Realised gain
Regulation & taxProfit locked in by actually selling, as opposed to a paper gain.
In plain terms
Only realised gains are taxable. Unrealised ones are a number on a screen.
Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.
Showing 2 terms
Profit locked in by actually selling, as opposed to a paper gain.
Only realised gains are taxable. Unrealised ones are a number on a screen.
A broker report of realised and unrealised gains, split by holding period.
Use this at filing time, not the app dashboard. Every SIP instalment is its own purchase.