InvestmentYogi tells you the investment avenues to maximise tax benefits available under Sec 80C & 80D.
With less than 6 months left for the close of the financial year, smart investors would have commenced their annual tax planning. Tax-saving funds (also referred to as equity linked savings schemes -- ELSS) are popular avenues among risk-taking investors. Apart from providing benefits under Section 80C (investments in tax-saving funds are eligible for deduction from gross total income), tax-saving funds offer investor opportunity to invest as per their risk appetite.
If you are investing your money only in public provident funds then should you start putting your money in mutual funds' systematic investment plans?
What are the good mutual funds that you must buy for the long term? Are there any good mutual funds that will not only make money but help you save your tax? Get Ahead financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar has some answers.
For the purpose of our discussion, we have chosen schemes which offer tax benefits at the time of making investment under Section 80C, i.e. Public Provident Fund & National Savings Certificate.
Mutual fund investment is meant for long-term investors and one can easily make 15 per cent returns per annum over a 20-25 year time period.
Markets pose a host of options - insurance, mutual funds, select post office schemes, PPF etc. Where you invest should depend on your needs, says financial planning expert Rahul Goel.
Look at the pros and cons of both the options and take a decision yourself!
Financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar answered mutual fund, stock market, financial planning queries in a chat with Get Ahead readers on January 23.
They give you tax sops on investments and are also exempt from long term capital gains tax.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Here we discuss two tools that if used optimally can save you heavy taxes. Both when used simultaneously create such synergy in tax savings that it is really mind-boggling. Read on. . .
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The performance of tax-saving funds seems even more impressive once the tax benefits have been factored in.
Is there a way by which you can save tax as well as make money? How do you go about doing it? Get Ahead tax expert Mahesh Padmanabhan has the answers.
The regulator has sought an increase in the investment limit for tax-saving equity mutual fund schemes to Rs 200,000 from the current Rs 150,000.
Tax deductions and prioritising their sequence will help you streamline your investments for efficient tax saving.
To select the right fund, investors need to first evaluate their risk profile and also assess the funds on parameters like the investment style, performance and risk, among others.
Pru Dynamic, Reliance Diversified Power Sector Fund, Pru Services Sector Fund/ Infrastructure Fund, Templeton Prima or Reliance Growth Fund can give you high returns in the next 3-5 years feels mutual fund expert T Srikanth Bhagavat.
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Consider tax saving funds -- their average annual return over the past five years has varied from 16% to 108%.
Being an ELSS, it offers deduction under Sec. 80C
It is a close-ended plan for a period of three years from the date of allotment of units, and will be converted into an open-ended one at the end of this tenure
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund too offers deduction under Sec. 80C
It's time to start planning your tax investments. Here are some new tax saving funds funds that have hit the market.
Here are some funds you can choose from if you want save tax and make some money in the bargain.
Our advice for investors -- opt for funds like HDFC Long Term Advantage and HDFC TaxSaver which have proven track records to show for, over longer timeframes.
No attention to detail seems to have been paid while introducing such a major provision and the wide arc of people it will take in its ambit, states Harsh Roongta.
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