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Feb 1 38 tweets 6 min read
Budget 2022:

A master thread - Let's go 🚀

Will cover all things that matter for individuals and try to simplify things.
#Budget2022
Market movements after budget from @deepakshenoy

Conclusion - Probably nothing. Markets are unpredictable 🤷🏻‍♂️

New rules for foreign retirement accounts were expected last year.

Introduced in Budget 2021 but they probably forgot about it? 😂

Let's see if there's anything this year.

Does anyone care about the difference between 100 crores and 10000 crores?

We can't tell the difference.

Here's an excerpt from our budget highlights 2021:
Anyone taking bets for if the words "crypto currency" or "digital currency" will be said at all?
Why can't the budget be released before (or during the speech)?

Why is all this jazz necessary?

(Especially when all people want to know is if the 80C limit is increased).
Does the Government have a special team just for naming and branding?

Scheme names I've heard so far:
1. Gati Shakti Masterplan
2. One class one TV channel
3. Drone Shakti
75 digital banks to be set up in 75 districts.

Not bad. 🤷🏻‍♂️
That's it? That's it for Fintech?

When the first few lines in the budget included focus on Fintech?
E-passports coming in 2022-23.

Next-gen passports for security of biometric data and smooth passage through immigraton posts globally.
Battery swapping policy to be formulated for EVs - Good!

And interoperability standards to be formed.
For those looking to buy EVs. You get a tax deduction on the loan:

Company winding up to get easier. Let's see the implementation - but good move!
Why does the budget keep getting longer?

Should get shorter 🥱 Should be headlines only.

This bit on capital investments sounds like a bcom answer 😅
Does anyone in the parliament listen to anything @nsitharaman says?

Or do they just clap when she changes her tone 😅
Sovereign Green Bonds are coming - might be worth looking at.

Watch this space.
Expert committee to be set up for removing friction points for startups.

I don't know how many committees have been set up over the last 3-4 years.

Why even announce this in the budget? To trend in startup Twitter?
She said blockchain 😱

Digital rupee coming in 2022-23. To be issued by RBI.
Direct tax - here we go!

But before that we need to listen to something from Mahabharat 🥱
Same old same old. Reduce litigation, more transparency, etc etc
File updated ITR on payment of tax.

Good move. If some income has been missed by mistake, you can file an updated ITR within 2 years.
Similar to a revised ITR, I guess.

But only for mistakes that you can see from the AIR.
AMT for cooperative society reduced to 15%.

Surcharge to be reduced to 7% for co-op societies.
Eligible startups can register till 31.3.2023.

We knew this was coming.
Tax on crypto and NFTs at FLAT 30%.

No deductions!

Loss cannot be set off against other income.
Gifts of crypto to be taxable as well.
You can't show crypto as business income anymore.

It'll fall under capital gains only!
TDS at 1% on crypto transactions.

Let's read the fine print.
Surcharge on LTCG to be capped at 15%.

Big move. Will reduce tax significantly for HNIs.
More on the crypto tax:

Exchanges will very likely start deducting TDS. Let's see how regulations are shaped.

@WazirXIndia @zebpay @CoinSwitchKuber etc will have to deduct TDS.
How this will affect Decentralised exchanges? Let's see.
No other change in income tax. No news is good news 😁
And we're done.

#Budget2022

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Feb 2
Now that the dust has finally settled on Budget 2022, let's break down the crypto tax and what that means for everyone.

We've spent the last 24 hours breaking down the Finance Bill 2022 and here's what we found.

Crypto tax - a thread 🧵 Image
1/ You've all seen the news - there's a new tax introduced on cryptocurrencies in Budget 2021. How does this affect you? Is this good news or bad news?

Let's get into it.

Full article below:
2/ Virtual Digital Asset 🪙

Virtual digital assets have an official definition now. Broadly, here’s what it includes:

- All cryptocurrencies (whether on private or public blockchain)
- All NFTs
- Any other digital asset that the Government may notify
Read 44 tweets
Jan 12
How are investments in REITs taxed in India? 🏢

With multiple REITs available now in India (Embassy, Mindspace, Brookfield), you really should understand the tax implications on investing in REITs.

A Thread 🧵
1/ Distributions from REIT:

A REIT can distribute money to you in the following forms:

•Dividend
•Interest
•Amortization of debt
•Any combination of the above
2/ The REIT will provide you a Form 64B at the end of the year. All you have to do is pick up these numbers and plug them into your ITR.
Read 11 tweets
Jan 10
New issue of Sovereign Gold Bond starts today🏅

I've been asked the tax implications so many times, so here you go.

Here's a very simple cheatsheet - A thread 🧵

Retweet for karma 😇
🏅 Buy in primary issue, hold till maturity:
No tax on maturity

🏅 Buy in primary issue, sell in secondary market:
Capital gains tax applies

🏅 Buy in secondary market, hold till maturity:
No tax on maturity
🏅 Buy in secondary market, sell in secondary market:
Capital gains tax applies

Note that Interest is always taxable at slab rates.

#SGB #investment #incometax
Read 4 tweets
Oct 10, 2021
Let's introduce you to the crypto world. And where to get started. I'm going to use stock analogies here.

I've spent over 100 hours dissecting the basics.

Here's a Crypto investing 101. A thread 🧵

Like and Retweet 🚀
1/ Indian exchanges:

Think of crypto exchanges like WazirX, Zebpay and CoinDCX as a broker-cum-exchange. I like to say this is Zerodha + NSE.

They allow you to purchase cryptocurrency on the exchange as well as act as a store of your cryptocurrencies.
All your crypto currencies are stored on a Wallet with these exchanges. There are considered centralized exchanges.

These exchanges allow you to invest in all your major cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, ADA, Matic, etc

Most transactions are denominated in INR
Read 20 tweets
Oct 8, 2021
I've been thinking about this for a while.

Is there a way we get around the fact that Bitcoin DOES NOT work in isolation? Bitcoin is (and probably always will be) valued in terms of another currency.

#Bitcoin #Crypto #Blockchain

1/n Image
So you have an alternative to Gold - great! But is that all that Bitcoin can be?

Bitcoin does not seem like it can ever be used as a medium of exchange. For multiple reasons:

2/n
1. Governments are unlikely to allow this.
2. How do you value something in Bitcoin terms if the value keeps fluctuating? A currency needs to be stable(ish)

3/n
Read 7 tweets
Oct 6, 2021
Been reading a ton about the Pandora Papers. Here's the thing - what rich people, politicians and cricketers may be doing might not be illegal.

Here's a Pandora Papers 101 📓

#PandoraPapers #tax Image
1/ There are at least 380 persons of Indian nationality in the Pandora Papers.

These documents relate to the ultimate ownership of assets ‘settled’ (or placed) in private offshore trusts.

Corporate mumbo jumbo is cut out. This looks at who is the real owner of an asset.
2/ Ugh. What's this trust you keep speaking of?

Without getting into the legal mumbo jumbo of it, a trustee (a third party) holds assets on behalf of individuals that are to benefit from it (beneficiaries).
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