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Today's Special: Tax-saving equity schemes fail to take off

SI Reporter / Mumbai 03 Jan 12 | 09:06 AM

Uncertainty over Direct Taxes Code and poor equity markets play spoilsport.


A worsening equity market scenario and confusion over the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) have impacted inflows in equity-linked-saving-schemes (ELSS) in the current financial year.

Fund managers say declining sales and net inflows in the ELSS category, which is in line with what's happening with the pure equity funds, may deepen in the last quarter of FY12. They have kept their fingers crossed to see how the fourth and final quarter pans out.



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    04 Apr 12 at 12:18 AM
By: IRS Tax Relief

Most of the tax saving equity schemes are in the red, with a negative return of as high as 17 per cent over the last one year. Only four schemes from fund houses. IRS Tax Relief

    30 Mar 12 at 11:57 AM
By: Tire Works

It's so sad to learn that the only answer to this unstoppable tax rising is the proposal -Tax-saving equity schemes. However it ended up to be a failure. Tire Works



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