{"id":48817,"date":"2026-03-05T19:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=48817"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:37:06","slug":"how-much-tax-is-applied-on-crypto-in-india","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/faq\/how-much-tax-is-applied-on-crypto-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Tax Is Applied on Crypto in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772717530647\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Crypto Taxes in India<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>In India, <strong>cryptocurrency investments<\/strong> are taxed as <strong>Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs)<\/strong>. The government introduced specific tax rules for crypto in the Union Budget 2022 to regulate digital asset transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The main rule is that <strong>profits from selling or trading Crypto are taxed at 30%<\/strong>, regardless of your income tax slab. This means that any gains made from cryptocurrencies like <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong>, <strong>Ethereum<\/strong>, or other assets in the <strong>Crypto market <\/strong>are subject to this flat tax rate.<\/p>\n<p>Another important rule is the <strong>1% TDS on Crypto transactions<\/strong>. When you sell or transfer cryptocurrency, the exchange deducts 1% of the transaction value as TDS, which is reported to the Income Tax Department.<\/p>\n<p>There are also some additional conditions under the current tax rules:<br \/>Crypto losses <strong>cannot be offset against other income<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Losses from one Crypto asset <strong>cannot be adjusted with gains from another<\/strong>.<br \/>Investors must report Crypto transactions in their <strong>Income Tax Return (ITR)<\/strong>.<br \/>Overall, if you trade or invest in <strong>cryptocurrency <\/strong>through platforms like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/)\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/)\">CoinSwitch<\/a><\/strong>, you must comply with these tax regulations and maintain proper records of your transactions.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48817","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/48817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}