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People react with hilarious memes after 30% Tax on crypto assets announced

Budget 2022: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made the announcement today about 30% Tax on crypto assets.

Updated on: Feb 1, 2022, 15:48:26 IST
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Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the budget today, declared a 30 percent tax on any income from the transfer of virtual digital assets. This is a huge announcement for all the crypto investors and taxpayers, so it didn’t take much time for people to take to Twitter to showcase their reactions to it. Among them, there were many who shared their reactions with memes. Some also did so while using the words 30% Tax – so much so that “30% Tax” is now trending on Twitter.

Budget 2022: A Twitter user shared this meme while reacting to the 30% Tax on crypto assets. (Twitter/@AkVillainn)
Budget 2022: A Twitter user shared this meme while reacting to the 30% Tax on crypto assets. (Twitter/@AkVillainn)

We have collected some of the rib-tickling memes that people shared after the announcement.

Here is a Twitter user who shared a picture of Anushka Sharma from the 2018 film Sui Dhaaga to put forth their point:

Then there is this individual who shared how they feel about the announcement:

Here are some more memes that may make you laugh out loud:

“Any income from virtual digital assets is taxable at 30 per cent,” the finance minister said during the Union Budget today. “There will be no deduction with exception of the cost of acquisition. The TDS is applicable beyond a specified monetary threshold, and the gift of virtual currencies is taxable in the hands of the recipient,” she added.

What are your thoughts on the hilarious memes people posted while reacting to 30% Tax on crypto assets?

 
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Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.

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