$3.8 Billion Was Transferred Out Of India Crypto Market Due To The Harsh Tax Regime

Key Points:

• India crypto market were transferred more than $3.8 billion in trading cryptocurrency from domestic to international exchanges between February and October 2022.
• The CEO of WazirX, who previously viewed 1% TDS as the industry’s worst-case scenario, projected that Indians will “find a way out” of the system within the nation before “massively relocating” to the outside.

Money is leaving the India crypto market since the country implemented a severe tax regime on crypto transactions.

According to an Esya Center analysis, between February and October 2022, India crypto market was transferred more than $3.8 billion in trading cryptocurrency from domestic crypto exchanges to overseas exchanges.

Indian crypto traders may have lost interest and are progressively exiting the game due to income tax responsibilities of up to 30% and 1% tax on crypto transactions (TDS). Binance had 429,000 downloads as of September, three times more than CoinDCX exchange, since the tax was established in July 2022. Domestic markets lost 81% of trade volume following four months of contentious tax legislation.

At the time the tax policy went into force, Nischal Shetty, CEO of WazirX, who had regarded 1% TDS as the industry’s worst-case scenario, predicted that Indians would “find a way out” of the system within the country and then “massively relocate” to the outside.

According to the Esya analysis, if the current tax system is maintained for the next four years, the government will lose around $1.2 trillion in domestic trading activity. Furthermore, the Esya researchers urge that authorities reduce the TDS from 1% to 0.1% each transaction, which is similar to a securities transaction tax. They also advocate allowing losses to offset profits and instituting a progressive tax on gains rather than a flat 30% tax.

As a country with imports exceeding exports at an all-time high of $36.4 billion, India requires cash inflows rather than outflows, as it currently does. The latest findings may put pressure on authorities to halt the flow of money abroad via cryptocurrencies, which has widened India’s current account deficit.

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