How can I, a 54-year-old CA, get a long-term visa for myself and my wife, a pre-primary teacher, to join our son in Australia?

Ans: Most of the people make this mistake of considering insurance coupled with investment as good combination. The fact that insurance regulator allows insurance companies to use words such as "Guaranteed", "Assured" which entice gullible investors, makes things more difficult.

Endowment or money back policies never yield return over 5 to 6%.

Even ULIP policy returns above a threshold will now be subject to long term capital gain tax apart from fund management, policy administration and other heavy charges during first 5 years.

Insurance is for pure protection hence term insurance with appropriate riders is best option.

Unfortunately there is no way you can seek higher surrender value payment because you are contractually obligated by the terms and conditions of the policy agreement.

Ans: 01. You have to show full details of the policy, i.e., Sale/Maturity amount received, its Cost (Premiums paid) & Net Gain.
02. You are supposed to pay your tax, if any & also claim credit for TDS deducted.
03. I suppose, Bonus received by you during the policy period, would have been declared in your ITRs of previous years.
Most welcome for any further clarifications. Thanks.

Ans: Hello;

I understand your concern.

At your age I am not comfortable to suggest pure equity schemes for investments. I would recommend you to invest 20 L lumpsum in SBI Conservative hybrid fund (growth). This will yield you a corpus of 30L after 5 years considering 8% modest return.

Also if you start an SIP of 90K into Mirae Asset equity savings fund (less riskier then pure equity funds), after 5 years it will yield you a corpus of 70.27 L considering modest return of 10%.

Therefore your comprehensive corpus now will be 30L + 70.27L = 100.27L corpus, which is your target.

Please utilise part of your EPF corpus/LIC policy maturity proceeds for funding your son's education.

Also please take good healthcare cover for you and your family.

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Ans: 01. You have not mentioned, whether share you want to sell are covered under LTCG or STCG.
02. If covered under LTCG, , it shall be exempt up to Rs.1.25 lakh, & rest, if any shall be taxed.
03. You are free to purchase shares of other companies, with the sale proceeds
MOst welcome for any further clarifications. Thanks.

Ans: 01. Your question is not very clear, but what I understand is that your Purchased a Flat/House in 2022.
02. Now, you want to sell it as Long Term Capital Asset (during f/y 2024-25.
03. Kindly ensure that there should be a gap of at least 2 years, between purchase & Sale of Property to be taxed under LTCG. In your case time line is important, so kindly watch the same.
04. Another important point is that if you have availed any exemption u/s 54, in your ITR for f/y 2022-23, then you must keep the property for 3 years, before it is sold. If your don't comply with this, the exemption you availed earlier may not be valid & the same will become taxable.
Most welcome for any further clarification. Thanks.

Ans: Existing corpus 18+11+3=32 L
Assuming modest growth @ 10% pa this corpus will grow to 83 Lakhs 10 year hence.

Also SIP of 90K will yield a corpus of 2.22 Cr after 10 years

So comprehensive corpus of 2.22 + 0.83=3.05 Cr

Considering annuity at 6 % this will yield a monthly income of 1.52 L falling short of your expectation of 2 L pm.

This can be addressed in two ways:
Either you increase SIP amount to 1.30 L or top-up current SIP amount by 10% each year.

This leads to corpus of 3.21 + 0.83=4Cr+

An annuity at 6% will yield you a monthly income of 2 L(pre-tax).

The rental income from your extra house or other fund resources are not considered.

A modest return of 13% is considered from pure equity schemes.

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Ans: Hello and thanks for writing to me.

I am assuming you are investing with a goal for long term wealth creation and are fine with the volatility associated with equity. In such a case, you can consider investing in 2 funds, a multicap fund and a flexicap fund. A multi cap fund will ensure you have exposure to companies across market capitalizations while a flexicap fund can move across market capitalizations.

Do note that I am recommending the fund type without any other information about your objective or risk appetite. If you give me other details, I may recommend other type of schemes.

Ans: Hoping you will retain this corpus of 38 L in equity funds it will grow upto 3.43 Cr 18 years here onwards, also your existing SIP of 35K will continue for next 18 years thereby leading to a corpus of 3.02 Cr.
Total corpus will be 3.43+3.02=6.45 Cr causing a gap of 1.55 Cr in your intended corpus of 8 Cr at the age of 60.

If you can fill up this gap in intended corpus through other resources like EPF then perfectly ok else you may have to top up sip of 35K with 7.5% every year or enhance the sip value to 55K now to comfortably reach your goal of 8 Cr by 60 years. (Returns are assumed at a modest rate of 13% from pure equity funds)

Also as you move closer to retirement after maybe 55-56 years, transfer gains in equity funds to liquid funds to protect it against market volatility.

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Ans: Yes Jyoti. However, keep upgrading your skills, recommended by your college faculties, to be competitive among other students for Campus Placement. All the BEST for Your Bright Future.

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