BENGALURU: The crypto industry, which has been seeking a reduction in the rate of TDS on the transfer of VDAs from 1% to 0.01%, remained disappointed with the Budget as there was no mention of crypto or VDAs in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech. Dilip Chenoy, Chairperson, Bharat Web3 Association, said they will continue to push for rationalization of the …
Among the tax base broadening initiatives taken by the government in recent years in the digital sector, two key measures that have stood out are the equalisation levy and higher tax on virtual digital assets. Taxing digital economy Unlike the digital services tax applied by some other countries, the widened scope of EQL provisions in India covers even the traditional …
Transactions in cryptocurrency have increased manifold. The OECD defines crypto assets as a digital representation of value that relies on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger or a similar technology to validate and secure transactions. The framework provides guidance on various aspects of entities and individuals, subject to data reporting responsibility and data collection requirements, types of transactions covered, and relevant …
Cryptocurrency investors in India will have to pay tax under the new scheme for Taxation of Virtual Digital Assets from April 1. Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2022 announced that "any income from transfer of any virtual digital asset shall be taxed at the rate of 30 per cent." The minister also added that in order to …
The cryptocurrency tax and proposed regulation bill have been a topic of discussion among investors and stakeholders in India for sometime. The government on Thursday proposed to tighten the norms for taxation of cryptocurrencies by disallowing the set off of any losses with gains from other virtual digital assets, according to a PTI report. FINANCE BILL, 2022 As per the …