Know the basics of Consumer Protection Act

The set-up of consumer forum is geared to provide relief to both parties, and discourage long litigation

What is advance tax and who should file it?

Payment of tax liability by a person before the end of the financial year is called advance tax

What is securities transaction tax

STT is levied on every purchase or sale of securities that are listed on the Indian stock exchanges. This would include shares, derivatives or equity-oriented mutual funds units

Form 15G & 15H: Save TDS on interest on FDs

No TDS is deducted by banks on interest earned in saving bank accounts and recurring deposit accounts

XIRR: How to calculate your returns

XIRR is a more powerful function in Excel for calculating annualized yield for a schedule of cash flows occurring at irregular periods