Finance - There are a lot of securities available to you to reduce your tax liability .Chapter VIA offers you so many opportunities. Sec 80 C is one of the important section in Chapter VIA which gives ample opportunities to you as per the existing Income Tax Act. You cannot claim deduction under Sec 80C under the […]...
Read MoreFinance - Tax benefits under section 80C for the girl child under the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme,2019 The Central Government initially launched the ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Account’ programme in January 2015 with an objective to promote the welfare of girl child. After that the Government has further notified new Sukanya Samriddhi Accou...
Read MoreFinance - 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....
Read MoreFinance - Section 80C replaced the existing Section 88 with more or less the same investment mix available in Section 88. The new section 80C has become effective w.e.f. 1st April, 2006. Even the section 80CCC on pension scheme contributions was merged with the above 80C. However, this new section has allowed a major change in the method of prov...
Read MoreFinance - 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 Ba...
Read MoreFinance - The revised Rates of Interest on various Small Savings Schemes Including Saving Deposits, Public Provident Fund, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts Scheme for the 4th Quarter of financial year 2017-18 is as below:...
Read MoreFinance - Government has decided to effect a reduction of 0.1 percentage points in interest rates across the board in all Small Savings Schemes except the Post Office Savings Account, which has been left untouched....
Read MoreFinance - Government is continuously monitoring the progress of Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme. It was launched on 2nd December, 2014 and since then the number of accounts opened under this scheme have been showing upward trend and 99,96,085 accounts have been reported opened till 31st October, 2016 and Rs. 9455.30 crore have been deposited unde...
Read MoreFinance - The interest rates of Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, 2004 (SCSS 2004), and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (the Girl Child Scheme) were reduced by 0.10 percentage point for the quarter 01.10.2016 to 31.12.2016, and not 0.10 percentage per annum....
Read MoreFinance - On the basis of the decision of the Government, interest rates for small savings schemes are to be notified on quarterly basis. Accordingly, the rates of interest on various small savings schemes for the second quarter of financial year 2016-17, on the basis of the interest compounding/payment built-in in the schemes, shall be as under: ...
Read MoreF. No. 1/4/2019-NS - (31/03/2020) - 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 [&hellip...
Read MoreS.B. Order No. 09/2020 - (14/02/2020) - Amendments to procedural rules relating to Sukanya Samriddhi Account scheme in POSB(CBS) Manual in the light of recent changes circulated vide SB Order 13/2019 dated 18.12.2019....
Read MoreNotification No. G.S.R. 914(E) - (12/12/2019) - MINISTRY OF FINANCE Department of Economic Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th December, 2019 G.S.R. 914(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 (5 of 1873), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme, namely:- 1. Shor...
Read MoreNotification No. G.S.R. 912(E) - (12/12/2019) - 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 C...
Read MoreG.S.R. 505(E) - (16/07/2019) - Central Government hereby notifies that subscriptions made to Sukanya Samriddhi Account fund on or after 1st day of July, 2019 and the balances at the credit of the subscriber shall bear interest at the rate of 8.4 per cent. per annum....
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