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How Small Savings can make you a Double Crorepati

Posted in Finance, Investment.

Small is always big!!!

  • Are you worried about your current income being less than 25000
  • Are you worried about your Retirement needs & your child education

If you are looking for a solution to the above questions, here is how you can create wealth of 2 Crore just by leaving two bad habits.

Well, We agree by cutting down small expenses wont help you earn big buck in short term but it will really improve your financial life if you plan for a longer duration.

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India Budget 2011

Posted in Finance, Income Tax, News.

As per budget presented on 28th Feb, 2011, Pranav Mukherjee proposed changes as per below.

  1. The income tax exemption limit has been raised from the current 1.6 lakh to 1.8 lakh.
  2. A new tax slab has been introduced for senior citizens of 80 years and above. There will not be any tax upto 5 lacs income for people above 80 years.
  3. Current age limit for consideration as senior citizens has been reduced from 65 years to 60. And they will get tax exemption for income up to Rs 2.5 lakh (earlier it was 2.4 lakhs).
  4. There is no change in tax slabs for women.
  5. A new income tax return form Sugam to be introduced to simplify tax return filing further.
  6. From 1st June 2011, all salaried persons which do not  have any other sources of income and employer deducts income tax through TDS, will be excluded from filing returns. So if one earns only through salary, he/she need not to file income tax return as data for the same is already there with income tax department.

Full Budget Speech can be downloaded here.

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Income Tax Calculator for 2011-2012

Posted in Finance, Income Tax.

As per the new income tax slab proposed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Indian budget 2011;  we have created Income Tax Calculator for financial year 2011-12 (Assessment Year 2012-13).

Broadly speaking, the tax slabs exempt all income below INR 1,80,000 whereas the income between INR 1,80,000 and INR 5,00,000 is proposed to be taxed at the rate of 10%. The next income tax slab lies between INR 5,00,000 and INR 8,00,000 for which the rate of taxation is 20%. Finally, all income above INR 8,00,000 would be taxed at the rate of 30%.

A new tax slab has been introduced for senior citizens of 80 years and above. There will not be any tax upto 5 lacs income for people above 80 years.

Current age limit for consideration as senior citizens has been reduced from 65 years to 60. And they will get tax exemption for income up to Rs 2.5 lakh (earlier it was 2.4 lakhs)

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Radio Auto-Rickshaws (Tuk-Tuk) in Gurgaon

Posted in News, Travel.

After some success of Radio Taxi in NCR, Now Gurgaon will have similar services for Auto-Rickshaws in name of Radio Tuk-Tuk (Radio Autos).
Just call the helpline number (0124-2343434) and rickshaw will be there for the intra-city travel (as of now only inside Gurgaon).

tuk tuk logo.308112138 std Radio Auto Rickshaws (Tuk Tuk) in GurgaonThis service started from November 22, 2010.
This can be a convenience mode of transport for commuters, specially women, in the millennium city.

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Aadhaar, Unique Identification (UID) Cards first set issued

Posted in Government, India, News.

Today was a historical day.

In Tembhli village (Nandurbar district, Maharashtra), First set of Multipurpose National Identity Cards (12 digit unique identification number), named as Aadhaar were issued. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chief Nandan Nilekani, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi were present at the launch ceremony.

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Mutual Fund investment options: Growth, Dividend Payout, Dividend Reinvestment

Posted in Finance, Investment, Mutual Funds.

While filling a mutual fund form, usually you will see three options to invest:

1. Growth
2. Dividend Pay-out
3. Dividend Reinvestment

Most of the people are confused about the different among these, which one to choose and why?

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From November 15, No third-party cheques allowed for mutual fund investments

Posted in Finance, Investment, Mutual Funds, News.

Come November 15, 2010 and mutual fund companies will start rejecting your mutual fund application, in case the cheque is not from investor’s bank account (third party cheque).

This is to stop all fraud activities by agents and distributors. There has been some complaints in past on this where some of the agents were using cheques provided by their investor clients, to invest into mutual funds account owned by them. So most of the AMC (asset management company) have taken this action now.

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Direct Tax Code (DTC): Highlights and Impact

Posted in Finance, Income Tax, India.

The New Direct Tax Code (DTC) is said to replace the existing Income Tax Act of 1961 in India. DTC bill was tabled in parliament on 3oth August, 2010. There are big changes now in monsoon session and There are now much less benefits as compared to what were in the original proposal.

During the budget 2010 presentation, the finance minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee reiterated his commitment to bringing into fore the new direct tax code (DTC) into force from 1st of April, 2011, but same could not be fulfilled and now it will be applicable from 1st April, 2012.
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