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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.