Managing your money in January will set the trend for rest of the year, says Adhil Shetty.
The challenge is to enhance opportunities for people to generate livelihoods through entrepreneurship, both big and small, argues R Jagannathan.
While investing in PPF, investors must remember to put in the money at the right time to maximise the return they earn from it.
As you ring in the New Year, here's a list of the 10 most important financial resolutions to get your money train back on track.
The purpose, behind slashing property tax on small commercial establishments by 70%, was to allow growth of small shops in residential areas, so that people do not have to travel long distances for their daily needs.
Two-wheeler market leader Hero MotoCorp has denied the report of the IT Department finding Rs 1,000 crore false expense claims, saying it is speculative. The company said officials from the Income Tax department visited its offices in the previous week, and it has provided all support and cooperation, necessary documents and data to the authorities and will continue to do so if required. "The allegations made in the press report are not borne out of any documents that have been served on us or our internal documents.
An Aadhaar card can fast-track the KYC procedure for some instruments.
Investing in a Unit Linked Insurance Plan increases your life cover and also helps you save tax, says Vivek Jain.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday pitched for incentivisation of domestic savings to boost investments in the country.
Do you know what short-term capital gains tax is? When do you have to pay this tax? Is it different for shares and other physical assets?
E-proceeding of tax scrutiny has certain technical and practical issues which need to be addressed before making the system fully electronically driven.
The immediate revenue loss could worsen the Centre's fiscal deficit, from the budgeted 3.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 3.7 per cent of GDP -- a massive 40-basis-point increase. It was stabilised at 3.4 per cent since 2016-17, report Abhishek Waghmare and Dilasha Seth.
Pranay Bhatia offers insights on some key issues from Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget.
During an hour-long chat with rediff.com on Tuesday, Kripananda Chidambaram, director, Fintotal.com, offered some valuable tips.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com, financial planning expert Sailesh Multani offered some valuable tips.
Instead of only focusing on the tenure for which the best interest rate is available, investors should also focus on their own investment horizon.
This rainy season, don't just prepare for storms but also make your finances rain-proof, says Amar Pandit.
Tax-saving is the first level of financial planning. If you are salaried this would start from the declaration of investments that will be made at the beginning of the financial year. Here are some tips for easing your tax burden.
Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.
When the Centre collects money through cess, it can retain the entire fund for the particular scheme.
While the government has not made the report public, sources said the panel had recommended a sharp cut in all taxes on the gold business, including import duty and goods and services tax which amounts to over 13%.
Several politicians said they were not even aware of the provision in the UP Act.
First thing an average citizen thinks about before any Budget is about income tax.
Always remember to check whether the recipient of the charity has valid 80G approval
Investors need to evaluate how they stack up against other high credit quality fixed-income options before putting money in them.
Capital gains tax is no longer exempt even for investors coming via Mauritius, hence FPIs are now classifying it as interest income to save on taxes.
In November, the fiscal deficit widened by Rs 2.2 trillion, the highest ever in any month this financial year.
FM is likely to raise tax slabs.
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