Income Tax : Summary of exclusive tax benefits for resident senior citizens (60+ years) and super senior citizens (80+ years), including enhanc...
Income Tax : Introduction: The Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) has undergone significant updates following the November 2023 notification ...
Finance : Discover key retirement planning options and strategies, from PPF to NPS. Explore government schemes, mutual funds, bank deposits,...
Income Tax : बुढ़ापा एक सामान्य मानवीय प्रक्रिया है जो मानव ज...
Finance : It’s that time of the year when you need to invest in different investment products to enable tax savings for FY 2021-22 OR else...
Finance : Stay informed about recent updates in small saving schemes post-retirement, including rules for opening accounts and time limits f...
Finance : In the operation of Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme (SCSS), it has been noticed in few cases on the death of the account holder,...
Corporate Law : The Union Cabinet chaired by chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the investment limi...
Finance : At present, premature closure of a Public Provident Fund (PPF) account is permitted on specified grounds on completion of five fin...
Finance : The interest rates of Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, 2004 (SCSS 2004), and ...
Finance : The government has kept small savings interest rates unchanged for April–June 2026, ensuring continued stable returns for invest...
Finance : The government has decided to keep small savings interest rates unchanged for January–March 2026. The move ensures stability and...
Finance : The government has kept interest rates on PPF, NSC, SCSS, Sukanya Samriddhi, and other small savings schemes unchanged for Q3 FY 2...
Income Tax : The Government of India keeps Small Savings Schemes interest rates unchanged for Q1 FY 2025-26 (April–June 2025), as per the Min...
Finance : Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes for Q4 of FY 2024-25 will remain unchanged from Q3, effective January 1, 2025....
Senior Citizens’ Savings (Amendment) Scheme, 2020- The deposit made under this Scheme between 12th December, 2019 to 31st March, 2020 (both days inclusive) shall bear interest at the rate of 8.6 per cent per annum. The deposit made under this Scheme on or after the 1st day of April, 2020 shall bear interest at the rate of 7.4 per cent. per annum.
Government has declared Rate of Interest on Small saving for the Quarter of April 2020 to June 2020 with Massive cut in in interest Rate ranging from 0.70 to 1.40 % per annum. For example rate of interest on PPF been reduced by 70 basis points to 7.1% per annum and same on Sukanya Samriddhi […]
Amendments to procedural rules relating to Senior Citizen’s Savings Schemes in POSB(CBS) Manual in the light of recent changes circulated vide SB Order 13/2019 dated 18.12.2019.
The deadline for making tax saving investments is 31 March. But, there is still time to adopt last minute tax saving tips to claims tax benefits offered by the Government. This article discusses some tax investment avenues which can be utilized before 31 March to lower one’s overall tax liability.
By now, you might have already submitted investment proofs to your company’s finance department to claim a tax deduction. However, if you have been running behind date, here are some useful tips to save your hard-earned money and taxes before the D-day.
Article discusses Rate of Interest, Limit of Investment and Income Tax Benefit from Investment in 8 Most Popular Tax Saving Instruments in India i.e. 1,2,3 and 5 year Time Deposit, 5 Year National Savings Certificates VIII Issue (NSC), 5 Year Post office Recurring Deposit(RD), 15 year Public Provident Fund (PPF), Post office Saving Bank Account, […]
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 […]
Government has notified new Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019 w.e.f. 12th December, 2019 vide notification No. G.S.R. 916(E). Article explains Opening of account under Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019, Deposit under Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019, Interest on deposit under Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019, Premature closure of account under Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019, […]
An individual fulfilling the following conditions may open Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme account by making an application in Form-1 to the accounts office (i) who has attained the age of sixty years on the date of opening of the account; or
Central Government rescinds rules, namely The Post Office Savings Account Rules, 1981, The National Savings Time Deposit Rules, 1981, National Savings Recurring Deposit Rules, 1981, National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Rules, 1987, National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue) Rules, 1989, Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004, Kisan Vikas Patra Rules, 2014 and Sukanya Samriddhi Account Rules, […]
