Income Tax
Complete analysis of Perquisites: Meaning, Types & Taxability
Perquisites are fringe benefits that are received over and above an employee’s salary. These fringe benefits or perquisites can be taxable or non-taxable depending upon their nature. There are a number of benefits that come in addition to an ...
Listing of PayTm Shares at Varied Prices
International brokerage firm Macquarie has initiated coverage on Paytm stock with ‘underperform’ rating, and a target price of Rs 1,200 per share. Macquarie’s target price on Paytm shares is 44% lower than the IPO price of Rs 2,150. Earlier today, ...
Medical Insurance under Section 80D
Medical emergencies always take us by surprise. It is always better to be safe than sorry, and it is no different when it comes to medical insurance. The majority of the population in India are not covered under health insurance and depend on their ...
Process to Update Income Tax Profile Details
Developed by Infosys, this new user-friendly portal is now used to file income tax online and do all the related tasks. The design of the new portal makes the process of filing returns easy and convenient, and it has reduced the ITR processing time ...
Income Tax Rebate Under Section 87A
A rebate under section 87A is one of the income tax provisions that help taxpayers reduce their income tax liability. You can claim an income tax rebate under section 87A if your total income does not exceed Rs 5 lakh in a financial year. Your income ...
How to Pay Property Tax Online in Delhi?
Property tax is the amount that is paid by the landowner to the municipal corporation or the local government for his/her area. The tax must be paid every year. Property, office buildings, and residential homes that are rented out to third parties ...
Section 80TTB Deduction for Senior Citizens
Old age is often associated with health concerns, both physical and mental for senior citizens, which in turn takes a heavy toll on their finances. Therefore, it is necessary to provide them with adequate relaxations in the form of tax deductions. ...
How is Gift Tax Charged & Taxed in India?
The Parliament of India introduced the Gift Tax Act in 1958, and gift tax is essentially the tax charged on the receipt of gifts. The Income Tax Act states that gifts whose value exceeds Rs.50,000 are subject to gift tax in the hands of the ...
What is Fundamental Analysis in Business?
What Are Fundamentals? Fundamentals include the basic qualitative and quantitative information that contributes to the financial or economic well-being of a company, security, or currency, and their subsequent financial valuation. Where qualitative ...
Easy Process to Verify Bulk PAN & TAN on New Tax Portal
What is the Method to Manual Check Bulk PAN/TAN Service? The validation of the Bulk PAN or TAN service is available to external firms. The external firms consist of the Union and State Govt Departments or undertakings, RBI-approved Banks, recognized ...
Section 115BAC – Features of the new tax regime and its benefits
Individuals and HUF taxpayers are eligible to choose a new tax regime from FY 2020-21. From FY 2020-21, you can choose to pay income tax under an optional new tax regime. The new tax regime is available for individuals and HUFs with lower tax rates ...
Why it is always beneficial in Value Investing?
What Is Value Investing? Value investing is an investment strategy that involves picking stocks that appear to be trading for less than their intrinsic or book value. Value investors actively ferret out stocks they think the stock market is ...
Foreign Subsidiary Company Compliances in India
All companies established in India must follow the rules and regulations set up by the government. This is in effect, regardless of whether Indian or Foreign entities or citizens own the companies. The only difference between the two is that ...
How to Be the Perfect Copycat Investor
Copycat investing, as the name implies, refers to the strategy of replicating the investment ideas of famous investors or investment managers. The strategy is also known as coattail investing since the investor rides on the coattails of those who ...
What is National Pension Scheme (NPS)
National Pension Scheme (NPS) India is a voluntary and long-term investment plan for retirement under the purview of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PFRDA) and Central Government. We have covered the following in this article. ...
HRA-House Rent Allowance Exemption Rules & Tax Deductions
Salaried individuals, who live in rented houses, can claim the House Rent Allowance (HRA) to lower their taxes – partially or wholly. The allowance is for expenses related to rented accommodation. If you don’t live in rented accommodation, this ...
How Does Arbitrage Funds Work & its Benefits?
The word arbitrary generally refers to random, whim, or taking a chance. Similarly, an arbitrage fund takes advantage of changing prices of securities to buy and sell in seemingly random, but calculative moves. What is an Arbitrage Fund? Arbitrage ...
10 Serious Offences Under Income Tax Act with Penalties
The taxpayer who has disputed within the provision of the income tax act 1961 shall be subjected to file the penalty. The penalty will be imposed on the levied amount and is distinct from the tax that is needed to pay. The fines and penalty shall be ...
Avoid unaccounted UPI transactions
We are living in a modern world, where we are using various types of gadgets and apparatus for our facilitation. The development of the internet is one of the most important inventions in our life. The internet has brought the world to our ...
Agricultural Income – Overview & Taxability
Agriculture is said to be the primary occupation in India. It is usually the only source of income for the large rural population in India. The country as a whole is entirely dependent on agriculture for its basic food requirements. The government ...
Important Things about Annual Information Statement (AIS)
Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. This is a festival of lights, gifts, feasts and sweets. There is the custom of exchanging gifts on Diwali to show up the feeling of togetherness, love ...
Section 80E Income Tax Deduction or Interest on Education Loan
An education loan helps you finance your foreign studies and save you a lot of tax as well. If you have taken an education loan and are repaying the same, then the interest paid on that education loan is allowed as a deduction from the total income ...
Who is required to pay Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) and at what rate?
A dividend is a return given by a company to its shareholders out of the profits earned by the company in a particular year. Dividend constitutes income in the hands of the shareholders which ideally should be subject to income tax. However, the ...
What is Pension, Its Types & Is it Taxable?
What is a pension? A pension is a retirement fund for an employee paid into by the employer, employee, or both, with the employer usually covering the largest percentage of contributions. When the employee retires, she’s paid in an annuity calculated ...
What are the benefits & uses of Indexation?
Indexation plays an important role in calculating gain or loss on your investments. Indexation will reduce your overall tax liability by adjusting the purchase price of the underlying asset or investment. You will be able to realise higher gains as ...
Benefit of Minor PAN Card, Procedure to Apply & Income Tax
Most Indians are under the impression that a PAN Card can only be allotted once a person turns 18 years of age. However, this is a myth as Minors can also apply for PAN Card and the Income Tax department also allots PAN Card to Minors without any ...
Popular Investments options under Section 80C
Section 80C is the most widely used section for claiming Income Tax Deductions. This Section allows a deduction of Rs. 1,50,000 can not only be used by Salaried Individuals but can be used by all categories of Taxpayers irrespective of the source ...
Form 15G & Form 15H to Save TDS on Interest Income
Forms 15G & 15H: What can you do to ensure the bank does not deduct TDS on interest if your total income is not taxable? Banks have to deduct TDS when your interest income is more than Rs.40,000 in a year for individuals other than senior citizens ...
What is Income Tax E-Assessment Scheme?
The Central Government introduced the Faceless Assessment Scheme to provide greater transparency, efficiency and accountability in Income Tax assessments. All provisions introduced under Faceless Assessment, under the Income Tax Act, 1961, are ...
What is Take Home Salary, and How to increase take-home salary?
Take-home salary is the amount received by an employee after subtracting all the deductions from his package or CTC (Cost to Company). The formula for computing the take-home salary is Take home salary= Basic Salary + Allowances – Deductions ...
Short term capital Gain on shares Section 111A
Whether the gain on shares is short term or long term is decided by the holding period of the stock. The investment in stock is classified into two parts as per the income tax act Short term capital gains as per section 111A Short term capital gains ...
Special Tax benefits for Senior Citizens in Income Tax Act
The Indian Income Tax Act gives certain tax benefits to Senior Citizens and also tries to ensure that income tax e-filing is a hassle free process. The complete list of all the tax benefits available to senior citizens is compiled in this article. ...
Section 80TTA-Tax on interest on savings account
Interest Rate on Savings Account Earlier, the Interest Rates on Savings Account were fixed by the RBI and was 4% p.a. RBI controlled these Interest Rates, and all banks were required to pay the same interest rates irrespective of the amount of money ...
How Capital Gains Tax Rules Work for Different Investments in India
The primary goal for investing in any asset is to generate a profit by selling it after its value appreciates. But, these profits are not always tax-free. The Income Tax Act specifies the various capital assets that are taxable as well as the tax ...
Long-term Capital Gains on sale of Stock
Budget 2018 proposed to remove Section 10 (38) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. As per this section, the long-term capital gains (LTCG) arising on sale of equity shares or units of an equity-oriented mutual fund on which Securities Transaction Tax (STT) ...
What is Speculative Income & How is it taxed?
Income tax provision includes taxing any kind of income earned by taxpayers categorised under five major heads such as income from salary, income from house property, profits or gains of business/profession, income from capital gains, and income from ...
Why is Cess and Surcharge levied separately?
The Constitution of India grants the power to the Union to raise revenue by levying cess. Article 270 of the Constitution of India states that the Government can collect tax in the name of cess for generating revenue, but it shall be earmarked for a ...
What is Security Transaction Tax & When is it Levied?
It is quite common for taxpayers to resort to tax evading measures to save their tax outflow to the Government. It is necessary for the Government to keep a tab on such measures by having provisions in law or introduce new provisions / modify the ...
Taxation of Income Earned from Selling Shares
We all know that Income from salary, rental income and business income is taxable. But what about income from sale or purchase of shares? Many homemakers, retired people, spend their time gainfully buying and selling shares but are unsure of how ...
How to file Income Tax Return (ITR) after Death of Taxpayer?
If a person dies during the year and has earned some income during that year, it is necessary to file income tax returns even after his death. As per the Income Tax Act, income tax is to be paid, and an income tax return is to be filed for any person ...
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