Chainalysis: CARF May Miss Over 80% of Taxable Crypto Activity On-Chain

Of that total, the firm estimates that transactions within the practical reach of the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) accounted for only around 14%. That would leave roughly 86% outside the framework's reporting reach, including activity on decentralised exchanges, peer-to-peer transfers, private wallets, on-chain income and crypto payments.

According to the reporting, CARF was built around a financial system in which an identifiable intermediary sits between the taxpayer and the transaction. Under the framework, crypto exchanges, brokers, dealers and other qualifying service providers gather information about their customers and report relevant transactions to tax authorities, which can then share that information with the taxpayer's country of residence. CARF covers crypto-to-fiat exchanges, crypto-to-crypto exchanges and certain transfers.

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