There are various tax saving option which is suggested by our colleagues, chartered Accountants and Tax Experts, one of option which is investment in ELSS mutual fund. Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) offers an option to obtain tax benefits and an opportunity to harness the potential growth of investing in the equity market.

ELSS is a diversified equity fund which has lock in period of 3 years. ELSS is equity linked Saving scheme in which one can invest by opting option of systematic investment plan (SIP) i.e. by Investment fixed Amount every Month . This is option is viable person of high risk appetite. 

ELSS invests a majority of its corpus in equity and equity related products. It comes with a lock in period of three years and is suitable for investors having a high risk profile. ELSS schemes are open ended, that is, investors can subscribe to the fund anytime.

Tax saving benefits 

In nutshell all the Earnings from ELSS fund are not taxable, but at the same time one must take into consideration of market Risk attached   with these funds.   

Comparing with other tax saving option 

Basis	ELSS	PPF	NSC	Bank FD
Returns	Tax free	Tax free	Taxable	Taxable
Lock in periods	3 years	15 years	6 years	5 years for tax benefits
Risk	High	Low	Low	Low

   

On analyzing the above we can conclude that from  the point of view tax benefits  ELSS is better option for person who is ready to bear the risk  I e Risk takers . While at the same time combination   of ElSS & any one other tax saving option is also not bad option for person who is conservative on risk. Example by opting 60 percent in PPF, NSC & FD while 40 percent in ELSS one can at least one can secure principal Amount of RS 1 lakh.