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Taxing Debt Funds

Understand the tax structure on the short- & long-term gains made on debt mutual funds…

I would like to know the tax structure on debt mutual funds.
-Ajay Kumar

For resident Indian investors, the tax on short-term capital gain is as per the income tax slab the investor falls under. The long-term capital gain is 10 per cent, or 20 per cent if indexation is taken into account.



This article was originally published on May 23, 2012.

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