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Smart Money: An expensive dividend

Equity mutual funds just became less attractive with the dividend distribution tax.

In the budget this year, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley announced that dividend income from equity and equity mutual fund schemes would henceforth attract dividend distribution tax (DDT) of 10 per cent. What does this mean for your existing mutual funds that pay a regular

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