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Income tax calculator for 2013-14 and Budget 2013 update

Pankaj Batra — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:02:18 PST

Income tax calculator: Excel based computation tool is based on slabs and recommendations proposed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in budget presented on 28th Feb, 2013. Income Tax Rates for...

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All You Wanted To Know About Public Provident Fund

Pankaj Batra — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:06:29 PDT

PPF scheme introduced by Central Govt is a very popular and easy to invest scheme. The scheme enables the members of public to make contribution to the fund and obtain income tax benefit. Central...

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Income tax calculator for 2012-13 and Budget 2012 update

Pankaj Batra — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:25:09 PDT

Like very year on the budget day, we are again here with all new income tax calculator for financial year 2012-13, or for assessment year 2013-14, along-with budget updates for common man. Budget...

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Gold ETFs v/s Gold Mutual Funds

Pankaj Batra — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:12:15 PST

With the market being so volatile and uncertain, investors are looking to add stability to their portfolios. One way of doing that is investing in gold. Investing in physical gold is cumbersome and...

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Is it just your insurance company’s fault?

Pankaj Batra — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:58:05 PST

Do we always have to blame insurance company? Guest author Shalin Tejpal Jain shares his experiences from PolicyComplaints.com below. “The insurance agent mis-communicated to me the product features...

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Fixed income plans other than Fixed deposits

Pankaj Batra — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:33:39 PDT

We all know about the risks associated with investing in Stock Markets and thus prefer to stay away from the same. We also know that Real Estate is always a good investment option but requires a...

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Check your EPF balance online

Pankaj Batra — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:51:49 PDT

You can check your EPF (Employee provident fund) balance online here: Know Your EPF Balance. This service was launched on 1st July, 2011. On 24th July, 2012, another website to check monthly balance...

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Income Tax E-filing and its benefits

Pankaj Batra — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:06:19 PDT

What is E-Preparation of Income Tax Return? E-Preparation of IT Return is the process of preparing your Income Tax Return using a software. The E-Preparation software can be of 2 types: A. Manual...

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Simplify your investments with MoneySights

Pankaj Batra — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:09:49 PDT

Last week saw the launch of a new tool called MoneySights. I was one of those with an early invite to test it out. So here I am, pleased by it, and blogging it’s review, because I know many of us...

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Why you should opt for Systematic Withdrawl Plan (SWP)

Pankaj Batra — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:27:42 PDT

Equity Markets are dynamic in nature. Nobody knows the top of the market. If someone says so, he is just befooling you with his own analysis. I think nobody would have predicted that the market will...

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