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Trim your tax bill by doing this: Gift money, pay rent to your parents

An effective tax-saving strategy involves transferring funds to your parents, especially if they are in a non-taxable or lower tax bracket

Axis Vistara Infinite Credit Card will not offer free Gold Status after first year

Year 2 onwards, customer needs to achieve 4 Vistara flights and 15,000 Tier Points criteria in the last 12 months to retain the gold tier.

Chart view: Stocks most bought and sold by mutual funds in last 5 months

Cashs level for largecap and midcap schemes have already dropped to February 2022 lows and now much below the long-term average. Smallcap

Demand for bigger homes refuses to wane, avg flat size up 37% in Delhi NCR

NCR saw maximum growth (of 37%) in avg. flat sizes among top 7 cities - from 1,375 sq. ft. in 2022 to 1,890 sq. ft in 2023

Donate for a good cause, get tax benefit: Here is how to do that

Percentage of donated amount eligible for deduction may vary

How to make tax return scrutiny less stressful

Tax officials must be required to go through responses submitted by the taxpayer quickly and ask follow-up questions within a fixed time limit

Budget expectations: Income tax benefits, support to women entrepreneurs

They also demand for parity in taxation among companies, partnerships and limited liability partnerships

Investors can lock into current high yields with target maturity funds

The medium- to high-maturity variety of these funds can also offer capital gains if interest rates fall

Donate and save tax; get the best room heater: Top personal finance stories

This week we tell you how making charitable donations can help in your taxes and the health effects of room heaters

Car loan rates, terms and processing fees explained in one table

If you are researching for a vehicle loan, here is one table you should consider

Zomato Payments gets RBI approval to operate as payment aggregator

The food delivery platform incorporated Zomato Payment Pvt Ltd in August 2021 with the purpose of applying for payment aggregator authorisation

Fund review: ICICI Pru Bluechip fund

Fund review: ICICI Pru Bluechip fund

Mumbai real estate: Top ten builders, projects and transactions in Q4

The festive quarter saw Lodha Group (Macrotech Developers) maintain its prominent position as the top performer in terms of volume and units sold.

Safe, sound, effective: What to look for when you buy a room heater

The device must do its job for less power and need not be kept on all the time

Chart view: Which sectors did foreign investors pour money into in 2023?

In the calendar year 2023, financials saw FPI net flows of $6012 million and industrial stocks saw flows of $7127 million.

Jharkhand govt brings down age for enrolling in pension scheme to 50

Earlier, those above 60 years used to get the benefit of the scheme, under which Rs 1,000 is provided to each beneficiary per month

Under-construction or ready-to-move-in house: How to make a choice

Regard the lower price of an under-construction property as compensation for betting on a riskier asset

Ram Mandir opening: Total expenditure by tourists in UP to surpass Rs 4 trillion this yr

SBI Ecowrap estimates that the state government earn an additional tax revenue of Rs 20,000-25,000 crore due to a huge spurt in several tourists during fiscal year 2025.

Govt may announce steps to promote, make NPS more attractive scheme

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the interim Budget on February 1. This is going to be her sixth Budget

What should your investing strategy be? Balanced with higher large-cap allocation

Brokerage ICICI Securities' preference is reasonably valued cyclical stocks over expensive defensives with growth concerns.