WEEKLY WEALTH REPORT
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How to Withdraw from Mutual Funds and Pay Zero Tax?
Are you Retired? You May Be Paying 12.5% LTCG Tax Unnecessarily.
If you redeem as SWP from ₹1 crore corpus from mutual funds today, longterm capital gains (LTCG) tax can take away a significant portion of your wealth. Typically the first 1.25 Lakhs profit is exempt from tax and then the taxation is 12.5%.
Most retirees and investors automatically choose SWP (Systematic Withdrawal Plan) for monthly income. But very few realise that every SWP withdrawal can trigger capital gains taxation.
What if there’s a legally valid way to structure mutual fund withdrawals with potentially zero tax in certain situations?
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IDCW: A Different Approach
IDCW (Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal) works differently from SWP.
Instead of redeeming units every month, the mutual fund distributes payouts from the scheme itself.
And importantly:
• IDCW payouts are generally treated as income in your hands
• Not as capital gains from redemption
This changes the tax treatment completely.
Under the new tax regime, if your total taxable income remains within the rebate threshold under Section 87A, your effective tax liability could become nil upto 12 lakhs.
That means:
Pensioners \ Homemakers \ Retirees \ Individuals on career breaks may potentially receive mutual fund cash flows with very low or even zero effective tax.
You are receiving your own money back in a structured form.
That’s why IDCW should never be selected purely for “monthly income excitement.”
It must be used strategically
WEEKLY MARKET PULSE
After a prolonged weak sentiment, last week Indian Stock Market closed positive with the signs of progress as the US – Iran war talks to end nearly 3 Months War. Sensex rose to 0.2% this week to 75,415.
IT Stocks were the biggest beneficiary with 4.3% Rise after a steep sell off last week over AI Fears.
Telecom and FMCG were the worst sectors for the week.
Infosys, Trent and Tech Mahindra were biggest gainers.
Gross FDI ( Foreign Direct Investment ) rise 17% to record $95Bn for Fy 25 – 26. It is the fastest pace in last 6 years, after falling for 4 continuous years.This high FDI shows India is Stable and Attractive for Business.
RBI Steps up Dollar Sales to $53Bn to defend INR and Rupee gains in two successive sessions and returns to 95 Levels
Economic Activity in April exhibited resilience in both Industrial and Service Sector with strong numbers.
Meta begins layoffs of 8,000 employees amid AI restructuring
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2. Excellent Risk-Adjusted Returns: Evaluated by metrics like Sharpe and Sortino ratios, the fund has shown that it rewards investors well for the risk taken, with better downside protection than the category average in falling markets.
3. High-Conviction Stock Picking: The fund focuses on a portfolio of around 75–85 stocks, allowing for high conviction. It holds select businesses for the long term (5+ years), such as Trent or Dixon Technologies, allowing compound growth to work.
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Let’s take a simple example:
Rohit starts at 25. Nandhini starts at 30.
Both invest ₹10,000/month at an assumed 12% annual return and stop at 45.
At 45:
Rohit
Invests for 20 years
Invests ₹24 lakh
Corpus: ~₹99 lakh
Nandhini
Invests for 15 years
Invests ₹18 lakh
Corpus: ~₹50 lakh
Difference: ~₹49 lakh
Rohit invested only ₹6 lakh more, but ended up with almost ₹49 lakh more.
Why?
Not a higher income. Not a bigger SIP. Just 5 extra years of compounding.
Your income can grow later. Your SIP can increase later. But you can never get back lost time.
Start early. Stay consistent. Let compounding do the heavy lifting.
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