The delay comes just a couple of months once recently elected president Yoon Suk-yeol secure to work on laws initial. 


The South Korean government has reportedly delayed the 20% tax crypto gains by 2 years. The arguable 20% tax on crypto gains was supposed to inherit result from January one, 2023, but has been delayed to 2025. 

The government officers announced their new tax reform plans on Thursday, deferring the crypto program to 2025, citing stagnant market conditions and also the time needed for the preparation of capitalist protection measures. The initial plans of imposing a further 20% tax on crypto gains surpassing 2.5 million won ($1,900) in an exceedingly annual amount stay unchanged. 

The arguable 20% crypto tax has currently been delayed for the second time since it absolutely was 1st declared in January 2021. The tax was 1st imagined to be introduced by January 2022, however lawmakers within the country delayed it to 2023 thus it's been delayed by 2 additional years.

( Prashant Jha, Cointelegraph, 2022 )