Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2025 introduced a revised threshold for TDS compliance for individuals, senior citizens, and companies. This adjustment aims to provide taxpayers with a means to reduce the amount of tax deducted from their income, while also assisting companies in simplifying their TDS compliance process. The proposed threshold has been increased … Read more
My husband passed away in December 2023. Now with his death, I can only invest Rs 30 lakhs in Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) in my name instead of Rs 60 lakh previously done for both. Where can I invest this money now, where I can get maximum, risk-free returns with a lock-in period of 5 years. Name … Read more
FD investment: As investors enter their golden years, their investment appetite change as they tend to move towards safer tools from riskier ones. A fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument provided by various financial institutions such as banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs). Fixed deposits are known for their competitive interest rates, which are … Read more
Raksha Bandhan is the most auspicious and most celebrated brother-sister festival in India. This year, Rakhi will be celebrated on August 19, 2024. Though traditional gifts like cash, clothes and jewellery are the favourite gift choices for sisters, many financial experts feel that gifting investment tools, such as fixed deposits, mutual funds, and others, can … Read more
I am 35 years old and I started investing in the stock market 5 years ago. I have a corpus of about Rs 1 crore which includes Equity (50%), FDs (15%), MFs (25%) and SGB (10%). I want to diversify my portfolio and explore alternative investment options as well. How should I start? Reply by … Read more
The Centre has recently revised the interest rates applicable to small savings schemes for the quarter of January-March 2024. Though it didn’t revise the interest rates for Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, the government-back scheme offers one of the best competitive rates to Indian residents aged above 60 years. Here’s a quick comparison of Senior Citizens … Read more
The past experiences in the markets clearly stand as testimony to the fact that no asset class is free from risk unless it’s about fixed deposits (FD). Be it the equity market, bonds, equity funds commodities, currency, or even debt funds, all suffer valuation losses whenever there are negative trends in global economies, changes in … Read more
The amendments to the taxation of debt mutual funds didn’t bode well for investors across categories, as the arbitrage benefits one could avail on such investments are no longer in place. According to the amendment to the Finance Bill, income from investments in debt mutual funds where not more than 35% is invested in equity … Read more