Tax-Efficient Withdrawals in Retirement
Planning8 min read · 02 Jun 2026

Tax-efficient withdrawals: what retirees get wrong

Building the corpus is the long part. Drawing it down badly can still cost years of it.

Hemang PanchalAMFI Registered Mutual Fund Distributor, Future Finserve
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Accumulation gets all the attention and decumulation gets almost none — which is odd, because the second one is where tax actually bites.

Sequencing the withdrawal

A systematic withdrawal plan returns capital as well as gains, so only the gain component is taxable. Which asset you draw from first, and in what order, changes the post-tax outcome materially.

Coordinate this with your chartered accountant — the right sequence depends on your full income picture, not just the portfolio.

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