State bank of India (SBI) has revised the interest rate on its Tax Saving Fixed Deposit Scheme to 8.75% for General Public while interest rate for Senior citizens has remained the same at 9.00%. As I have pointed out earlier, if you see the advertisement by SBI, it promises annual yield of 17.39% for Senior […]
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Its Tax Saving Season and all financial institutions are trying to en-cash this opportunity. If you are risk averse then five year tax saving deposit is one of the best avenues to save tax. UCO bank in its advertisement has published its annual yield, but has conveniently ignored to print the actual interest offered. I
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ELSS (Equity Linked Saving Scheme) also popularly known as Tax Saving Mutual Funds are one of the best investments you can do to save tax and create wealth in the long run. But unfortunately according to the proposed direct tax code ELSS would be a thing of past and it would no more be eligible as tax saving instrument under section 80C of Income tax. Nevertheless Financial
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SBI recently advertised how the fixed deposits offered by SBI under Section 80C helps you save tax and the effective yield. But this is pre tax return. The interest you get is taxable in case of above deposits. Since they have assumed tax bracket of 30%, your post tax yield would come to 13.33% (from
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With start of new financial year 2012-13, a lot would change from today in personal finance space. Here is the list. Good News: Increased Interest on Small Savings Scheme like PPF, NSC, etc: The government has increased interest rates on post office deposits like PPF, NSC, Fixed Deposit, Recurring Deposit, and Senior citizen Scheme in
