Transferring crypto profits to bank without taxes

Hey folks, so I recently made some profits in crypto and I’m looking to move them into my Belgian bank account since I live here. But here’s the kicker I’d have to give away 33% to taxes. My girlfriend is from Serbia and has a Serbian bank account. I did a bit of digging and found out that in Serbia, crypto profits aren’t taxed at all. So, is it allowed for me to send my crypto to her wallet? Then she would move the funds to her Serbian account and later to her Belgian one. Seems like a solid plan, but I’m kinda unsure about the legality of it. Appreciate any advice!

It should be fine. I wouldn't worry about it. After you pay tax on your money you can do whatever you want with it and since you pay no tax the tax has already "been paid" and therefore you are free to do as you wish with it. Yes it is legal no one needs to know where the money comes from that is your bussiness. Also are you 100% sure about this?

No clear framework is being created for earning made out of cryptocurrencies. This is the reason why few governments have 33% as tax for the deposit made to the bank whereas Serbia doesn't have any taxes for the same. With the current rise in the price of bitcoin more country governments have started to regulate the usage. In one way regulated usage will enrich the growth and widespread than the present.

to clarify, the money is all held in BTC/crypto which is in your possession? it's not sitting in a KYC-verified exchange account or something? and i take it your girlfriend is a belgian resident? here's the main issue: as a belgian resident, she would technically be on the hook for income tax too. it doesn't matter what her citizenship is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Belgium so you're basically just hoping that between her bank and the belgian tax authority, that no one catches wind of all this cash flowing into her bank account. if they ever come asking questions, she won't have a legitimate reason for not reporting/paying the taxes owed. the amount of money in question makes a difference i'm sure, in terms of the risks involved.

This won't end well. You don't say what you mean by "some crypto profits". If you mean 500 EUR, I don't think no-one will care. But if we are in the 5 or 6 digits figure, and supposing your girlfriend's Belgian bank account does not receive monthly more than 4 digits figure, then that will raise a question for the tax office. They will wonder why your girlfriend's account has suddenly an increase of X amount and she will be in trouble. The only way I see here is for you to transfer the money (as a "gift") to someone you trust in Serbia and who lives in Serbia. Then you need to see if this transfer ("gift") is tax exempt in Serbia for the receiver (gifts are taxable in many countries). Then the receiver can cash out, and then you can get the cash by going there in person. The other option could be opening an off-share bank account e.g. in Switzerland, but I don't have a clue how that works.

It shouldn't count as money laundering, since it's cryptocurrency anyway and a lot of peoplewho have done it in the past to avoid paying pesky taxations would agree with me. 33% is a big loss if I do say so myself and we don't even know if we would be able to reap these benefits as it taxated and is at risk of being grafted. So yeah go for it, you should be fine.

It is legal to transfer crypto profits from Serbia, from what I've read with their regulations, I don't think there will be a problem if you made a profit from trading cryptocurrency. Afterall, after transfering it to your girlfriend's bank it is already a fiat money. Serbia bank to Belgian bank transactions do not conflict. I believe fees are  not that too high or just a reasonable amount with Bank to Bank transfer. You may take a look at this information about NBS (National Bank of Serbia) crypto regulations; - https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/blockchain-laws-and-regulations/serbia Hope it may answer your question.

Thank you for your reply, the crypto is in my possession and I would transfer it to my girlfriends wallet. My girlfriend is only a Serbian resident, she is about to move to Belgium and will have a Belgian bank account in several months. She would actually send her legally earned money from her Serbian account to her Belgian bank account

Thank you for your reply. My girlfriend does not have a Belgian bank account yet, so I suppose that no amount would be suspicious in the beginning. Even when she already has some money on it, it could well be that she had way more on her Serbian account. We are talking about 5 digits, what concerns me is that my girlfriend could be in trouble because the amount on her Serbian bank account would increase a lot out of nowhere. Is that something I should worry about? Thank you.

Thats huge tax from your hard earned crypto If I were you I will first exchange it to other payment options like Paypal you have to exchange first all your crypto earnings into BTC and then BTC to Paypal and then to your bank account even in this forum you can exchange it to trusted buyers out there(https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=913485.0), Its a good option right? Instead of paying huge amount of tax.

Thank you for your tip! But won't it be suspicious when I transfer a 5 digit amount from my Paypal to my bank account?

Have to agree, you did not break any laws when you were transferring the money to her account. The only problem is whether your girlfriend is trustworthy enough to get things done without throwing you under the bus, remember that couple screwing each other over X amount of money is a thing. I feel bad for you people that needs to pay for taxes in your country to use your bitcoin. On a side note, your government will not bother you that much if you do that thing you are planning unless you are some hotshot in your country or the amount is too big not to be noticed.

As long as you trust each other then it shoould always be fine. And of course as long as your girlfriend knows what to do something that is legal regarding transfering of funds to her bank account. Centralized assets and crypto exchanges cannot escape taxes depending on which country we live because some countries offers less or no taxes than the other.

You should be careful and know all proper laws of your country and your girlfriends country. There might be no tax in Serbia for converting it to fiat, but are you sure there are no tax when receiving payment through bitcoin? If there isn't, then just hand over your private keys of your wallet to your girlfriend and let her convert it to fiat. But if there is, the bank might start questioning the source of income. If the amount is significantly big, they might report to the authorities without informing your girlfriend. Know your laws (and hers) before you proceed.

I'm not quite sure about that either. But if this is really the case, then you have definitely found a good way to withdraw funds.

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Couttouw, if you want to avoid taxes then you have to exclude banks from that equation - because no matter how you make that transaction, the trace will always remain somewhere, and they say that in life one cannot escape death and taxes. Have you considered trying to sell crypto locally to someone for cash? Of course there is a risk that someone will rob you, but if you find someone with LocalBitcoins who has a good reputation and wants to make a transaction in a public place? As an alternative I can suggest you BTC For Cash/No KYC, with daily limit around 2000 EUR per transaction - so if you and your girlfriend visit both store it is 8000 EUR per day without tax 100%.

I can give you an example out of personal experience: I transferred similar numbers from a Dutch bank to a Spanish one - this is still EU mind you - and as a result my Spanish account (including those funds) got frozen pending "anti terrorism and money laundering" (tax) investigation. Only after I could prove the origin of those funds and all subsequent tax had been paid has the account been released.

you need to know the law in Serbia. Let's say you have 10 BTC and you want to send them there for someone to cash without paxing taxes. Are those 10 BTC considered as 'gift' taxable or not in Serbia? Then you want to send this money back to Belgium to HER bank account. Why? You would put her at risk because if one day the tax office decides to look into her account, she would need to justify where the money came from. As someone else said, your best chances are to cash the money through local bitcoins, buy in online stores without KYC rules etc. I don't know if someone in this forum has an off shore account in Switzerland, but that should also be something to check.

Actually, it's pretty waterproof and it becomes even better if you add a layer of any mixing service on it. That's because then there would not be any trace of you sending the coins to your girlfriend's wallet. But yes there might be another problem. A gift from someone who is not your relative isn't really free of tax in all the countries. A girlfriend doesn't fall in the definition of a relative in most of the countries. So chances are even a bank transfer of an amount from Serbian Bank account to Belgian Bank account could land you up with some taxes. Make sure you check this out first otherwise it looks pretty fine.