{"id":235607,"date":"2022-05-03T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=235607"},"modified":"2022-05-03T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T12:17:36","slug":"india-eyes-20-taxation-on-defi-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/india-eyes-20-taxation-on-defi-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"India eyes 20% taxation on DeFi gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a report from The Economic Times, India is looking to extend its crypto taxations to include gains made from decentralized finance (DeFi) activities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>20% tax on DeFi<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said that the country\u2019s tax department was looking at how it could impose a 20% tax on the interest earned by Indians from crypto platforms that aren\u2019t based in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this plan goes through, Indians would now have to pay taxes on earnings from deposits or trading activities in DeFi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has reportedly been talking to tax experts on how it can implement this. There are also indications that the department is considering whether such transactions should also attract an equalization levy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to one of the anonymous sources, the government could be looking to withdraw these taxes from the source, especially in cases where one of those involved didn\u2019t submit their PAN card details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The founder of tax advisory firm Transaction Square Girish Vanwari said,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&#8220;For the tax department, tracking of these transactions is very crucial. The government could slap a 5% additional tax in the form of equalisation levy on any transaction where one of the persons is not based in India and has not submitted their PAN card or other tax details.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeFi has become one of the most popular ways for crypto investors to earn passively by borrowing or lending money to other users. However, the decentralized nature of this space might prove to be a stumbling block in the implementation of this new proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Indians turn to DeFi.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Indian crypto investors have turned to DeFi platforms after the government recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/former-indian-chief-minister-likens-crypto-to-gambling-calls-for-higher-taxation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imposed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a 30% taxation on all crypto gains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The draconian taxation led to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/trading-volume-drops-as-30-capital-gains-tax-on-crypto-tax-goes-into-effect-in-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the trading volumes of centralized crypto exchanges based in the country. 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