The ELSS SIP Route To Intelligent Wealth Building

Are you a seasoned investor or just looking forward to start investing in mutual funds?

In any way, we are sure the goal is to build wealth for your long and short term life goals.

And in this quest to build potential wealth, there are many types of Mutual funds schemes that could help you achieve your financial goals.

A major chunk of the market money is invested in ELSS Mutual Funds. After all, ELSS Mutual funds do help you save tax and also have the potential to earn long term risk adjusted returns.

So in this article, we would tell you more about ELSS Mutual Funds.

ELSS SIP:

To put it in simple terms, or to just give you the full form, ELSS SIP means Equity Linked Savings Scheme Systematic Investment plan.

An ELSS SIP Mutual fund or Equity-Linked Savings Scheme Fund is a type of mutual fund that allocates more than 80% of its assets in equity and/or equity linked securities, like listed shares. They do have some exposure to fixed-income securities as well.

An SIP allows an investor to invest in a fund on a regular basis, by setting aside a fixed amount to be deducted from his/her bank account on a set date every month, which is invested in a fund of choice.

So, an ELSS SIP basically means investing in ELSS Funds in a disciplined manner by setting aside a fixed amount every month.

Now the question is, how does one decide on the amount that needs to be invested in ELSS SIP.

This is where an ELSS SIP Calculator comes in picture.

An ELSS SIP calculator is a simulation by the help of which an investor can get an estimate of the value, his/her investment could get over a period of time.

The ELSS SIP calculator will ask you to enter the mode of investment – SIP in this case, the investment amount, frequency of the SIP (Monthly/Yearly), an expected rate of return annually, and the duration for which you plan to continue the SIP’s.

With these inputs, an ELSS SIP calculator gives you the total amount your investment would have accumulated at the end of the investment period. This helps investors to align your investment and requirements together.

So, that was about the ELSS SIP Calculator.

We can now assume you know how to find out how much to invest in an ELSS SIP and what returns to expect, thanks to the ELSS SIP Calculator.

Which means you are now more informed and may want to start investing in an ELSS SIP.

But before that, you must also know about one more aspect of mutual fund investing.

ELSS Lock In Period:

When investing in any mutual fund scheme, it is very important that an investor knows about the Lock in Period.

ELSS Lock In Period is no different.

Lock-in period in mutual funds refers to the period for which an investor cannot redeem the units purchased. It is a predetermined period starting from the date of investment.

So, your money is “Locked In”!

ELSS mutual funds are the of open-ended scheme that has a lock in period of 3 years

But when it comes to the ELSS Lock In Period, there is one big advantage.

Amongst the other tax saving instruments in its category, ELSS Mutual Funds have the smallest lock in period of 3 years.

Which simply means, that you can redeem the units you have purchased just after 3 years. Here is a basic comparison for your understanding:

This makes it a bit clear as to why investing in ELSS SIP Mutual Funds makes more sense to some investors.

But that is not the only benefit of ELSS SIP Mutual Funds.

Let’s move on to the biggest advantage of ELSS SIP Mutual funds.

ELSS SIP Tax Benefit:

You see, ELSS Mutual Fund are the only type of mutual fund schemes that come under the ambit of the section 80c of the Income tax act. 1961.

In simple words, if you invest in ELSS SIP Mutual Funds, you avail Rs.1.5 Lakh tax benefit.

This could very well help you in saving upto Rs 46,800 a year for the highest tax bracket.

Which means the ELSS SIP Tax Benefits are something to be kept on the top of the list when planning which funds to invest in.

But one also has to understand that the gains/profits one gets from selling of ELSS fund units is not completely tax free.

The taxation on capital gains is dependent on the holding period. For a short term holding period of less than 1 year, the capital gains are taxable at 15%. The long-term capital gains (LTCG) with a holding period of over a year lesser than Rs 100,000 a year are tax-free

Anything more than this will be subject to a long-term capital gains tax at a rate of 10%, plus all the applicable cess and surcharge.

And for all the Income you may get through IDCW option from your ELSS Sip Mutual Fund investments, are simply added to your overall income and taxed according to the applicable income tax slab.

However, what is worth noting is that despite all these taxations, ELSS SIP Mutual funds are still considered as one of the best tax-saving investment option that is covered under the Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

So, today we told you about ELSS SIP Mutual Funds.

We would like to think you now know much more about ELSS SIP Calculator, ELSS SIP lock in period, ELSS SIP mutual funds, ELSS SIP tax benefit etc

So, if you want to start with an ELSS SIP Mutual fund investment, you can start with us right here.

Disclaimer, Statutory Details & Risk Factors:

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