ITR 2026, June 18 -- Did you invest in Bitcoins, Ethereum, Tether or any other cryptocurrency in FY 2025-26 to earn capital gain during the financial year? If that is the case, then you are supposed to declare your crypto income in the 'Schedule VDA' of the income tax return (ITR) form.

However, it is important that you file your tax return in the correct ITR form.

The VDA schedule is missing in ITR-1, which means you can file your return either in ITR-2 (for salaried individuals) or ITR-3 (for business persons).

Income earned from the sale of cryptocurrencies should be declared in the Virtual Digital Asset (VDA) schedule. In the income tax (I-T) parlance, cryptocurrencies are referred to as VDAs.

"It is vital to remember that crypto ...