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| PLANNING |
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Tax Axe on Investments?
Anil J. Sathe |
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| Being an investor, and not a trader, makes a whole lot of difference to the tax liability of a person. We look at the tax implications that different investments have |
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Get tax sops, reap returns
Sunita Abraham |
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| That’s what ELSS investments have to offer, coupled with other benefits |
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Combo on offer
Kayezad E. Adajania |
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| Take a look at funds that offer a combination of tax savings and pension after retirement |
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Look beyond the tax breaks
Sunil Dhawan |
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| Consider flexibility, performance and prospects before buying a pension plan |
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Calculate your Tax
Sunil Dhawan and Swami Saran sharma |
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| It is now just a five-minute sprint to calculating your tax liability |
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Calculate your Deductions
Sunil Dhawan and Swami Saran Sharma |
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| You can reduce your taxable income by investing in specified instruments. You can work that out in 15 minutes
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Calculate your income
Sunil Dhawan and Swami Saran Sharma |
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| It takes 10 minutes to find out your Gross Total Income |
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30 Minute TAX GUIDE
Swami Saran Sharma and Udayan Ray |
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| Calculate your income, find the deductions, and work out your tax. In a matter of minutes |
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Taxing times ahead, are you on track?
Sunil Dhawan |
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| If you haven’t planned on taxes already, do it before it gets too late. Only, while doing this, decide whether you just want to save taxes or make goal-based investments |
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| BEATING THE TAXMAN |
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Get the edge
Kanu H. Doshi |
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| Five ways with which you can effectively structure your loans and investments to reduce the tax burden |
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li’l club class travellers
Sunil Dhawan |
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| Your minor child’s income would be lumped with yours. So try to create tax-free income streams for him |
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Make Losses, Save Tax
Praful Poladia |
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| Negative income does not attract tax, but actually saves you money |
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Building on Tax Gains
Ravikant Kamath |
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| You can avail a host of tax benefits if you are buying or building your own home.
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Tax-proof Your Legacy
Vishal Chopra |
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| Strategies to ensure that the assets you leave behind for your dependants end up in their hands. And not in the grubby paws of the taxman. |
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| CAPITALGAINS |
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Tax Frontier Not Frozen Yet
Ameet Patel |
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| No clarity on defining gains from transactions in shares as business or investment income |
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| RULES & REGULATIONS |
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From Saral to Complicated?
Kanu H. Doshi |
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| The new forms, 8 in number, are between 2 and 20 pages. There’s a list of instructions too |
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I-T Returns blues over?
Anagh Pal |
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| Tax Return Preparers at your service now |
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Which Club Class Are You?
Ravikant kamath |
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| Find out if you are responsible for income earned by other family members, or not |
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Defending Accountant's Nag
Ameet N. Patel |
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| Deducting tax at source is as painful for the employer as it is for the employee. |
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Not So Saral
Tejas P. Bhope |
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| Filing income tax returns is set for another round of complication. The new Form 2F is hardly simple as the government claims, but there is a way out. |
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| BUSINESS & PROFESSION |
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Importance of Being Pan
Rajesh Kothari |
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| This number is key to most financial transactions, and is an easy proof of identity
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| HOUSEPROPERTY |
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Buying Back Homeland
Tarunkumar G. Singhal |
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| Primer on acquisition and transfer of immovable property for NRIs, PIOs and foreigners |
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| DEDUCTIONS & REBATES |
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What else but ELSS?
Ameet N. Patel |
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| Good returns, full tax deduction, and a low lock-in make ELSS attractive. |
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| TAXRECKONER |
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Profitable Partnerships
Bhavesh Gandhi |
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| Get a fix on these rules and build a tax-friendly partnership company.
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| BUDGET |
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Too Neutral
Dilip V. Lakhani |
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| Bringing bank deposits u/s 80C is a welcome move, but the five year tenure is unreasonable. |
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The pros and cons
Vishal Chopra |
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| What does Budget 2006 portend? A quick look at its implications
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The loony fringe
Vishal Chhabria and Archana Rai |
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| If FBT is levied on superannuation contributions, would your employer support your retirement plans?
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| SALARYISSUES |
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What Benefits?
Dilip V. Lakhani |
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| The business community objects to FBT on genuine business expenses |
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Frankly Baffling Tax?
Archana Rai |
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| The August 29 FBT circular has created more confusion than it had sought to dispel
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Loony fringe
V. Venkatesan and Vishal Chopra |
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| The fringe benefits tax will lop off a meaty chunk of your pay. Unless bossman comes to the rescue. |
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No Benefits, Only Tax
Praful Poladia and Ravikant Kamath |
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| It is supposed to be a tax on the employer, but it is the employee who will end up paying it.
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