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Stop Your Mutual Fund SIP Now | Is Long-Term SIP a Big Scam?
Original: Stop Your Mutual Fund SIP Now | Is Long Term SIP Is a Big Scam?
Takeaway
Long-term SIPs are not a scam: use systematic withdrawals and the annual LTCG exemption to keep mutual funds among the most tax-efficient wealth-building tools available in India.
Summary
- Debunks a viral tweet claiming a 20-year SIP of Rs.10,000/month at 15% returns only yields Rs.35.64 lakh in real terms after tax and inflation, making SIP look like a scam.
- Recalculates: Rs.24 lakh invested grows to Rs.1.25 crore; after 12.5% LTCG tax on the Rs.1.03 crore gain (Rs.12.87 lakh tax), corpus is Rs.1.12 crore.
- Shows how to legally minimise tax: use the Rs.1.25 lakh annual LTCG exemption by doing systematic withdrawals (SWP) instead of a lump-sum redemption.
- Argues that withdrawing units annually means tax applies only on the gain portion of redeemed units, not the principal, making SIPs far more tax-efficient than critics claim.
- Concludes mutual fund SIPs remain one of the simplest, most tax-efficient ways for retail investors in India to build long-term wealth and urges viewers to ignore viral misinformation.
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