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Mint Explainer: Can capital gains make you ineligible for a tax rebate?

New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- In Union Budget 2025-26, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the tax-rebate threshold under Section 87A of the Income Tax Act from Rs.7 lakh to Rs.12 lakh. With the standa... Read More


Mint Explainer: How additional factor authentication will secure online international payments

Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- In a significant move to strengthen the digital payment security framework, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to enable additional factor authentication (AFA) for interna... Read More


New regime narrows LTCG-regular income tax gap. Are equities still worth it?

Mumbai, Feb. 9 -- The new slab rates and exemption threshold introduced in the Union Budget 2025-26 under the new tax regime marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Indian middle-class taxpayer.... Read More


Edelweiss shocks investors with 2,000% fee hike; Radhika Gupta explains why

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Edelweiss Asset Management Company (AMC) has announced a steep hike in the total expense ratio (TER) cap for its flagship Bharat Bond ETFs-from a near-zero 0.0001% to 1%, a move t... Read More


Edelweiss hikes Bharat Bond fees by 2,000%; Radhika Gupta explains why

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Edelweiss Asset Management Company (AMC) has announced a steep hike in the total expense ratio (TER) cap for its flagship Bharat Bond ETFs-from a near-zero 0.0001% to 1%, a move t... Read More


Budget 2025: Revamped central KYC registry announced to simplify investor onboarding

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The know your customer (KYC) norms are set for an overhaul, signalling a move towards a central KYC or CKYC system that actually works. In the Union Budget 2025 announced by Unio... Read More


ULIP profit to be taxed as capital gains, like equity mutual funds

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Budget 2025 has brought significant clarity to the taxation of unit-linked insurance policies (ULIPs), resolving years of ambiguity that left investors and tax professionals uncer... Read More