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Re: Anyone having experience in buying BTC from international bitcoin exchanges?
by
legendster
on 02/06/2017, 13:40:13 UTC
Can anybody remitting money to India use bitcoins? If bitcoins are sent from abroad and then sold in Indian exchanges, are we violating any FEMA guidelines.
Plus remittances are tax free. Is this the case with bitcoins sent from abroad and then sold on Indian exchanges as well?

An article which doesn't go into the taxation/legality aspects..
https://cointelegraph.com/news/receiving-remittances-in-india-with-rupee-you-lose-with-bitcoin-you-profit


Anyone remitting any cryptos to India can do so without FEMA in the back of their head. They are concerned with legal tenders or accepted currency. Bitcoin is not yet accepted as a legal tender so there is no rule yet about how much you can pour in here.
But once here, encashing it can become a chore since you have to either declare it as income (huge taxation) or donation (kinda illegal).

If you have someone buying your Bitchunk for cash, then you have nothing to worry about.