New Delhi: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Income-tax Return Forms (ITR Forms) for the Assessment Year 2023-24 and will come into effect from 1st April 2023, the Ministry of Finance said.

The forms have been notified well in advance in order to enable the filing of returns from the beginning of the ensuing Assessment Year, it added.

A separate schedule for virtual digital assets (VDA) has been added to report income from assets such as cryptocurrency, said reports.

The taxpayers owning VDA have to furnish details like date of acquisition, date of transfer head under which income to be taxed (Capital Gain), and cost of acquisition (in case of gift) to be filled in by a person who is in receipt of amounts.

The government had introduced the provisions for taxing VDAs in Financial Year 2022-23.

Income from the transfer of virtual digital assets, like crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are taxed at 30 percent at the end of each financial year.

No deduction, except the cost of acquisition, is allowed while reporting income from the transfer of digital assets

The schedule for VDA is present in every ITR except ITR1.