A best-selling author-duo's expert guidance on tax-saving solutions that work
Mastering tax basics: Exempted incomes, including NSO schemes, LIC payments and dividends from shares and equity funds ▪ Tax concessions for salary earners ▪ Deductions from income under new Section 80C, pension scheme, mediclaim, deductions from interest on loans, etc.
Top tax haven — Shares and equity mutual funds: Total tax exemption on long-term capital gains ▪ Tax-free dividends ▪ How to use equity funds like a savings account ▪ How to reduce market risk ▪ Growth versus dividend options.
How to save capital gains: All the exemptions available under Section 54 — and how to make the best use of them ▪ Making use of indexation to lower taxes ▪ Buying a house property to save tax on capital gain ▪ Capital gains on gifted assets ▪ Capital Gains Account Scheme — the pitfalls to watch out for.
Tax-saving investment options: PPF and Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) — tips and tricks; why additional contribution to EPF may be a great idea ▪ How HUF partition can save tax.
Retirement planning: When to opt for VRS ▪ Best investment options for retirement planning ▪ Pension pitfalls.
Tax-saving in property: Tax-efficient ways of investing in property ▪ Housing loans for your dream house — how much loan to go in for.
Solutions to frequently-encountered tax kinks, including: Salary ▪ Capital Gains ▪ Income tax ▪ Gift and wealth ▪ NSCs and PPF ▪ TDS ▪Shares and securities ▪ Mutual funds ▪ Life insurance ▪ House property, etc.
Open this book and start saving taxes — today!
About the Author
A. N. Shanbhag is a bestselling author and a very widely syndicated columnist on personal finance and taxation.
Sandeep Shanbhag, a chartered accountant by training, is a tax and investment adviser. He writes regular columns on investment and tax planning for financial websites, such as moneycontrol.com and rediff.com, and newspapers including DNA, Financial Express, etc. He also features regularly as a tax and investment expert on All India Radio and various television channels such as CNBC, CNN-IBN, Zee Business, Doordarshan. Sandeep Shanbhag regularly addresses seminars and lectures arranged by corporates and other organizations.
