Yes.. it can reduce your tax liability if the mutual funds are long term capital assets. Check section 54F of income tax act

Thank you for responding. So I am thinking about liquidating all the long term capital gains mutual funds and show it under 54F to offset my capital gains against house purchase and re-buy mutual funds. Basically use house purchase as an opportunity to offset LTCG. Any idea if that can be done?

Program Manager

This is completely fine and legal way of tax planning. Additionally you can claim deduction of interest paid on housing loan  up to Rs. 2 lakhs u/s 24 and 1.5 lakhs of principal repayment u/s 80C.

Chartered Accountant

AFAIK, once you redeem, you are liable to pay tax even if you invest again, because you "realized" the gains.

Well, you are wrong on that front. Read up Sec 54F...

Software Developer

If you use the LT Capital Gains to invest in a house within the next 1yr of selling, you do not have to pay Cap gains tax. I think there are conditions of the house like residential and first house etc.

Investment Manager

You don't have to pay tax if your gains are less than 1L.

Product Manager

Senior Consultant

Only if your portfolio is in loss. Sell and buy back so you can offset gains with loss and is allowed only till 1lac

Software Test - QA

Selling and buying mutual funds doesn’t help in reducing capital gains. Need to know your tax bracket for further planning. Dm on 7990744040 or connect on LinkedIn  - Abhishek Viramgami

Founder

1. 54F to save capital gains only if the gain amount is huge  
 2. You can claim deduction under 80C on the stamp duty paid on the house. 
 3. No tax to be paid upto 1 Lakh LTCG.

I recently bought a home by selling some mutual funds + bank loan.   I still have some mutual funds left and I was wondering if I could reduce my tax liability on capital gains by selling and re bu...

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

I recently bought a home by selling some mutual funds + bank loan. 

I still have some mutual funds left and I was wondering if I could reduce my tax liability on capital gains by selling and re buying mutual funds. 

Anyone who has done this? Or anyone who has a good CA who can advise on tax consultation?

Thanks in advance :)

Tax advice

Tax advice- Grapevine

Hello Finance experts!! 

I need advice on how can I save money on taxes while selling a property. 

I want to sell a property and invest it in another property near my family so it’s easy for me to handle the property. 

Example scenario. 
The flat I want to purchase is 50L and the property I am selling is 40L. 
What do I do in terms of Loans and the cash at hand to save the most??

Thanks in Advance

Save taxes on Selling a property!

Consultant

I have always been very intrigued about managing my own finances, never hired a CA till now. 

But every year when the tax return filing time comes I run into the same thought - Am I paying too much taxes, is there a way to plan it better?

wanted to get some information on how are you guys managing your taxes. 

- Do you guys have a dedicated CA? does hiring a CA helps? 

- How do you plan your finances? investing/Saving/restructuring to avoid paying the maximum taxes? 

- Some people setup a side business to set off some recurring losses/expenses to some extent. Does that work in long term? 

- In terms of wealth generation, what is your strategy? How much you are able to invest? What assets are good in your POV?

P.S. - Before someone comes up with you need to pay taxes so India can grow. I understand your POV but IMO, I am not able to get the benefits/infra in return, but I with all my heart believe in India’s growth story.

People with 50L+ taxable income, how much taxes are you paying? is there a way to reduce that?

Staff Engineer

I am salaried & have opted for new tax regime. I have zero liability (no EMIs, etc). Closed both my home loan & car loan. I live in my own house.

My yearly tax comes out to be around 12 Lakhs. I want to know if there is a scope to save taxes continuing with zero liability. I would not mind appointing a CA but I have no idea how to choose the best CA.
1. How much does a CA charge annually?
2. Is it really worthwhile to have a CA given the above?
3. What are some questions I must ask the prospective CAs so that I can assess their capability?
4. Salaried people that have already appointed a CA can share their experiences.
5. Is there any off-the-shelf ideas I can get here to save taxes?

Need help choosing a CA to save taxes

Software Architect

I started investing pretty late into MF's. Started with around 500-1000 rs per month around the covid period. I have stayed with those funds mostly equities. Till date have a decent XIRR of 30+ with around 20+% profit. (Dont even know what xirr indicates)

I am not sure whether I need to sell this funds and reinvest into another funds.

How to take that call. Any Mutual fund expert plz guide.

Mutual Funds Buy / Sell

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

People with 50L+ taxable income, how are you managing tax planning?

I have 20+ lakhs in bank account. My bank contact agent is telling me to invest these in a less risk mutual fund rather than in fds . What are your views on it? Is it the right path to go as that would help me save tax.

Investment advice

Security Engineer

Hi, I have recently graduated and now I'm going to start my career as a software developer. Can you suggest me with resources  for managing finances along with taxes and how to do investments or guide me how I can manage my expenses by giving some tips?
 
My base is around 14Lpa. 
My rent is around 25kpm. And monthly necessary expenditure of around 15kpm.
I am not that well-versed with taxes also. I'm learning about them. Currently I invest 3k in MF every month.
I would like to your suggestions and advises for the same.

Personal Finance Tips for fresher

Congratulations - you're off to a great start! Thats a tidy income to start off with. 
  
 My advise, cut out all the noise and random friendly advise from all and sundry and keep it really really simple till you hit a 50L investment corpus. 
  
 0. Buy a Term Insurance (vanilla, no riders) for 2 Cr. Annual Premium. Till 65 years of age.  
 0. Buy a Health Insurance cover for 10L.  Annual Premium. 
 0. If your parents aren't insured, buy a family floater cover for them now.  15L. Annual Premium.  This may become impossible as they age. 
 1. Start a monthly SIP in a single Nifty50 Index Fund (UTI : HDFC / ICICI / Nippon / doesn't matter).  From your data I'd say put in ~40K per month. 
 2. Start a PPF account and maximise annual investment - 1.5L pa.  
 3.  Invest all bonuses / increase in salary in the same Index Fund.   
  
 Watch the magic of compounding begin.  You'll see the impact of laying this foundation only post 20 yrs.  
  
 If your salary (and as a result your SIP) doesn't change, you should hit 50L in ~7 years.  Faster if you get good salary hikes and appraisals. 
  
 When you hit 50L, diversify into other asset classes (SGB + Flexicap MF + Real Estate for own use).  Do not create clutter by adding MFs and complicate life.  Keep investments simple as you scale: 
  
 30% - Index Fund 
 30% - Flexicap 
 20% - Gold (demat) 
 20% - Debt (EPF/PPF) 
  
 Rebalance asset allocation annually. 
  
 Never invest or choose instruments for tax planning. Tax optimisation leads to suboptimal instrument choices with your money (Insurance / Debt / etc). 
  
 Suggested Reading: Let's Talk Money, Monika Halan.  Easiest book to understand and follow.  
  
 Good luck!

Sales Manager

Software Engineer

I recently got a job offer at a well-funded remote startup headquartered in the US as a DevOps engineer. They adjust the salary package to account for the country so I won't be earning in crores... but I wanted to ask people who are in remote positions as to how to negotiate a salary that will be rigid more or less,no options are there to negotiate till a super high margin (maybe 10% max).

For example, they are offering 33 LPA currently, does that put me in a higher tax bracket and can I negotiate for a lower compensation so that I can be put in a lower tax bracket, say I ask for 29 LPA and ask for a joining bonus (or HRA) or some restructuring to do that? 

I don't understand how taxes work in India especially with remote payments but I'm hoping someone can offer the right guidance and resources so that I can look into this in depth later on as well. This is my first ever job and I got it straight out of college, so I do not mind even if they are paying me less than their US counterparts. This salary is more than enough to survive in a tier 2 city (will be shifting back to live with my parents).

I don't have much investments right nos, just a couple of FDs and some equity + debt funds along with stocks (mostly banks + chemical companies here and there). I can look into ELSS funds and what not if that can save up some taxes. I am considering talking to a CA about this too.

(Note: not comfortable with naming it even if this is an anonymous platform because it has like a strength of 50 and I feel it is irrelevant to the discussion).

TIA!

Tax savings and salary question for remote jobs

Scrum Master

Hello Viners!
I am thinking of withdrawing funds from MFs I have invested in with LTCG ~ ₹1 lac and reinvesting the entire amt into the same fund. This is to book gains and avoid taxes. I know STCG will have to be paid which i am okay with.
Anything fundamentally flawed with this process or a normal practice?
Thanks!

Book gains and reinvest?

Growth Manager

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Hi, I wanted to take community's advice on tax saving suggestions to opt for and plan my investments. This is what I have:

CTC: 21L ( 19L Fixed , 2L variable pay  in CTC )

80C is covered, Currently I have 50L home loans. & Staying in rented house with 16k rent, Paying around 20k+ TDS. Where can I save? 

Plan me with total take home per month & tax regime to opt ?

Tax planning & suggestion in reduction of tax

System Administrator

How to save tax when selling real estate

Analyst

How much tax u have to pay if u sell Rs 30L flat? Pls suggest ways to save tax

I'm a software dev contractor and I'm working for 2 companies, having a total income of 50L per annum. 

when I consulted a CA, he mentioned that I'll have to pay 18% GST (since business income is over 20L) and will also have to pay 30% income tax. 

i understand taxes are important and all, but I'm so not willing to give 6 months of my hard work to the government. 

can anyone please advise me on what to do to save on taxes

paying 48% tax. need a CA's advice

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I have worked in a startup which gave me ESOPs. I left the company and they have passed on to me my share of vested ESOPs in zenequity.

Do I need to mention this while filing ITR? Do I need to pay tax on it?

ESOPs in ITR

My friend has 53L in cash from his freelancing and other businesses. How can he save taxes on it? We don't know any CA and the ones he met said pay tax in entirety. 

Any suggestions are welcome.

PS: it's NOT a sarcastic post

How to save taxes?

Senior Product Manager

I am of the understanding that capital gains under 1L are tax free and those gains aren’t to be added to your taxable income. However, I met a friend this evening who informed me that her CA says that capital gains are always added to the taxable income and are not really tax free regardless of them being under 1L. If this is true, my friend is not getting the 6K rebate she was hoping to get since her taxable income now crosses the 5L barrier. Had the capital gains not been added to her taxable income, she would well under this 5L barrier. 

Can anybody please confirm if this is indeed true?

Some additional context: The capital gains are from her ELSS investments which were sold in the last FY and amounted to about 50k over the sale of about 1.7L

If this is indeed true, I have a follow up question from an inversion POV - if capital gains indeed exceed 1L, will one then be taxed twice? i.e. The 10% LTCG tax as well as the slab based tax on taxable income (salary - dedications + capital gains)

Capital gains related tax query

Alert: a rant post

Today I saw my payslip after a long time and WTH! I don't know what they'll take once bonus comes in. Paying this much for no water, bad air, corrupt babus and all those douche things.

As much as patriotic I am, this is just insane. On top of this add all the GST and sheet ton of other indirect taxes.

Living in India and paying like Europe. Wow!

Duck the government

Earning around 50 lpa at 24 is already a great feat. Still if u want to look at the dark side, nobody can help. This rant is more common than diabetes. Yet people will stress about same thing and rant to destress. Endless cycle. Either do something about it or bring some new perspective. P.S. I am in alignment with ur rant but I’ve made peace with the state of affairs as I am not looking to move out of India and I cannot strong arm govt. individually to change this.

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