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Crypto TDS showing in AIS
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Facts
Transfers of virtual digital assets have 1% TDS, which appears in AIS and 26AS. Gains are taxed at 30% plus cess with no deduction except cost, and losses cannot be set off or carried forward.
Provisions and law
- Sec 285BB (now Sec 510)Annual Information Statement of a taxpayer's reported transactions and taxes
- Sec 115BBH (now Sec 194)Tax on income from virtual digital assets
- Sec 194S (now Sec 393)TDS on transfer of virtual digital assets
Analysis
Get the exchange's tax report. If you sold crypto for ₹5,00,000 bought for ₹3,50,000, the gain is ₹1,50,000 taxed at 30% plus cess, about ₹46,800. TDS of ₹5,000 is credited against it. A loss on another coin cannot reduce this gain. Report each transfer in Schedule VDA.
Conclusion
- Download the exchange tax report
- Compute gain per transfer using cost only
- Report in Schedule VDA and claim the TDS
- Pay balance tax before filing
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