Motilal Oswal Multi Asset Fund - Direct Plan

Suitability:

"Multi Asset Allocation funds invest your money in a mix of equity shares, bonds and commodities (usually gold) such that each has at least 10 per cent allocation at all times.

We don’t think highly of gold or other commodities as an investment. Read this article to know why. Therefore, we believe that investors can avoid these funds altogether. Instead, they might consider other varieties of hybrid funds — aggressive hybrid, balanced hybrid and conservative hybrid — which invest your money in equity shares and bonds in different proportions. You can choose from these depending upon your investment horizon, return expectations and ability to withstand volatility in the value of your investments."

Taxability of earnings:

The tax treatment of this fund may vary depending upon its asset allocation. It will be taxed in the following manner based on its average asset allocation in the last 12 months.

Capital gains

• If the mutual fund units are sold after 3 years from the date of investment, gains are taxed at the rate of 20% after providing the benefit of inflation indexation.
• If the mutual fund units are sold within 3 years from the date of investment, entire amount of gain is added to the investors' income and taxed according to the applicable slab rate.
• No tax is to be paid as long as you continue to hold the units.

Dividends

• Dividends are added to the income of the investors and taxed according to their respective tax slabs. Further, if an investor's dividend income exceeds Rs. 5,000 in a financial year, the fund house also deducts a TDS of 10% before distributing the dividend.