Crypto tax in Nigeria
Crypto in Nigeria is taxed as a capital gain.
Treatment
taxed as a capital gain
Long-term
Still taxed
Headline rate
10%
As an individual in Nigeria, your private crypto disposal gains are generally taxed as capital gains at 10% with no lower rate or exemption for longer holding periods.
“Section 3 of the Capital Gains Tax Act is amended by inserting immediately after subsection (c) a new subsection (d): ‘all forms of property created or stored in digital or electronic form, including digital assets, non-fungible tokens and other tokenized assets’; and gains accruing on the disposal of digital assets shall be chargeable gains for the purposes of this Act, taxable at the rate of ten per cent.” — Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria
Reflects the treatment of an individual's crypto disposals. Estimate — confirm against the linked source. See methodology.