Recently India has passed a crypto bill to tax crypto income by 30% but at the same time claiming that taxing cryptos doesn't make them legal and states it's country's sovereign right to tax crypto and this atrocity doesn't stop here as they have mentioned that the decision about banning crypto or legalizing it will taken after further consultation.
Can they tax something which is not legal? How can a country tax something which is not legal? Moreover they still have plans of banning crypto since they are not clear about their stands on legalization. Not sure if it's an attempt to unofficially break the crypto market in India or what's going on.
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https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/taxing-cryptocurrencies-does-not-give-them-legal-status-clarifies-indias-finance-minister/articleshow/89500097.cmsYes, they have always been taxing what is not legal. Gambling they tax heavily and gambling is not legal within the territory of India but yet from the very start gambling income is taxed heavily in the country. Even though I don't agree with this sort of draconian law on crypto but still 30% tax is still bearable. What is not at all bearable is the hefty 1% TDS that will be levied on sale proceeds every time you will make a sale. This doesn't make any sense and is irrational and is a deliberate technique to stop crypto trading in India. What I see from here is that they might in the coming months ban the foreign exchanges altogether and then eventually ban cryptos. They think this way they might get rid of it in phased manner.
Bit different view,
As in India Wazirx, BitBNS, CoinDCX, Zebpay, and a few more offer crypto exchange services, where users can only exchange cryptocurrencies, except that no government can know how much crypto asset you hold.
All of the above exchanges are members of IAMAI (Internet And Mobile Association of India), along with this Binance is also a member of IAMAI. So, banning is not possible, in a legal manner. so taxation of the exchanged asset against fiat is charged by 30%.
At a certain level, exchanges have always been with the government for legal interaction. But to date, everything is going well as it's all about KYC and AML.
But crypto and blockchain are revolutionary and innovative concepts taking the world to a new height. The government also still testing its possibilities. But surely it will take much time to adjust to the global economy. As in the crypto market, many innovative things are happening which are solely based on cryptocurrencies, blockchain including AI and ML.
So the future is completely innovative but at the same time, it will be much more costly.