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Mutual Funds in India

How we checked these guides, and what to re-check each year

Every figure in this section was compared with an official page and checked again in a separate review. Here are the sites, the yearly re-check list, the open points and our last review date, 5 November 2026.

Prepared by Prem Tax and Accounting Corp. Last checked against official sources on November 5, 2026.

Rules for Indian funds change every year, so every page here shows its year and its review date. Our Bookmark-and-Date Binder keeps the official page, the date you read it and the month to look again together. We prepare U.S. returns and work alongside your adviser in India, Canada or Europe. See our Indian CPA page.

The short version

Last reviewed 5 November 2026. Each guide also shows its own review date.
Every number carries its year. Points no official source settles say "not settled".
We never rank, rate or recommend a fund or fund house.

Slide show: How we checked

Read the source
Each number was compared with an official page on or before 5 November 2026.
Second look
A separate review re-checked every claim against the primary source.
Label it
Each figure shows its year, and invented examples say so.

Where the facts come from

India: SEBI, AMFI, the RBI, the Income Tax Department and its e-filing portal, the Gazette, and each fund house's own documents.
USA and Canada: the IRS, FinCEN, the Treasury and the eCFR; the CRA, Justice Laws, Finance Canada and the Bank of Canada.
UK and Europe: GOV.UK and HMRC, legislation.gov.uk, the FCA, the German, Dutch, French and Swiss tax and law sites, EUR-Lex, ESMA, the European Parliament and the OECD.

Figures to re-check

Figure	When	Where
Indian rates, TDS and form numbers	Each February (Budget) and after the Finance Act	Income Tax Department
SEBI rules and categories	After each SEBI board meeting and each April	SEBI
Industry totals and cap lists	Monthly totals; cap lists each January and July	AMFI
FBAR and Form 8938 limits, penalties	Each January	IRS, FinCEN
Exchange rates	Treasury quarterly; yearly averages after year end	Treasury, IRS, Bank of Canada
Form 8621 and IRS interest	Form when revised (December 2025 now); interest quarterly	IRS
T1135 and budget measures	Each January to March and after each federal budget	CRA, Finance Canada
UK list and rates	List monthly; rates each Budget and April 6	GOV.UK
German base rate, Dutch box 3, French finance law	Each January, September and December to February	Finance ministries, Belastingdienst, Legifrance
Fund-house policies	Any time; re-read before relying	Each fund house

Not settled

Whether an Indian scheme is a PFIC, and whether mark-to-market can apply.
Whether Indian tax on a PFIC gain can reduce the U.S. PFIC tax and interest.
How Canada classes an Indian fund, and whether Form T1142 is due below the T1135 line.
Whether an IDCW payout is a dividend under each treaty, and how the UK treats it.
India's tax class for arbitrage funds.
Whether the German act covers Indian schemes, and whether a scheme's offer document counts as fund terms.
Whether a direct folio belongs on French Form 3916.
How new SIF and MF Lite products are taxed: no official source speaks yet.

To report a possible mistake, use our contact page.

Our checklist

The Bookmark-and-Date Binder:

Bookmark the official page behind each figure you rely on.
Write the date you read it beside the figure.
Set a reminder for the month in the table above.
Ask your adviser whether the figure has changed.

Common questions

How do I know a figure is current?

Each guide shows its review date and each number its year. Rules change, so confirm on the official page before you act.

Why do some points say not settled?

The official source is silent or readers differ. We report what each source says and stop there.

Where do fund-house policies come from?

From each fund house's own documents. The guide on [fund houses that restrict](/indian-mutual-funds/india-rules/amcs-that-restrict-us-and-canada/) dates every reading.

Official sources

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Please read: general information only

This page gives general information and education about Indian mutual funds and about the tax and reporting rules that may apply to people who hold them. It is not investment, legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice, and it is not a substitute for advice from a qualified adviser, attorney or CPA who knows your facts. Reading it does not create a CPA-client or any other professional relationship with Prem Tax and Accounting Corp. Prem Tax and Accounting Corp is a CPA firm, not a law firm. It does not recommend, rate, sell or manage any mutual fund or other investment, and naming a fund category or product here is not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell it.

Tax and reporting rules differ by country and by person, and they change often: thresholds, rates, forms and deadlines are revised, and agencies, courts and fund companies change how they apply them. We checked the figures against the official sources named on the page on the date shown (last reviewed November 5, 2026), but we do not promise that this page is complete, current or free of errors, and we do not update it the moment a rule changes. Where the rules are unsettled we say so. Fund companies set their own policies on who may invest, and those can change without notice. Past performance does not predict future results, and investments can lose value. Examples are invented and for illustration only.

To the fullest extent the law allows, Prem Tax and Accounting Corp and its owners and staff are not responsible for any loss or decision that results from using this page. Links to government and other websites are for convenience and we do not control them.

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Questions about how your Indian funds are reported on a U.S. return? Keshav Agrawal is a U.S. CPA and a Chartered Accountant (CA) from India. We prepare the U.S. side (for example Form 8621, FBAR and Form 8938) and can work alongside your adviser in India, Canada or Europe. We do not sell, rate or recommend any investment. Book a 10-minute call or send us a message.

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How we checked these guides, and what to re-check each year

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