José Antonio Bravo

José Antonio Bravo

Tax Expert

José Antonio Bravo Mateu is an economist and registered tax adviser (COEV), with a career in advisory, tax auditing, and financial and accounting management. He is a reference in crypto-asset taxation in Spain: he combines tax regulation — personal income tax, reporting forms, and binding rulings — with technical blockchain knowledge for investors, self-employed professionals, and companies.

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Biography

About José Antonio Bravo

José Antonio Bravo Mateu is an economist and registered tax adviser at the Colegio de Economistas de Valencia (COEV), with more than two decades of experience in accounting, internal auditing, and financial management. Specialised in tax advisory and auditing, he has developed his career at medium-sized companies, coordinating teams to ensure tax compliance and useful economic information for management and third parties such as banks and auditors. Since 2013 he has combined traditional taxation with the crypto ecosystem. He was a tax consultant at Negotians, CFO at Tech Devisers, and a lecturer in specialised training on blockchain, taxation, and cryptoeconomics at Block Impulse. He is currently a senior tax adviser specialised in crypto-assets at Fiscal Crypto, where he handles income tax returns, reporting forms such as Model 721, and defence before the tax authority. In the bitcoiner ecosystem he is a founding member of Avalbit (Asociación Valenciana del Bitcoin) and has spoken at digital economy forums. His profile combines regulatory knowledge — binding rulings, personal income tax, and reporting obligations — with technical understanding of blockchain, swaps, stablecoins, and DeFi operations needed to determine the taxable event in each transaction. On Bit2Me Experts he shared how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are taxed in Spain, what to expect from Hacienda, and what records to keep before the income tax campaign. His practical approach guides investors seeking compliance without surprises.

Career

Professional milestones

  • More than 20 years in accounting, internal auditing, and tax advisory at SMEs and medium-sized companies.
  • CFO at Tech Devisers (2020–2021), the period in which he joined Bit2Me Experts on crypto taxes.
  • Tax consultant at Negotians (2013–2021), supporting self-employed professionals and SMEs in business projects.
  • Lecturer at Block Impulse in the Applied Blockchain Master’s, covering taxation and cryptoeconomics (2018–2021).
  • Senior tax adviser specialised in crypto-assets at Fiscal Crypto since 2021.
  • Founding member of Avalbit and co-chair of the Digital Economy Commission at COEV.
Expertise

Areas of expertise

  • Crypto-asset taxation in Spain (personal income tax)
  • Model 721 and reporting obligations
  • Accounting and traceability of crypto transactions
  • Tax auditing and defence before the AEAT
  • Taxation of swaps, staking, and DeFi

Frequently asked questions about José Antonio Bravo

Yes. Capital gains from selling or swapping crypto-assets are taxed under personal income tax as capital gains or losses, and income from staking, lending, or similar activities may be taxed as investment income. Hacienda has information exchange mechanisms with exchanges and financial institutions, so it is advisable to record each transaction and declare it in the corresponding income tax campaign.

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