Thursday Trivia

August 4, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Goods and Services Tax (GST) – Pass ya Fail ??

On August 3, 2016 Rajya Sabha passed the much awaited 122nd Constitutional Amendment to turn Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill into law and replace different state and local taxes […]
July 28, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Name is Bond, Masala Bond!

Bonds are instruments of debt, usually issued by corporates to raise money from investors.  Typically, corporates had to rely on avenues such as External Commercial Borrowing (ECBs) for raising money […]
June 30, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Changes for claiming HRA and LTA deduction

Salaried people have been claiming the tax benefits to save their hard earned money. These provisions include saving tax on house rent (HRA), travelling (LTA) and interest paid on housing […]
May 12, 2016

Thursday trivia – Power of Incentives : We hope, you are using it positively.

After years of saving, Sudarshan was going to buy his first hatchback car.  He had accumulated enough money to fulfill his dream of owning a car.  Finally, his dream was […]
May 5, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Pros and Cons of keeping a Minor a Nominee!

Nomination is such an important aspect of investments, yet too many people take it lightly.  Enough attention and seriousness is not provided whenever an investment advisor asks, ‘who would you […]
April 28, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Buying a new car? Be wise – money wise.

                                               There is a very high probability that […]
April 21, 2016

Thursday Trivia – Uniform KYC for all insurance policies

Earlier, insurance policies were issued in physical mode only, irrespective of whether a policyholder submits a proposal in physical form or online. Further, the policyholder was required to go to […]
December 24, 2015

Thursday Trivia – Simple illustrative example to understand meaning of “Mutual fund Investments are subject to Market risk”

An existing or prospective mutual fund investor may not remember the name of the scheme he has invested into.  But surely would remember the disclaimer declared in every communication “Mutual […]
December 17, 2015

Thursday Trivia- Super simple explanation of Fed rate

Santa Banta discussing Fed Rate Santa: I have been hearing a lot about Fed Rate hike recently. What is this Fed Rate? Why is there a hike now? How was […]