of a Croatian futures trader.Tax by countryDoes Croatia's 2-year capital gains rule apply to futures?Hold a financial asset for two years in Croatia and the gain is tax free. Every investor knows it. For a futures day trader the clock never actually starts, and the rule you should be reading is a different one.Aug 31, 2026 · 8 min readFacade of the New York Stock Exchange with American flags, the US market where Cyprus residents trade the CME futures discussed in this tax guideTax by countryAre Futures Profits Taxed as Trading Income in Cyprus?Cyprus exempts profits from disposing of titles even when you trade constantly. Futures are where that exemption stops, and the line is drawn by the underlying, not by how often you trade.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readTrading desk with several monitors switched on and a laptop, the kind of active setup that leads the CRA to reassess a TFSA as a trading businessTax by countryDay Trading in a TFSA: How the CRA Reassesses Your AccountA TFSA that grows fast on frequent trades stops looking like savings and starts looking like a business. Here is the test the CRA applies, what it costs, and where futures actually belong.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readAn open laptop and a notebook on a wooden table, the setup for working through a futures 1099-B and Form 6781.Tax by countryForm 6781 for Futures Traders: 1099-B, 60/40 and Loss CarrybackYour futures broker reports an entire year of trading as one number in Box 11. Here is how that number is built, where it goes on Form 6781, and how the three-year loss carryback gets you a refund.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readThe Wall Street street sign in New York, the market a Swedish futures trader reaches through a custody account rather than through an ISK.Tax by countryISK Tax 2026: 1.065% and Why Prop Traders Cannot Use ItAn ISK costs 1.065% of the capital base above 300,000 kronor in 2026, win or lose. A futures account costs 30% of the result. Why the cheap box is closed to traders.Aug 31, 2026 · 8 min readThe Wall Street bull statue in black and white, illustrating an article on Latvian quarterly capital gains filing for traders.Tax by countryLatvia capital gains: the EUR 1000 quarterly filing ruleOne good quarter on MNQ and Latvia stops being an annual tax country. The EUR 1000 test, the four filing dates, the 25.5% rate and the cash trap nobody warns you about.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readThe facade of the New York Stock Exchange with American flags, heading an article on how Malta taxes futures trading profits.Tax by countryMalta: are futures profits capital gains or trading income?Malta only taxes capital gains on a closed list of assets, and futures are not on it. That gap is real, but Article 4 sits right beside it, and it is the one that decides your bill.Aug 31, 2026 · 9 min readThe Wall Street bull statue in black and white, the market a futures trader keeps trading after moving to Romania and registering with ANAF.Tax by countryMoving to Romania as a Trader: Tax Residency ChecklistSixteen percent from 2026, CASS in steps, and a questionnaire with a 30 day deadline. What ANAF actually requires before Romania counts you as one of its own taxpayers.Aug 31, 2026 · 10 min readDesk with two lit monitors and a mouse, the setup a Polish futures trader uses to log every fill before converting it into zlotys.Tax by countryNBP Exchange Rate Rules for USD Futures Profits in PLNYour futures account pays in dollars and your PIT-38 is filed in zlotys. The NBP rule decides which rate, from which day, for every single fill, and the error compounds all year.Aug 31, 2026 · 10 min readA trader points a stylus at a candlestick chart on a tablet while several monitors show market data, the kind of derivative trading an osakesäästötili cannot hold.Tax by countryOsakesäästötili and Derivatives: Why Futures Are ExcludedYou open the order ticket in your equity savings account and the futures are simply not there. It is not your bank being cautious. Here is what the account may hold, and why derivatives never were.Aug 31, 2026 · 8 min read
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