How Mutual Funds will be taxed now – Budget 2018-19

LTCG-Tax

How Mutual Funds will be taxed now – Budget 2018-19

Equity Mutual Funds

Fund Type Short Term Capital Gain Long Term Capital Gain (> 1 year) Dividend Tax
  • Equity Fund
  • ELSS Fund (tax saving)
  • Hybrid Fund – Balanced (Aggressive or Equity oriented)
  • Arbitrage Fund
15%
  • Gain up-to 1Lac–Zero Tax
    exempted
  • Gain > 1lac – 10% Tax
    without indexation
  • Cost on oldinvestments
    based on 31st Jan 2018 closing price##
10%

## Which means, if you have invested INR 100 on 1st Jan 2016, and if you redeem on 2nd Feb 2018 @ INR 155, LTCG will be calculated based on the price on 31st Jan 2018. Let’s say on 31st Jan 2018, the value was INR 150, in-short you have to calculate LTCG on INR 5 only, provided the total gain exceeds 1lac.

** Dividend Tax; after adding 12% surcharge & 4% cess = 11.65%
** Capital Gain tax calculated(Short term or Long term), will also include surcharge based on your total income and 4% cess.

Debt Mutual Funds

Fund Type Short Term Gain Long Term Gain (> 3 years) Dividend Tax
  • Debt Fund
  • Liquid/ Money Market Fund
  • Hybrid Fund – MIP (Conservative or Debt oriented)
your personal Tax rate
  • 20%
    after indexation
25%

** Dividend Tax; after adding 12% surcharge & 4% cess = 29.12%** Capital Gain tax calculated (Short term or Long term), will also include surcharge based on your total income and 4% cess.

Manoj Chahar
Founder & Storyteller at Moneyfrog.in
Manoj is the founder of Moneyfrog.in, with 15 years of corporate experience & expertise in financial markets. Manoj has corporate stints with Kotak Securities, IIFL group & Philips India. He holds an MBA (PGDM) degree from Symbiosis (SIMS) Pune.
His interests include birding & adventure activities.

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