About the Crypto Profit Loss Calculator
What is the Crypto Profit Loss Calculator?
This crypto profit calculator shows what a trade actually earns you in India. It works out the gross gain, deducts exchange fees, then applies the 30% tax plus 4% cess on crypto gains.
Remember that fees are not deductible for tax: the 30% applies to the sale price minus the purchase cost only.
How to use the Crypto Profit Loss Calculator
- Buy Price per Coin (₹) (sample: 50,00,000)
- Sell Price per Coin (₹) (sample: 58,00,000)
- Quantity (coins) (sample: 0.05)
- Buy Fee (%) (sample: 0.2)
- Sell Fee (%) (sample: 0.2)
- Press Calculate Crypto Profit (results also refresh as you type). The result card shows the Profit After Tax, along with Gross profit / loss, Return before tax, Trading fees and Tax at 30% + cess (fees not deductible).
Formula used
Profit after tax = (Sell − Buy) × Quantity − Fees − 31.2% × Gain
- 31.2% = 30% tax + 4% cess
- TDS = 1% of the sale value, credited against your tax
Crypto losses cannot be set off against any other income or carried forward.
Worked example
These are the sample values already filled in the calculator above, and the result it returns for them:
| Input | Sample value |
|---|---|
| Buy Price per Coin (₹) | 50,00,000 |
| Sell Price per Coin (₹) | 58,00,000 |
| Quantity (coins) | 0.05 |
| Buy Fee (%) | 0.2 |
| Sell Fee (%) | 0.2 |
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Profit After Tax | ₹26,440 |
| Gross profit / loss | ₹40,000 |
| Return before tax | 16% |
| Trading fees | ₹1,080 |
| Tax at 30% + cess (fees not deductible) | ₹12,480 |
| TDS deducted on sale (1%) | ₹2,900 |
| Loss treatment | Gain taxed at a flat 30% plus cess |
How crypto is taxed in India
| Rule | Crypto / VDA in India (Section 115BBH, 194S) |
|---|---|
| Tax rate | 30% on each gain, plus 4% cess (and surcharge if applicable) |
| Deductions | Only the cost of acquisition – no deduction for fees or other expenses |
| Losses | Cannot be set off against any income, even other crypto gains, or carried forward |
| TDS | 1% on sale value above ₹50,000 a year (₹10,000 for others); 20% without PAN |
| Gifts | Crypto received as a gift above ₹50,000 is taxed in the receiver's hands |
Tips for using the Crypto Profit Loss Calculator
- Keep exchange statements for every trade – you need the cost of each coin sold.
- Report crypto gains in Schedule VDA of your income-tax return.