Budget 2022: Crypto taxation at 30% sparks hilarious memes online
India Today
After Budget 2022 was announced, Twitter is abuzz with memes and jokes describing the pain of all the cryptocurrency investors. We have compiled the best set of memes and jokes for you.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union Budget 2022. The Budget 2022 turned out to be a shocker for those owning digital assets or were planning to invest in them. In her shortest Budget speech till date, the Finance Minister proposed a 30 per cent tax on income from transactions in "virtual digital assets". She also announced a 1 per cent TDS on payment made in relation to the transfer of a digital asset. FM Sitharaman also unveiled the Reserve Bank of India’s plans to launch a 'Digital Rupee' based on blockchain technology in the next financial year beginning on April 1, 2022.
Well, that was enough fodder for the meme makers to get to work. Twitter is abuzz with memes and jokes describing the pain of all the cryptocurrency investors. We have compiled the best set of memes and jokes for you. Take a look:
Tax Crypto, but ethically. Treat it like anyother professional asset class. #cryptocurrency #Budget2022 pic.twitter.com/h6QuP9o0iI
Crypto invester to government #cryptocurrencypic.twitter.com/1jZpMFoTg2