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Festive season deals: Instant discounts and no-cost EMI explained

New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- It's time for major e-commerce platforms' annual flagship online sales. Flipkart's Big Billion Days and Amazon's Great Indian Festival, starting on 22 September, and Myntra's f... Read More


Dreamfolks exit: Is your credit card blocked from airport lounges?

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Dreamfolks Services, once India's largest airport lounge aggregator, has officially exited the lounge access business in India. The decision, announced in a stock exchange filin... Read More


For professionals in 30s, job loss fears reshape money, careers, and milestones

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Six years ago, when Shamik Bhattacharya left a stable corporate job at Oracle for a startup, he thought he was trading predictability for creative freedom. Instead, he faced abr... Read More


With Sebi's update, should investors rethink how they approach REITs?

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Last week, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) agreed to reclassify real estate investment trusts (REITs) as equity instruments. This allows mutual funds to increa... Read More


Last-minute tax filing? What you absolutely must know before hitting 'submit'

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The deadline for filing income tax returns (ITR) is drawing near. Although the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date from 31 July to 15 September, exper... Read More


Renting vs buying in senior living: The costs and trade-offs

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- At 82, R.V. Rajan, a retired advertising professional from Chennai, decided to trade the demands of managing his own household for the comfort of Nana Nani Homes in Coimbatore, a... Read More


Crypto sales: Your guide to reporting digital assets in income tax returns

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Reporting Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) on your tax return is not easy. Cryptocurrency-related transactions require scrip-wise reporting, meaning each transaction must be reporte... Read More


The wild west of crypto taxes: Your ITR needs a guiding hand

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Think filing your taxes is a pain? Try doing it for crypto. While stock market investors get tidy capital gains statements from their brokers, the world of cryptocurrency is a wi... Read More


GST rate cuts won't touch gold and silver-why precious metals stay at 3%

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The GST Council has rationalised tax rates for a range of goods, moving toward reducing the four-slab structure to just two. Several items earlier taxed at 12% and 28% have now b... Read More


Govt scraps GST on life, health insurance in move to boost adoption

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The GST Council on Wednesday decided to exempt life and health insurance premiums for individuals from Goods and Services Tax (GST). Until now, policyholders were paying an 18% G... Read More