Bosnia and Herzegovina Compliance Report

Regulatory Overview

Regulatory Status

Dedicated crypto/VA legislation, licensing regime, active enforcement

Key Regulator(s)

Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Securities Commission of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Financial Intelligence Agency, State Investigation and Protection Agency

Primary Legislation

The Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Zakon o spreč, Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing of Bosnia and Herz, You may need to navigate to legislative sections to find the specific law, Under the newly adopted AML/CFT Law in Bosnia & Herzegovina, VASP registration a, No specific mandates. BiH law does not currently mandate the use of cold storage, Regulation (EU, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA): https://eur-lex.eu, Bosnia and Herzegovina has no single dedicated crypto licensing law, but fragmen, Law on Digital Assets of Republika Srpska (Zakon o digitalnoj imovini Republike, The referenced ‘Law on Digital Assets’ is a Serbian law published in the Officia, There is no specific law on cryptocurrencies or digital assets in the FBiH. Legi

Travel Rule

Not adopted

Tax Reporting

Under general capital gains principles in BiH, exchanging cryptocurrency for fiat currency (BAM, EUR, USD) constitutes a disposal of an asset, potentially triggering a taxable event. However, no specific BiH cryptocurrency tax legislation or official guidance exists to confirm this treatment.. In the absence of specific BiH guidance, exchanging one cryptocurrency for another is likely treated as a disposal under general capital gains principles (applying Article 14, FBiH Personal Income Tax Law; Article 28, RS Personal Income Tax Law). However, this is an interpretation by analogy, not confirmed by any BiH authority.. Using cryptocurrency to purchase goods or services constitutes a disposal of an asset under general BiH tax principles. The fair market value of goods/services received is the proceeds. No specific BiH guidance exists for cryptocurrency transactions.. Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH):. Individuals: Capital gains are generally subject to personal income tax. The Personal Income Tax Law in FBiH (Zakon o porezu na dohodak) generally levies a flat rate.

Key Facts

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