Moved back to India? This buffer can help you with tax planning
During the RNOR window, your Indian income is taxed exactly as it would be for any resident. Any income earned in India is taxable and must be declared in the ITR
During the RNOR window, your Indian income is taxed exactly as it would be for any resident. Any income earned in India is taxable and must be declared in the ITR
The Income-tax Act, 2025, came into force on 1 April 2026, bringing new section numbers for several familiar tax provisions. With this development, the decades-old Income Tax Act, 1961, has been successfully phased out. For futures and options (F&O) traders, however, the broad tax treatment continues to remain largely unchanged. All eligible exchange-traded derivative transactions…
Are you relying on online dining apps for food prices? Be aware because it’s not always what you see on these apps that you might have to pay at the restaurants. In one such case, a Delhi consumer court has held Swiggy and a Delhi-based eatery responsible for unfair trade practices, reported LiveLaw. The issue…
A postgraduate medical student received ₹18.34 lakh as stipend from Aligarh Muslim University while pursuing an MS in General Surgery. The Income Tax Department treated the amount as taxable salary, but the Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the addition, holding that the stipend was connected with her postgraduate education and compulsory residency…
When it comes to India’s digital credit story, it is the tier 2 cities that are leading the charge, according to findings from the Digital Credit & Inclusion Index (DCII) 2026, conducted by the Pahlé India Foundation and Amazon Pay. Tier-2 cities lead digital credit and inclusion in the country, with an average score of…
Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) are widely considered a simple way to invest regularly for long-term wealth creation. However, the impact of compounding can become significantly more powerful when investors consistently increase their SIP contributions over time. Even an additional ₹1,000 a month can make a substantial difference to the eventual corpus. The higher contribution not…
There has been a clear shift in SIP investor preferences over the past five years. According to the latest AMFI-Crisil Factbook, mid-cap funds replaced large-cap funds as the largest SIP category in March 2026, while small-cap, sectoral, and multi-cap funds also gained share. Here are experts’ views on the shift and what investors should do….