Articles 1801–1840 of 2673, covering Income Tax and more.
Buying and selling crypto isn't the only way to acquire it - mining and staking generate new tokens directly, and India's Virtual Digital Asset tax framework…
When a government or private sector employee passes away, their spouse or dependent often continues to receive a monthly 'family pension' from the employer or…
Some employers offer staff loans for home purchase, education, or emergencies at little or no interest - a valuable benefit, but one that the Income Tax Act…
Divorce settlements in India often involve either a one-time lump sum or ongoing monthly maintenance payments - and unlike many other types of income, there's…
When PSUs, banks, and large companies offer Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) packages to reduce headcount, the compensation can run into tens of lakhs - but…
It sounds almost too good to be true: claiming a tax deduction for the rent you pay AND for the home loan on a house you own. But it's perfectly legal in a…
Two employees with the same CTC can end up with very different take-home pay - not because of their tax slab, but because of how their salary is structured. A…
Buried in many salary structures is a small line item - 'Children's Education Allowance' or 'Hostel Expenditure Allowance' - worth just a few hundred rupees a…
If you've taken a home loan for an under-construction property, you've likely been paying EMIs (or at least interest) for months or years before you can claim…
Remote work has made it possible for Indian residents to draw a salary from a US company or invoice clients in Europe, while never leaving home. But 'the…
A tenant offers to pay a year's rent - or even several years' worth - in one lump sum upfront. Before you accept, it's worth understanding exactly when and how…
Many senior citizens are house-rich but cash-poor - sitting on a valuable home but with limited monthly income. A reverse mortgage offers a way to convert home…
Section 10(10D) makes life insurance maturity proceeds tax-free for most policies - but that exemption comes with conditions tied to holding the policy to…
There's a persistent belief that agricultural land sales are always tax-free in India. That's only half true - and the half that matters is a technical…
A vacant residential plot is one of the simplest assets to own - but one of the more confusing to sell from a tax standpoint, because the exemption rules that…
A landowner signs a Joint Development Agreement (JDA), handing over land to a builder in exchange for a share of the constructed flats plus possibly some cash…
If your landlord lives abroad, paying rent isn't as simple as transferring money every month. The moment your landlord's residential status changes to NRI, the…
Most salaried employees know about their EPF balance - the number that shows up in their UAN passbook. Far fewer know that a separate chunk of their employer's…
Tax obligations don't end with death - they transfer. If a family member passes away during a financial year, their income up to the date of death is still…
A doctor's income rarely comes from one source - hospital consulting fees, private clinic revenue, home visits, telemedicine, maybe a small diagnostic lab on…
You spend Rs 1 lakh on your credit card and get Rs 2,000 cashback. Free money, right? Mostly yes - for ordinary personal spending, this isn't taxed. But the…
Winning a car, an apartment or a kilo of gold in a contest sounds like pure profit, but the taxman wants his share before you can drive off. Here is how TDS on…
Employees of recognised startups who exercise ESOPs often face a tax bill on paper profits they cannot actually access, since the shares are not yet liquid…
Buying a stock or mutual fund unit just before a dividend or bonus issue, then selling soon after at a lower price, used to be a popular way to manufacture an…
Sweat equity shares reward employees and directors for their know-how, intellectual property or value addition to a company, rather than for cash invested. The…
Normally, claiming tax exemption on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) requires you to actually travel and submit travel bills. The LTC Cash Voucher Scheme…
When a business is sold as a whole, undertaking and all, for a single lump-sum price without putting a separate value on individual assets, the tax law treats…
As a proprietorship grows, many owners eventually convert it into a private limited company for limited liability, easier fundraising and a more credible…
Almost every salaried employee at some point uses a company laptop, a work phone, or gets to keep an old company device after an upgrade. Whether any of this…
Not every ESOP grant ends with a payday. Options can lapse unexercised, vested grants can be forfeited when you leave a company before a cliff, and sometimes a…
The Post Office Monthly Income Scheme is popular with retirees and conservative savers for its steady monthly payout and government backing. But many investors…
Many employees of Indian subsidiaries of multinational companies get the option to buy shares of the foreign parent company at a discount through an Employee…
Property deals fall through more often than buyers and sellers like to admit, and when they do, the earnest money or token advance the seller had collected…
An individual inventor, author or creator who monetises a patent or copyright can find the income falling under any of three different tax heads, capital…
When an Indian athlete wins an Olympic medal, the cash rewards that follow come from multiple sources, government schemes, state governments, sports…
A sudden large deposit in your bank account, an investment that does not match your declared income, or jewellery found during a search that you cannot account…
Selling jewellery that has been in the family for decades raises a question many people get wrong: what is the cost for tax purposes when you yourself paid…
Medical emergencies that require treatment abroad bring both a health crisis and a financial one, often involving large foreign currency remittances. Two…
When partners decide to wind up a firm, or even when a single partner retires and takes assets in settlement of their capital account, the firm itself can end…
Members of the Indian Armed Forces, while subject to the same broad income tax framework as other salaried individuals, are entitled to a set of specific…