Balwant Jain

People working in government services or those working with government departments get pensions after retirement from their services additionally people who have contributed towards Employee Provident Fund (EPF) also get pension under Employee Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. Even after the death of the employee their family members are also e...

Public Provident Fund (PPF) account is an excellent tool for tax planning as well as for accumulating funds for retirement. The money in PPF account is not supposed to be used any other purpose except under exceptional circumstances. PPF rules allow you to use the money before its maturity. Let us discuss how one can […]...

Senior citizens do not have any active income and ability to earn post their retirement, they thus depend on the interest income and cannot  take any risk with their money. Senior Citizen Saving Scheme (SCSS) is one of the avenue which gives better returns than other products and is perfectly safe. Let us discuss. Who […]...

Does it make sense to take legal opinion when buying a property funded by home loan?  Why it makes sense for you to obtain legal opinion while buying a house even if it is done by the legal team of the bank while grating home loan on the same. When a person buys a property […]...

Many of us are forced into buying insurance products which we do not really need. We get to hear number of horror stories of misselling by insurance advisors. In order to  help readers understand basics of life insurance I have decided to discuss various aspect and variations of life insurance products so that they do […]...

The old age may be, financially, a golden period of your life or the worst part of your life depending on whether you have accumulated enough to meet day today expenses after your retirement. Due to gradual decline of joint family system in India couple with rapid urbanization and the increasing trend of  children staying […]...

How the ULIP will become better with new regulations. The Insurance Regulator IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) has notified fresh rules for governing Linked Life insurance products on 8th July 2019. In this article I will discuss the major beneficial changes proposed in the new regulations for ULIP products, a  Linke...

What should be the strategy to invest your retirement funds The investment strategy at each stage in life has to have different consideration and must change according to peculiar circumstance. For example a person at the initial stage of his career can take risks with his money and invest substantial portion of his savings in […]...

Majority of the salaried taxpayers do file their ITR by themselves and thus are bound to commit some mistakes due to ignorance of law. In this article I will discuss some of the errors of omission committed by such taxpayers about some of the items of income, which are taxable, but are generally omitted to […]...

Since the deadline of 31st July 2019 for ITR filing is fast approaching, we should not commit the mistakes which we generally commit while filing the ITR form in hurry. Let us discuss the mistakes which people generally commit while filling up the ITR form. Basic contact details Since the income tax department nowadays sends […]...