rediffGURU Ulhas Joshi answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries.
Home loan interest rates are getting costly again. How do you cope with rising prices?
The Public Provident Fund and National Savings Certificate are the most popular tax-saving investments. But which one scores better when it comes to saving more tax or getting better returns?
Such holders will earn only post office savings account rate of 4 per cent and not the higher rate on those instruments when the status was one of resident.
Facing flak over its decision to impose tax at the time of withdrawal on 60 per cent of the contributions to Employees' Provident Fund, the government on Tuesday clarified that only interest accrued on 60 per cent contribution to EPF after April 1, 2016 will be taxed.
The popular Five-Year National Savings Certificates will earn an interest rate of 8.1 per cent from April 1 as against 8.5 per cent, at present.
Find out which amongst the three tax-saving options investors should opt for.
rediffGURU Sunil Lala answers your personal finance-related queries.
The season of tax-free bonds is on.
rediffGURU Samkit Maniar answers readers' personal income tax queries
If you were to choose one of these as long term investment (at least 15 years), which one would you opt for? What should be the reasons for you to choose one of these? Here is a comparison of these schemes based on certain important factors
rediffGURU Samkit Maniar answers readers' personal income tax queries
rediffGURU Samkit Maniar answers readers' personal income tax queries
The government has hiked the interest rate on Public Provident Fund account (PPF) to 8.6 per cent from 8 per cent. The investment ceiling has been raised to Rs 1 lakh a year.
A few years back I visited one of the nationalised banks to open a public provident fund (PPF) account for one of my cousins. And as you will see, I found more hurdles on my way than solutions.
rediffGURU Ulhas Joshi answers your mutual fund queries.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to step up efforts to boost consumption and rural economy while keeping inflation under check when she presents her sixth straight Budget on February 1. Experts said one way to boost consumption is to put more money in the hands of people, and one of the possible ways of doing it is by reducing the tax burden through tinkering with tax slabs or increasing the standard deduction. Another proposal is related to increasing the funds under the rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA and higher payout for farmers.
Break the chains of debt, invest in your future, and wave the flag of financial independence high. Freedom awaits, comrades. Let's conquer this battlefield together this Republic day, exhorts Vatsal Ramaiya.
rediffGURU and financial planning expert Colonel Sanjeev Govila (retd) answers your personal finance-related questions.
rediffGURU Dev Ashish answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries.
The government on Friday raised interest rates on most post office saving schemes by up to 0.7 per cent for the April-June 2023 quarter in line with the firming of interest rates in the economy. While the interest rates for popular PPF and savings deposits have been retained at 7.1 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively, there has been an increase between 0.1 per cent and 0.7 per cent in other saving schemes, a finance ministry statement said. The highest increase was in the interest rate of the National Savings Certificate (NSC), which will now attract 7.7 per cent, up from 7 per cent, for the April 1 to June 30, 2023 period.
rediffGURU Dev Ashish answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
The self-employed should invest in the National Pension System, a government-backed, low-cost retirement avenue where they can choose the mix of debt and equity that is right for them.
Ask rediffGURU Ulhas Joshi your mutual fund queries.
Your financial goals are of utmost importance and the tax saving is an added incentive, advises Dwaipayan Bose.
rediffGURU Vivek Lala answers your income tax and personal finance queries.
Avoid relying on a bank RM for investment advice. Instead, approach a Sebi-registered investment advisor whose livelihood depends on the fee paid by his customers and not on product commissions.
'Comparing the rates of interest with PSU banks, the three- and five-year time deposit rates of the post office are more favourable.'
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
The three year lock-in period enables ELSS fund managers to invest in high conviction stocks for a long period of time because of relatively less redemption pressure, says Dwaipayan Bose
Do you have financial planning queries? Ask rediffGURU Kirtan A Shah.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
NPS is a cost-effective instrument with low fund management and other fees. Unlike in mutual funds, investors get the benefit of tax-free rebalancing here.
Investors need to evaluate how they stack up against other high credit quality fixed-income options before putting money in them.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
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