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Oct17

2016

  • The Wednesday of 3rd Aug 2016, a day when Rajya Sabha finally took the big step in, by passing the GST bill in India, after a period long wait and arrays of debates and discussions over it. GST is the biggest transformation in tax reforms India has seen in years and has left everyone, from a common consumer to business entrepreneurs, curious over what changes it may bring upon.
  • So let us dig in further, beginning with how GST is different from VAT

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Oct10

2016

  • The Income Tax Department has announced that it will bring up new ASKs (Aayakar Seva Kendra) soon in its endeavor to improve its services. ASKs were introduced by the tax department with the aim to make its services more accessible to common people. Now tax department will add 60 more centres to in several third tier cities like Goalpara, Morigaon, Siliguri, Haldia, Dharmapuri, Hardoi, Neemuch, Mandsar, Rewari, Sonepat, etc. covering areas from Assam to Madhya Pradesh. More than 300 ASKs are already operational in many prominent cities out of which 58 were added last year by the government.
  • CBDT has taken up the task of creating new ASKs on priority. CBDT has also asked the field offices of the tax department to create teams to undertake the task and speed up the process. This step will make common tax related services more accessible to the people. For those of you who do not know about ASK, here is a brief description about it:

Oct03

2016

  • You have probably heard this a hundred times, “you have got to work smart not hard to succeed”.
  • How do you define working smart though? Would working smart mean less work and not working hard to be smart? If we work hard does that have nothing to do with working smart? Do smart people not work hard? Or do hard workers not work smartly? Confusing, right! Let’s take a deeper look.
  • Traditionally, working hard is considered to be the cornerstone of achievement. You work hard at something, burn midnight oil, sweat and out run everyone else around you, to reach your goal. Maybe it’s school, or grad school, or looking for a job. Maybe it’s learning a new skill, or improving an existing one for that manner.

Sep26

2016

  • It’s easy to assume that as society becomes wealthier and healthier people would become more fulfilled and happy, but this is not the case. Despite all the advancements in technology and increasing access to information and resources people are not becoming happier.

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  • Maybe this is why happiness has become such a popular topic in self-help over the past decade. We are in search of a path leading to true fulfilment and satisfaction and we don’t know which direction to turn.

Sep19

2016

“You can still file tax returns”

“Delayed returns can be filed up to two years”

“Returns without paying penalty accepted up to March 31”

  • Have such news items been leading you to believe that the tax filing deadline of July 31 is not written in stone. Well, there is reason enough for you to adhere to the time line for filing returns notified by the Income Tax Department.
  • Though one is permitted to file delayed returns for reasons beyond ones’ control. However, the deadlines for delayed returns have been shrunk as per the Union Budget 2016, as passed by the Parliament recently.

Sep12

2016

  • Budgeting, a habit that is rated very low since many do not follow it, is actually the best way to manage personal finances. We all are used to receiving the monthly pay on a fixed date and then spend it generously over the next 20 days of the month. The dwindling situation of the pocket comes to notice only in the last few days of the month and then we are left with no choice but patiently await the next pay day.
  • Here is how you can avoid being broke during the last days of the month by following some simple budgeting practices:

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