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How to compute debt mutual fund tax (post Finance Act 2023)

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Finance Act 2023 revolutionised debt mutual fund taxation by inserting Section 50AA. From 1 April 2023, all gains on debt MF acquired thereafter are taxed at the investor’s slab rate, regardless of holding period. No LTCG benefit, no indexation. Pre-1-April-2023 acquisitions retain old rules.

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SEBI Fund of Funds taxation harmonisation (2023)

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The FoF taxation harmonisation refers to the Finance Act 2023 amendment that aligned the tax treatment of Fund of Funds (FoF) with the underlying scheme classification, removing the prior tax-arbitrage opportunities that some FoF structures had previously enjoyed. The amendment came into effect from 1 April 2023, alongside the broader debt mutual fund taxation reform that abolished long-term capital gains treatment for debt-oriented schemes.

For Indian retail investors, the FoF taxation harmonisation:

How to compute slab-rate tax on PPFAS Liquid Fund (post Finance Act 2023)

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Finance Act 2023 was the largest single change to debt mutual fund taxation in over a decade. For any debt-MF investment (technically: any scheme with less than 35 per cent equity exposure) made on or after 1 April 2023, the old indexation-plus-LTCG-at-20-per-cent framework is gone. Gains are taxed at the investor’s marginal slab rate regardless of holding period. Among PPFAS schemes, the Liquid Fund and the Conservative Hybrid Fund fall under this; PPFCF, ELSS, Arbitrage, DAAF, and Large Cap remain equity-oriented and use Section 112A or 111A.

Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund Taxation

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Parag Parikh Conservative Hybrid Fund is the PPFAS Mutual Fund conservative-hybrid scheme, launched on 28 May 2021 following an NFO that ran from 7 May 2021 to 21 May 2021. The scheme is benchmarked to the CRISIL Hybrid 85+15 Conservative Index TRI and follows the SEBI Conservative Hybrid Fund category mandate under the SEBI scheme rationalisation circular 2017 , which requires 10 per cent to 25 per cent in equity and equity-related instruments and 75 per cent to 90 per cent in debt instruments.

Parag Parikh Liquid Fund Tax Treatment

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Parag Parikh Liquid Fund is the PPFAS Mutual Fund liquid scheme, launched on 9 May 2018 and benchmarked to the CRISIL Liquid Debt B-I Index. As a debt-oriented mutual fund under the SEBI Mutual Funds Regulations 1996 liquid-fund category, the scheme is taxed under the debt-oriented mutual fund framework, which was materially restructured by the Finance Act 2023 through the insertion of Section 50AA into the Income-tax Act, 1961 , effective 1 April 2023.

PPFCF International Allocation: Tax Implications

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The international equity allocation of the Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund (PPFCF) carries significant tax implications under the Income-tax Act, 1961 , shaped principally by the 65 per cent Indian-equity threshold that the scheme must maintain to qualify as an equity-oriented mutual fund under Section 112A and Section 111A . PPFCF allocates up to 35 per cent of its assets to overseas listed equities (including Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., and historically Berkshire Hathaway Class B), with the residual at least 65 per cent in Indian listed equities and a small debt-and-cash component.

Debt mutual fund indexation removal, Finance Act 2023