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ELSS (Equity Linked Saving Scheme), a tax-saving mutual fund scheme is the answer to all your tax troubles. These funds not only help save taxes on your returns, in fact being an equity-related fund, it also help build wealth over the long term.
ELSS or Equity Linked Saving Schemes, are Equity mutual fund schemes, made specifically, for those investors who want to generate wealth through investment and at the same time they also want tax-saving returns.
As per SEBI (Security Exchange Board of India) and Section 80C of The Income Tax Act, investment up to Rs 1.5 lakh per annum in ELSS mutual funds offers tax-saving returns to its investors.
How to Choose the Right ELSS Funds?
Let us know about the features that one should know before selecting the right ELSS mutual funds to invest in.
- The fund should have invested a large percentage of its portfolio in equity
- The lock-in period is 3 years (which is the shortest amongst all tax-saving instruments).
- You can reap the benefits of both capital appreciation from investments in equity along saving tax.
- You have the option of dividend payouts or choose a growth option for capital appreciation.
Well, for you we have prepared a list of some of the BEST ELSS MUTUAL FUNDS, based on returns, latest Nav, ratings, performance, etc. for your assistance.
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BOI AXA Tax Advantage Fund
An ELSS category equity mutual fund, run and managed by BOI AXA Mutual Fund House. The fund has 98.02% investment in Indian stocks of which 30.56% is in large-cap stocks, 22.14% is in mid-cap stocks, 18.32% in small-cap stocks.
Fund also has 0.11% investment in Debt out of which 0.11% in Government securities.
The fund size of the scheme is around Rs 519 crores and it charges a total expense ratio of around 2.54%. The fund does not charge any exit load. However, redemption before three years of investment is not allowed.
The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity-related securities across all market capitalizations. The Scheme is like a diversified multi-cap fund.
This fund is best recommended to investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3 years and looking for additional benefits of income tax saving apart from higher returns expectations.
Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund - Regular Plan-Growth
An ELSS category equity mutual fund, run and managed by Mirae Asset Mutual Fund House. The fund has 99.61% investment in Indian stocks of which 53.11% is in large-cap stocks, 15.69% is in mid-cap stocks, 8.4% in small-cap stocks.
The fund size of the scheme is around Rs 10,146 crores and it charges a total expense ratio of around 1.7%. The fund does not charge any exit load. However, redemption before three years of investment is not allowed.
The investment objective of the scheme is to generate long-term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity-related instruments.
This fund is best recommended to investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3 years and looking for additional benefits of income tax saving apart from higher returns expectations.
Canara Robeco Equity Tax Saver - Regular Plan
An ELSS category equity mutual fund, run and managed by Canara Robeco Mutual Fund House. The fund has 97.76% investment in Indian stocks of which 62.97% is in large-cap stocks, 13.35% is in mid-cap stocks, 6.2% in small-cap stocks.
The fund size of the scheme is around Rs 2,893 crores and it charges a total expense ratio of around 2.06%. The fund does not charge any exit load. However, redemption before three years of investment is not allowed.
The prime objective of the fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly investing in equities to facilitate the subscribers to seek tax benefits as provided under Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
This fund is best recommended to investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3 years and looking for additional benefits of income tax saving apart from higher returns expectations.
UTI Long Term Equity Fund- Regular Plan
An ELSS category equity mutual fund, run and managed by Axis Mutual Fund House. The fund has 97.41% investment in Indian stocks of which 46.52% is in large-cap stocks, 18.79% is in mid-cap stocks, 14.78% in small-cap stocks.
The fund size of the scheme is around Rs 3046 crores and it charges a total expense ratio of around 2.26%. The fund does not charge any exit load. However, redemption before three years of investment is not allowed.
The prime objective of the fund is to generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity-related securities.
This fund is best recommended to investors who are looking to invest money for at least 3 years and looking for additional benefits of income tax saving apart from higher returns expectations.
To get more details about the fund you can refer to the fund fact sheet or you can get in touch with us. Call us on- 0612-6604453 or mail us at- [email protected].
For any kind of query, you can contact us at Shri Ashutosh Securities Pvt Ltd., we are here to help you in any way possible.
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(Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risk Illustrations are for example only, there is no guarantee of returns. Past performance is not an indicator/guarantee to future returns).