Tax Planning Strategies Articles

In the Union Budget of 2021, interest on PF contributions (contribution made by the employee) above Rs 2.5 lakhs will be taxable as per the income tax rate of the employee. This has caused concerns among many salaried investors. In this article, we will discuss about who will get affected by this, how they will be impacted and possible...

If you had invested Rs 1 lac in Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Fund, an ELSS Fund at its inception in 1996 the value of your investment today would be nearly Rs 1 crore on an adjusted NAV basis. The performance of this fund is a glowing testimony...

If you had started a monthly Systematic Investment Plan of र 5,000 in Reliance Tax Saver Mutual Fund Scheme 10 years back, by now you would have accumulated a corpus of nearly र 13.5 lacs with a cumulative investment of just र 6 lacs...

ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund (Tax Saving) has been one of the top performing Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) over the last 15 years. If you had invested Rs. 5,000 monthly in ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund...

In the previous article of this series, Tax Planning at different stages of life – Part 1, we have discussed some tax planning ideas for people in the age group of 20 – 30 years and 30 – 40 years. Tax planning is an...

Tax planning is an important financial objective of any person. Tax planning starts when a person starts working and continues almost through-out one’s life, even after retirement. While there are various aspects...

Even though the real estate market has been somewhat subdued in the last one to two years, over the past ten years, real estate in India has given good returns. Enticed with the idea of owning a house and seeing...

An effective way to save tax, as advised by tax consultants, is to form a Hindu Undivided Family. The principle of taxation of Hindu Undivided Family is based on the concept of joint family in India, where the assets...

Section 80C of Income Tax Act allows tax payers to claim deductions from their taxable income (up to Rs 1 Lakh) by investing in certain instruments. However, many tax payers are not aware that, there are other sections of...

Investors often tend to ignore the impact of taxes on their investment planning. Taxes, however, have a significant impact on the returns earned by the investor and therefore investors should pay due attention...