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How to Save Capital Gains Tax (LTCG) when Selling Land / Plot

Shantanu Rastogi — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:33:26 +0000

Buying and Selling of Property, Plots, Flats, Land, Independent Houses, Floors or any other form of residential property is a frequent activity in present scenario. Especially with so much activity in the real estate sector, it has been considered to have given good returns. The attractive home loan schemes have made it even more lucrative. [...] Related posts:

TEDx Gurgaon Event update

Pankaj Batra — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:15:06 +0000

Today, I attended TEDx event here in Gurgaon. It was a very nice experience. Let me give some updates for the event. First of all, let me introduce TED, if you don’t already know about it. About TED: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a U.S private nonprofit foundation best known for its conferences, devoted to what it calls [...] Related posts:

Income Tax Calculator – Financial Year 2010-2011

Shantanu Rastogi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:17:08 +0000

The new slabs for Income Tax in India were proposed in the Union Budget 2010 by Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee. Given the new tax slabs that are expected to be in force from the FY 2010-11 or Assessment Year 2011-12 we have prepared an Income Tax Calculator for financial year 2010-11 for your convenience. Broadly speaking, [...] Related posts:

New Direct Tax Code – DTC – Highlights

Shantanu Rastogi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:55:23 +0000

The New Direct Tax Code (DTC) is said to replace the existing Income Tax Act of 1961 in India - and would be presented in the winter session of the Parliament. It is expected to be passed in the monsoon session of 2010 and is expected to be enforced from 2011. During the budget 2010 [...] Related posts:

2010 Budget update

Pankaj Batra — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:57:13 +0000

2010 Budget Update: As per budget presented on 26th Feb, 2010, Pranav Mukherjee proposed changes for income tax rate slabs as per below. Also apart from current one lakh investment, additional 20,000 Rs will be non-taxable, if same has been invested in long term infrastructure bonds. Excise duty on petrol, diesel increase by Re 1/litre, [...] Related posts:

Facebook Email in response to Google Gmail Buzz

Pankaj Batra — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:37:32 +0000

The inevitable has finally happened. The war of Email and Social Networking between Facebook and Google has reached an all time high. Facebook, world’s no. 1 social networking website has quietly launched its dramatically new email service, the FBMail or the Facebook Mail. Some select Facebook users have reported that were surprised to find [...] Related posts:

Two great movies in two days

Pankaj Batra — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:23:38 +0000

First day, late night show of Avatar in 3D Ambience’s Hall and then next day first day last show of 3 Idiots. Life could not have asked for more. Two extremely different movies, one takes you into unheard ocean of imagination and other shows you hard-hitting reality with one of the best comic scenes. Avatar: First comes first. [...] Related posts:

Trade Mutual funds online from March’10

Pankaj Batra — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:29 +0000

As per SEBI, they will provide a online system starting March 2010 where investor can buy and sell mutual fund without any intermediaries. For sure, this will make investment process transparent and convenient. NSE (National stock exchange) along with NSDL(National Securities Depository) will create a platform for the same where mutual fund units will be traded. [...] Related posts:

Life Reclaimed at Bali

Pankaj Batra — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:26 +0000

Bali is truly unique, in that it is the only Hindu island in Indonesia, a country dominated by Islam. Hinduism is a religion that developed out of the way of life of the people living on the banks of the Indus river in India and Hinduism came to Indonesia many centuries ago. Bali’s more than [...] Related posts:

My First Adsense paycheck

Pankaj Batra — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:19:30 +0000

It feels great to earn first paycheck from Google AdSense. Related posts:Google Announces Adsense For Mobile StudyTimes.com, a mere copy-paste Bhuvan – India’s own Google Earth Related posts: