After the 30 per cent tax rate introduced by the Government in the Union Budget 2022-23, cryptocurrency sale transactions are set to attract additional tax deducted at source (TDS) of 1 per cent from July 1 onwards.
The TDS deduction will be applicable to all virtual digital asset (VDA) transfers including cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – worth over 10,000. In the newly introduced clause 47 A of the Income Tax Act, VDA is defined as any information, code, number or token, except Indian or any other foreign currency, that is generated through cryptographic or other means. Non- Fungible or any other similar tokens are included in this definition.
A TDS deduction of 1 per cent was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2022-23. However, ambiguity over the rates arose after the income tax department website mentioned that the rate for virtual digital assets had been brought down to 0.1 per cent from the 1 per cent TDS on such assets....
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