Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
If you're a salaried person there are many ways to save taxes
Equity linked saving schemes not only help you save tax but also give decent returns. Here's the list of top 10 ELSS funds for the year ending February 8, 2008.
Tax expert Mahesh Padmanabhan on how employees can use fringe benefits in their salary to help save tax.
If you want to be a smart investor, you cannot view your investments solely on the basis of the returns they can generate.
In the final part of this series on how salaried employees can save taxes Anil Rego of Right Horizons gives some smart tips on, what else, but saving taxes.
Ask rediffGURU Reetika Sharma your insurance, mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
Among its 27 recommendations for the Union Budget is this: It has suggested that equity investments held for more than one year and up to three years should be taxed at 12.5 per cent on gains exceeding 2 lakh in a financial year.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, direct tax expert Vikas M Gandhi offered some valuable tips.
While using the family to save tax is legal and smart, ensure you use the ones where clubbing income laws isn't a concern, advises Bindisha Sarang.
Earning a salary? Looking to save tax the smart way? Then you have two options. First is salary restructuring and second is tax saving instruments. Here we take a look at both these options and how to use them effectively.
Ask rediffGURU and PF expert Nitin Narkhede your mutual fund and personal finance-related questions.
Union Minister JP Nadda accuses the West Bengal government of sheltering infiltrators, leading to demographic changes and hindering development.
NPS Vatsalya offers a disciplined investment avenue that parents can use to create intergenerational wealth by contributing even small sums.
The purge in Washington does not pause the war. Strikes continue, Hormuz remains closed, and Brent crude is still dancing around $109 a barrel. For India, the command chaos in the Pentagon is another layer of uncertainty piled on five weeks of conflict that was already straining every buffer Delhi has.
Here's the list of top 10 tax saving mutual funds for the period between November 28, 2006 and November 27, 2007. Their gains far outperform the gains made by the Sensex during the given period.
From a modest salary to Rs 1 crore, here's Ramalingam Kalirajan's smart compounding blueprint for young earners
Get Ahead tax expert Mahesh Padmanabhan, in a chat with readers, told them how they can save taxes apart from availing of limit set under Section 80C.
Boat has introduced its latest Chrome Iris smartwatch in India, further strengthening its growing range of wearable gadgets. The device showcases a sleek, ultra-thin metallic casing alongside a vivid AMOLED screen.
'The next two to three weeks will not be decided in Washington.' 'They will be decided in Tehran, in whatever calculation Iran makes about the costs of continued resistance against the costs of appearing to have yielded.'
Mutual funds, especially the tax saver variety seems to be on a roll. Here's the list of top 10 ELSS mutual funds for the period ending September 28, 2007. These ELSS funds have made more money for you than the Sensex gains.
A simple primer on how much money taxpayers can save under various sections of the Income Tax Act.
Don't let income tax come in the way of your long-term financial planning, says Ashish Vohra, Senior Director and Chief Distribution Officer, Max Life Insurance
People in their quest to save tax usually end up buying a lot of unwanted insurance products.
Whatever your queries, tax expert Mahesh Padmanabhan will answer them and give you tips on tax planning on Friday, February 2, between 4 pm and 5 pm IST. Join us then
Investors and startup executives are calling for extending the period for an entity to be recognised as a startup from 10 to 15 years for deep-tech companies.
Here's all you must know about equity linked saving schemes and how they can help you save taxes as well as optimise returns.
India has managed high government debt-to-GDP, a slowing domestic revenue engine, lower household savings and a more hostile geopolitical environment separately in the past. But together, they threaten to undo the growth narrative on which today's optimism rests, warns Debashis Basu.
Sometimes, the most powerful Budgets whisper and the wisest investors listen, notes Ramalingam Kalirajan.
Regular money talks, setting up joint goals, and regular reviews can help couples stay aligned.
Regular money talks, setting up joint goals, and regular reviews can help couples stay aligned.
'Stay invested but progressively reduce risk. Beyond a point, the objective should shift from maximising returns to avoiding unpleasant surprises.'
Budget 2026 sticks to fiscal discipline, shuns populist measures despite five key state elections coming up, but ends up rattling stock markets with a higher transaction tax on derivatives trading.
rediffGURU T S Khurana answers readers' personal income tax queries
'Given that India underperformed emerging markets by 28 per cent in 2025, the worst performance in over 30 years, the timing of the sharp STT hike could have been better.'
JSW MG Motor India will launch four new models this year, and is planning to invest between 3,000 crore-4,000 crore in the country over the next couple of years. The new models include a plug-in hybrid, an electric vehicle, the Majestor SUV and one additional model yet to be disclosed.
Equity-linked savings scheme, PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are recommended instruments.
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