Tax harvesting: Strategy for offsetting losses that needs careful planning

Equity investors should go for the strategy before March 31 and reduce their liability on capital gains

Bindisha Sarang | Mumbai
Last Updated at January 29, 2023 21:02 IST

There are provisions to protect taxpayers from unforeseen losses.

The equity market is going through a turbulent phase with the Nifty 500 Total Return Index, a gauge of the largest 500 stocks by market cap, registering a loss of 3.7 per cent year-to-date. Many stocks and equity mutual funds within your portfolio must be in the red. One way you can use these losses to your advantage is to go for tax-loss harvesting.

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