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December 9, 2014

What is Capitalised Ground Rent?

If you are liable to pay Ground Rent for your plot or flat, understanding the Capitalized Scheme can potentially help you save tons of money...read on...



What is Ground Rent?

As the name suggests, Ground rent is the rent paid for taking the ground on lease from the land owner. Typically, in case where you leasehold a land or a property from government authorities like DDA (Delhi
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Published on December 09, 2014 21:05

December 3, 2014

New Kisan Vikas Patra KVP 2014 Vs other Debt based investments

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) has been in news off late considering that it has been revamped and relaunched by the government with some seemingly attractive features...but is it good enough? Have a look at the comparison between the revamped KVP and other commonly available investment tools...


Interest Rate

KVP offers 8.7% taxable returns. If you compare this with any commonly available Fixed
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Published on December 03, 2014 22:11

November 30, 2014

Article # 3 in CWB magazine : Make your children money-minded

After our articles published in the "Complete Well Being" magazine in their July 2014 and Sep 2014 editions, we got a stupendous response and the magazine wanted us to publish more articles for them. The below article then appeared in the November 2014 edition of the magazine, which also happens to be the 8th anniversary edition of the magazine.



Knowingly or unknowingly,consciously
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Published on November 30, 2014 05:53

November 24, 2014

Your assets are your employees

You are the CEO of this company called as 'Life'. Your assets are your employees. If you treat them any less, the results will not be surprising. Ignoring your assets, not paying attention to what they are doing for you, what returns they are giving and can potentially give, and not investing time on them is the worst treatment you can give to your employees...read on...



I was sitting with
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Published on November 24, 2014 21:12

November 12, 2014

Meet another Freedom Seeker : Ms Kamini Gupta - a CEO from Hyderabad

Last time, we met a a young and dynamic lady who is a QA associate with a global IT company in Gurgaon, India : Mrs. Annapurna Sharma who are already on the journey towardsfinancial freedomnow.The response to such posts has been overwhelming. You can read more about her journey and experience till now byclicking here.



In continuation with our effort to interlock you with some common
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Published on November 12, 2014 20:53

October 29, 2014

Is handling your finances that complex?

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Published on October 29, 2014 20:33

October 21, 2014

What is Notional Rent for your rented house?

If you are someone who has rented out your house, you need to show that
rent as an income along with your other sources of income. The taxation
of your rental income depends on whether you have a loan running against
this rented house or you own it fully. The amount that is considered
for taxation could either be the Notional Rental for that house or your Actual Rent whichever is higher
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Published on October 21, 2014 09:58

October 12, 2014

Seven (7) Income Tax related changes in Budget 2014 that you ought to know

Indian Union Budget 2014 came up with many surprises for an individual tax payer. Here are the 7 (seven) rule changes that you must leverage to the hilt. Remember that increasing the returns on your investments are as important as increasing your income, if not more.





(1)Increase in basic exemption limit

The basic tax exemption limit has been increased from Rs. 2 lakh and Rs. 2.5 lakh
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Published on October 12, 2014 06:45

October 3, 2014

Article # 2 in CWB magazine : From a good life to a great life !!

After the first article was published in the "Complete Well Being" magazine in the July 2014 edition, we got a stupendous response and the magazine wanted us to publish more articles for them. The below article then appeared in the September 2014 edition of the magazine..



Life is good for so many of us...but can life be great ? Can we transform a good life to a great life? What is the
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Published on October 03, 2014 06:24

September 27, 2014

I am not dying ordinary...

We all were born different. We all will die different.

But some sanity may prevail in our lives if we make an attempt to answer some of the "common sense" questions.

So, here you go...

What is more important? Getting a new car, a bigger house or staying in the same old apartment using the same old car but spending that money to taking care of your old parents?
Is your child's Parent
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Published on September 27, 2014 22:46