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Re: India taxes Cryptocurrencies at 30%, what's next?
by
avikz
on 03/02/2022, 18:30:15 UTC
Yesterday i.e. 1st February 2022 India announced its budget, and in the session, it stated that crypto transactions will be taxed at the rate of 30%. There is very less to be sure of what is the impact of the following decision[ +ve or -ve] 

Please re-read the announcement. Crypto transactions are not going to taxed at 30%. It is the crypto gains that are going to taxed at 30%. Crypto transactions through centralized exchanges will attract 1% TDS.

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I see that taxing cryptos has one good pro here i.e. it can be said that cryptocurrency is legal in India or maybe?

There are several cons as 30% is a big share.

Is there any possible way to legally avoid the taxations?

30% is obviously a big amount. But considering the fact that Indian government was thinking of banning cryptocurrency, I would say that tax is a net positive. You can now consider cryptocurrency as a legal asset in India.