{"id":"dossiers/PL8592","title":"PL8592 — Prestataires crypto-actifs","type":"dossier","html":"<p>Bill 8592 (\"Prestataires crypto-actifs\"). The Chamber debated and voted it on 19 March 2026.</p>\n<p>Sittings: <a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Debate</h2>\n<h3>19 March 2026 — <a href=\"/lhoft?page=topics%2Ftaxation\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"topics/taxation\">Taxation and tax reform</a></h3>\n<p>The Chamber debated and adopted bill 8592, which transposes the DAC 8 directive on automatic exchange of tax information reported by crypto-asset service providers.</p>\n<p>Diane Adehm (CSV), presenting the bill as rapporteur:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>De Gesetzesprojet 8592 setzt eng weider wichteg Direktiv am Steierberäich ëm, déi sougenannten DAC-8-Direktiv.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>Bill 8592 transposes another important directive in the tax field, the so-called DAC 8 directive.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fdiane-adehm\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/diane-adehm\">Diane Adehm</a>, CSV</p>\n<p>André Bauler (DP), explaining why the bill is needed against tax evasion through crypto-assets:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hei geet et also och virun allem ëm steierlech Transparenz. Laang Zäit konnten nämlech verschidden Transaktioune ronderëm Kryptowäerter de Steierverwaltungen einfach entwutschen, well se vun enger gewëssener Anonymitéit profitéiert hunn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>So this is above all about tax transparency. For a long time various transactions around crypto-assets could simply escape the tax administrations, because they benefited from a certain anonymity.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fandre-bauler\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/andre-bauler\">André Bauler</a>, DP</p>\n<p>Franz Fayot (LSAP), criticising the different reporting duties for accountants and lawyers while backing the bill:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dat Eenzegt, wou mir e bësse manner iwwerzeegt sinn, wéi d’Rapportrice dat duergestallt huet, dat ass d’Diskrepanz zwëschent deene verschiddenen Intermediairen, insbesondere den Expert-comptablen an den Affekoten.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The only point where we are a little less convinced, as the rapporteur presented it, is the discrepancy between the different intermediaries, in particular the accountants and the lawyers.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-03-19-n135\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-03-19-n135\">Sitting of 19 March 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Ffranz-fayot\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/franz-fayot\">Franz Fayot</a>, LSAP</p>\n<h2>Votes</h2>\n<h3>Main vote: PL 8592 - Prestataires crypto-actifs</h3>\n<p>19 March 2026 — Premier vote constitutionnel.</p>\n<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">For</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Against</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Abstain</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fcsv\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/csv\">CSV</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">21</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdp\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dp\">DP</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">14</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Flsap\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/lsap\">LSAP</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">12</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fadr\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/adr\">ADR</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">5</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdei-greng\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dei-greng\">déi gréng</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">4</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fpiraten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/piraten\">Piraten</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">2</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdei-lenk\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dei-lenk\">déi Lénk</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">2</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>60</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>0</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>0</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>\n<p>No deputy voted against the majority of their party in this vote.</p>"}