{"id":15298,"date":"2026-07-31T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/?p=15298"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:42:35","slug":"before-investing-in-zero-coupon-bonds-know-the-tax-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldenpi.com\/blog\/bond-news\/before-investing-in-zero-coupon-bonds-know-the-tax-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Investing in Zero-Coupon Bonds, Know the Tax Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span>A zero coupon bond pays no interest at all. You buy it below face value and receive the full face value at maturity, and the difference is your entire return. How that difference is taxed depends on one word: notified. One notified by the government is taxed as a capital gain, at 12.5% if held over twelve months. One that is not notified has the whole gain taxed as interest at your slab rate. Same instrument, very different outcomes.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When you buy an ordinary bond, the arrangement is easy to picture. You lend money to a company or the government; it pays interest every six months or every year and returns your money at maturity. The income arrives visibly, and you declare it each year.<\/p>

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