Indian Government Reveals 11 Crypto Exchanges Investigated for Tax Evasion, $13 Million Recovered

The Indian authorities has revealed that 11 cryptocurrency exchanges person been nether probe by the country’s taxation authority. About 95.86 crore rupees ($12.6 million) person been recovered from them.

11 Crypto Exchanges Investigated for Tax Evasion

The Indian authorities answered immoderate questions regarding the taxation of cryptocurrency exchanges Monday successful Lok Sabha, the little location of parliament.

Parliament subordinate S. Ramalingam asked the concern curate “whether it is existent that immoderate cryptocurrency exchanges were progressive successful evasion of goods and services taxation (GST) and it was besides detected that different cryptocurrency exchanges and large investors successful integer currencies are nether probe by the government.”

In addition, the parliament subordinate asked the concern curate astir “the enactment taken oregon projected to beryllium taken by the authorities against those cryptocurrency exchanges that were detected successful GST evasion.”

The curate of authorities successful the ministry of finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, replied:

Few cases of evasion of goods and services taxation (GST) by cryptocurrency exchanges person been detected by Central GST formations.

He revealed that 11 cryptocurrency exchanges were investigated and taxation evasion successful the magnitude of 81.54 crore rupees were detected. The taxation authorization has recovered 95.86 crore rupees, including involvement and penalty.

The curate of authorities provided a database of the 11 exchanges investigated: Coindcx, Buyucoin, Coinswitch Kuber, Unocoin, Flitpay, Zeb IT Services (Zebpay), Secure Bitcoin Traders, Giottus Technologies, Awlencan Innovations India, Wazirx, and Discidium Internet Labs. The exchanges with the astir evasion detected were Wazirx, Coindcx, and Coinswitch Kuber, according to the list.

The database of crypto exchanges investigated for taxation evasion. Source: Minister Pankaj Chaudhary.

Lok Sabha subordinate Ramalingam besides asked the concern curate “whether the authorities has immoderate information regarding the fig of cryptocurrency exchanges that are presently progressive successful cryptocurrency speech concern successful the country.”

Minister Chaudhary replied:

The authorities does not cod immoderate information connected cryptocurrency exchanges.

Meanwhile, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has projected taxing crypto income astatine 30% and imposing a 1% taxation deducted astatine root (TDS) connected each crypto transaction. A parliament subordinate precocious urged the authorities to reconsider imposing the 1% TDS, stressing that it volition kill the crypto plus class.

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