Balwant Jain

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? ...

Profit on sale of your gold is taxable as Capital Gains unless you are a dealer in gold and jewellery in which case it becomes taxable as Business Income...

Most of us must have borrowed at some point in life whether it is friendly borrowings from friends and relatives or whether it is a home loan from a financial institution. In this article, I shall discuss the tax benefits available in respect of such loans....

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 ...

The Olympic medal winners are now enjoying and having the time of their lives; a well deserved reward for their perseverance and hard work. Not only the award winner players, but also the not so lucky players and their coaches have also been bestowed with lots of rewards and love by the fellow countrymen....

Almost all of you must have heard the stories of many drivers, office assistants and secretaries of Infosys becoming millionaire. This all could become possible due to a system of making such stakeholders as stockholder of the Company by granting them what is generally known as ESOP( Employee Stock Options Plan)....

Though this is the last month of filing of income tax return for majority of the tax payers but there persists a confusion as to the ITR form which one has to use. Let us now discuss which form is applicable in your case and clear the doubts....

Salaried? You too need to file returns too!- While talking to some of my colleagues and friends who are salaried, I understand that majority of them are under the impression that as full tax has already been deducted from their salary, they are not required to file their income tax returns. T...

The income tax return season is in full swing with 31st July approaching fast. While filing the income tax return salaried people only provide copy of the form No. 16 to the person preparing his income tax returns without any further details. ...

In continuation to my earlier article on the income tax benefits extended for owning a house, here is the article which explains various other incentives provided for owning/constructing residential house. Let us discuss the various non income tax incentives/facilities provided for owning a residential house as well as tax benefits pr...