Today, if
you redeem after your investment completes one year, say on 10th Aug 2018 and the NAV on that day is Rs. 18, then you will have to pay tax on Rs. 3 (18 - 15) instead of Rs. 8 (18 - 10) as the date of acquisition has changed from the actual date (August 9, 2017) to the grandfathered date (January 31, 2018).
Not exact matches
With about 70 Lacs of my savings being planned for Equity
investment for the next 3 yrs, I was hoping to reap the returns from the Equity MFs ie
redeem the «gain portion» say
after 3 years (year by year)..
Equity oriented balanced funds have similar tax treatment as Equity mutual funds, i.e. Tax free
after 1 year and 15 % tax if
redeemed before 1 year of
investment.
Dear Biswadeep, If your
investment horizon is say 3 years, that is you invest for 3 years and
redeem after completing 3 years.
Reinstatement Privilege If all or a part of an Account Owner's Class A Units in the Advisor Plan are
redeemed in connection with a withdrawal or transfer, and the Account Owner purchased the Class A Units subject to an Initial Sales Charge or paid a CDSC on their redemption, the Account Owner may reinvest an amount equal to all or a portion of the redemption proceeds in Class A Units of the same
Investment Portfolio or any other
Investment Portfolio at the Net Unit Value, without the imposition of an Initial Sales Charge, next determined
after receipt in good order of the contribution, provided that such reinvestment is made within one year of the withdrawal or transfer.
Investors who wish to
redeem / withdraw all the units (the entire balance including dividend reinvested)
after three year lock - in period of the original
investment can not do so, due to lock - in of each transaction of dividend reinvestment, leading to confusion and investor grievances.
So you won't have to pay any tax if you
redeem after 12 months from the
investment.
Most equity funds have an exit load of 1 % if
redeemed before a year from
investment and no exit load if
redeemed after a year.
So, in order to not pay any tax, you should
redeem your
investment made in January 2017
after one year, that is,
after January 2018.
The income is charged under Long Term Capital Gains if
investment done on any asset (except mutual funds / shares) is
redeemed after twenty four months (previously it was thirty six months).
For mutual funds or shares, the income will be taxed as Long Term Capital Gain if the
investment is
redeemed after twelve months.