{"id":1244,"date":"2024-04-22T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:27:16","slug":"what-is-the-best-elss-fund-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-is-the-best-elss-fund-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the best ELSS fund for 2018?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/elss\">ELSS<\/a> Funds help in saving tax and building wealth for the long run. The section 80C benefit can give savings upto Rs 46,350 depending on the tax slab that one is in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the best Mutual Funds for ELSS are the Direct Plan ones. With Direct plans you get a&nbsp;<strong>bonus of almost Rs 7,500&nbsp;<\/strong>as they eliminate commissions for the first three years. If you account for long term commissions, then the extra money you make is upto 40% more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two of the best ELSS funds that we recently shortlisted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.cf2.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-06589a2e42f9d8e0c7a8f68be5eabc86-pjlq\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more, you can see:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/app\/funds\/tb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best ELSS Funds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Maximise Your \u20b91.5 Lakh 80C Tax Saving<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">ELSS is the only 80C option that also builds long-term wealth \u2014 with the shortest lock-in (3 years) and equity-level returns. See your tax saving and projected corpus with our ELSS calculator.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/elss\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1C52A0;color:#fff!important;padding:11px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\">Calculate ELSS Returns \u2192<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/meeting\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:2px solid #1C52A0;color:#1C52A0!important;padding:9px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:8px;\">Talk to a Financial Advisor<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELSS Funds help in saving tax and building wealth for the long run. The section 80C benefit can give savings upto Rs 46,350 depending on the tax slab that one is in. Some of the best Mutual Funds for ELSS are the Direct Plan ones. With Direct plans you get a&nbsp;bonus of almost Rs 7,500&nbsp;as&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-is-the-best-elss-fund-for-2018\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the best ELSS fund for 2018?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investments","category-tax-saving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3602,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}