Different forms are required to be used for filing your ITR depending on whether you are a resident or not and what are the sources of your income. There are ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 3 and ITR 4 which can be used by individuals. Who can use ITR 1 (popularly known as Sahaj.): This […]
Many of us keep our money either with banks or with cooperative credit societies, be it in fixed deposits or recurring deposits or in saving accounts. Not only this, we also invest in various Government run schemes like NSC, PPF and Senior Citizen Saving schemes. While making these investments everyone wants to plan these investments in such a manner so that no TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) is effected on our interest income.
Income tax laws allow you various benefits in respect of amounts spent or invested. Primarily these tax benefits are available for amounts spent or invested on yourself but for certain items, the benefits are available for amounts invested or spent on family members.
Section 80 C provides for deduction of upto Rs. 1.50 lakhs in respect of life insurance premium along with various other items. For Life insurance premium the deduction can be claimed even where the payments are made for your children.
Though investing in equity through mutual funds via Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is getting pace of late, mutual fund houses have been vary of the investor discontinuing the SIP when the market corrects or is volatile. So to ensure that the investors do not discontinue SIP, the mutual funds are offering free life insurance cover in case SIP is not discontinued.
The Indian income tax laws provide certain tax benefits to senior citizens. Let us discuss those benefits. 1. Higher Basic Exemption Limits for senior citizens under income tax For ordinary individual tax payers the basic exemption limit, upto which he is not required to pay any tax, is presently capped at Rs. 2.50 Lakhs. However […]
As the mother’s day has already been celebrated last Sunday me emphasis and analyse role of Indian Women in Financial Planning. Though time and again we have been appealing, through various platforms, the importance of active participation of women in the financial planning and execution process
Often financial planners advise individuals to set apart atleast six months of their earnings as an emergency fund in order to meet unforeseen expenses such as sudden hospitalisation, loss of jobs, etc. Such a fund is generally maintained in cash at home or in a savings bank account, which earns an interest of around 3.5%.
Since common man is directly affected by the income tax provisions every budget raises expectation levels of common man on this front. What the common man is expecting from finance minister this time?
If we read the above circular strictly, it exempts seizure of only gold ornaments and jewellery and does not cover gold coins and gold bars. So the income tax officers can seize the gold coins and bars even if the weight is within the limits specified in the above circular in case you are not able to explain source of such gold coins and bars.
