The Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) – A Comprehensive Guide
For individuals aiming to maximize their savings while enjoying significant tax benefits, the Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF) presents an attractive option. The VPF, a government-backed scheme, extends beyond the mandatory Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), offering enhanced returns and flexible investment opportunities. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about...
How to use the Fintoo Chatbot for managing your money?
You might have already heard the story of the ant and the grasshopper. To sum it up, the ants planned for their future by managing their resources efficiently, whereas the grasshopper was simply careless about his future and his lack of planning caused him to suffer in the end. It usually takes so little to begin planning for your future. But often money management gets overlooked. Whether...
5 Steps To Build A Solid Emergency Fund
Uncertainties are a part and parcel of life. Some days things go smoothly as per your plan, while some days bring unexpected challenges. And these challenges come with financial setbacks. So, what’s the solution? An emergency fund. Now, before we dive into explaining the 5 steps to build a solid emergency fund, let us first understand what exactly an emergency fund...
Know How To Save Taxes By Claiming Expenses
For many people, tax planning is all about how to save taxes. However, there are various sections under the Income Tax Act of India in which you can claim specific expenses as deductions. To reduce taxes it is not only important to invest but it is important to properly arrange financial affairs as well. To reduce the tax burden for its citizens, the Indian Government each year through the...
Tax Saving Strategies for Senior Citizen
As per the income tax act, a person attaining age 60 or more in a financial year even for a day becomes a senior citizen. Income tax gives relief to senior citizens in the form of a higher tax exemption limit. If a senior citizen is aged 60 or above but less than age 80, his income of Rs.3 Lacs p.a. is tax-exempt. If a senior citizen is above age 80 then his income up to Rs.5 Lacs is exempt...
7 Signs That Signifies Financial Health Checkup Need
Most people are unaware of certain basic things or factors to look out for, which are basically warnings towards incoming financial peril. If ignored these may prove to be very costly, but if identified at an early stage, they may be corrected to ensure sound financial health and leads the way to efficient and effective financial planning. Let’s see the top 7 signs indicating the need for...
Saving Or Investing? Are These Two Different?
I still remember my childhood days, when my mother would give me pocket money only if I did the house chores. She would tell me that half of it, I could spend, while the other half, was put into my piggy bank or should I say ‘KHAZANA’. Well, of course, now we have banks for that. Yes, those were the good old days. I think everyone knows how important it is to save and invest, given the...
How much you are worth today?
How do we define financial success? A high salary or huge bank balance. A high salary or huge bank balance won’t make you rich. Finally, Amount left with you after paying off your debt is an important deciding factor for financial success. To know this you need to calculate your Networth.Networth helps us to know how much we have in case if we sell all our assets and pay off all the...
Saving Lessons You Can Learn From Your Parents
Balancing all one’s expenses, desires and goals comfortably with one’s income seems to have become a never-ending and exhausting task. No matter what one is earning, it never seems to be sufficient to take care of everything. Yet if we look back, we will realise that our parents always seemed to be a lot more relaxed regarding their attitude towards money. Irrespective of their earnings, it...