I am making this statement because ELSS comes with a mandatory lock-in period of three years. This happens to be the smallest lock-in period that is available in the 80C basket. You can compare this with PPF, which matures in 15 years, NSC in 6 years and FD requires five years to get the tax break.
80C Tax Saving Mutual Funds
Its high time when every one of us start looking for saving tax and so I thought would make a post here where you can find all the funds where you can invest to save your Tax. This are all Equity based ELSS Funds.
How to Avail Full Tax Saving Benefit Under Section 80C Without Full Investment
Did you know that you can save taxes on the Rs 1 lac limit (the limit under Section 80C) yet invest much less than that? Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? I have done the same last year and will be doing the same this year.
