Budget 2024 tilts tax scale in favour of international mutual funds. Time to go global?
The budget shocked investors with a change in capital gain structure but gave a relief to those investing in international funds. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a change in holding period, LTCG tax rate while keeping STCG tax rate unchanged for overseas FoFs (international funds), gold mutual funds, and equity FoFs.The holding period for equity