India’s Crypto Industry Misses Mention in FM’s Budget 2024 Speech, No Change in Taxes

India’s Crypto Industry Misses Mention in FM’s Budget 2024 Speech, No Change in Taxes

Indian crypto and Web3 industry, for days, had been adding posts after posts on social networking platforms urging the government to ‘#ReduceCryptoTax’. Despite the outcry, India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not even mention the crypto sector in the interim budget speech she presented in the parliament on Thursday, February…

India Strict about Overseeing, Automating Tax Work Around Crypto: KoinX’s Punit Agarwal

India Strict about Overseeing, Automating Tax Work Around Crypto: KoinX’s Punit Agarwal

The Income Tax Department of India is issuing alerts around high-value crypto transactions. The matter came to light earlier this week when Punit Agarwal observed a rise in income tax-related queries tied to crypto transactions from the income tax department. Agarwal is the founder of KoinX, a firm that provides…

New Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Rule Proposed in US for Sales, Exchanges of Digital Assets

New Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Rule Proposed in US for Sales, Exchanges of Digital Assets

Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to report new information on users’ sales and exchanges of digital assets to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under a proposed US Treasury Department rule published on Friday.  The rule is part of a broader push by Congress and regulatory authorities…

Complementary NFTs for Crypto Taxpayers in India: TaxNodes Hatches Game Plan

Complementary NFTs for Crypto Taxpayers in India: TaxNodes Hatches Game Plan

Profits generated via crypto activities in India are subjected to a 30 percent tax deduction, a rule that most members of the Indian crypto community have been failing to comply with. In order to get more Indian crypto investors to pay their taxes, TaxNodes has decided to offer complimentary NFTs…

US Government May Impose Disciplinary 30 Percent Taxes on Crypto Miners: Details

US Government May Impose Disciplinary 30 Percent Taxes on Crypto Miners: Details

The US, in recent years, has emerged as a hotspot for crypto miners to establish their operations, especially after China imposed a blanket ban on all crypto-related activities in 2021. Given the environmental concerns and the power intensive nature of crypto mining, the US is mulling on imposing a punitive…

WazirX Ties Up With Singapore’s TaxNodes to Simplify Crypto Tax Computations, Filings: Details

WazirX Ties Up With Singapore’s TaxNodes to Simplify Crypto Tax Computations, Filings: Details

WazirX, the Indian crypto exchange, announced its partnership with Singapore-based TaxNodes on Tuesday, May 2. The aim of this partnership is to allow WazirX users to compute their crypto taxes in India and file their taxes on a timely basis. The move is intended to simplify the understanding for investors…

India Strict about Overseeing, Automating Tax Work Around Crypto: KoinX’s Punit Agarwal

India Clocked 0.07 Percent Crypto Tax Payers; Over 99 Percent Global Investors Evaded Dues: Divly Report

The crypto community of India has not been very supportive of the tax rules that the government enforced on the trade of virtual digital assets last year. It is estimated that only 0.07 percent of Indian crypto owners actually declared and paid their taxes in the year of 2022. The…

Crypto Firms Seek Refined Approach Towards Sector From Government, Pit India as Next Industry Hub

Crypto Firms Seek Refined Approach Towards Sector From Government, Pit India as Next Industry Hub

India’s contribution in the development of Web3, metaverse, and blockchain could increase multi-fold, if more Indians engaged with the digital assets sector, according to PayBito chief Raj Chowdhury. India’s current tax regime on the digital assets sector, Chowdhury believes, is restricting the growth potential of the sector in the country….

Italy Imposes 26 Percent Capital Tax on Crypto Profits Above ,060: All Details

Italy Imposes 26 Percent Capital Tax on Crypto Profits Above $2,060: All Details

Italy’s parliament has decided to impose a 26 percent capital tax on profits exceeding $2,060 (roughly Rs.1.7 lakh) generated out of crypto trading. The country has acknowledged the presence of the virtual digital assets (VDA) sector in the existing financial system This tax imposition will be implemented as part of…

UK PM Rishi Sunak Revokes Tax Payments for Foreign Crypto Buyers: Details

UK PM Rishi Sunak Revokes Tax Payments for Foreign Crypto Buyers: Details

Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the UK, is actively working on shaping up the crypto sector for the nation with rules and regulations. Going into 2023, foreigners who are using local British crypto exchanges for buying cryptocurrencies will be exempted from paying taxes. In the UK, profits generated out…