Foreword
Preface
Glossary of Frequently Used Acronyms
The All-time Best Budget
Part
I: Axe, Not Evade, Tax
1. Income Tax
2. Wealth Tax & Gift Tax Gone? Not Really
3. Salary and Perquisites
4. Retirement Benefits
5. Capital Gains
6. House Property
7. Hindu Undivided Family
8. Partnership Firms & Associations of Persons (AoP)
9. Limited Liability
Partnership
10. Private Family Trusts
11. Religious & Charitable Trusts
12. STT, CTT & DDT
13. PAN is PAIN
14. Tedious TDS
Part
II: Select and Collect
15.
Public Provident Fund (PPF)
16. National Pension System (NPS)
17. Post Office Small Savings Schemes
18.
Insurance on Life
19.
Mutual Funds
20. REIT & InvIT
21. Unit-Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP)
22.
Bulls, Bears and Bakras
23.
Tear the Share
24. Futures and Options
25. Scheduled Banks
26. RBI Savings & Gold Bonds
27. Company Fixed Deposits
28. Mediclaim
Part
III: Appendices -- Mathematics of Finance
Appendix A.: Compound Interest
Appendix B.:
Annuity
Appendix C.: Present Value
Appendix D.:
Interest at Higher Frequency
Appendix E.: Advance Contribution
Appendix F.:
Effective Rate of Interest after Tax
Appendix G.: General Formula
Part
IV: Measure Your Money
Table I : Compound Amount of Rs. 1
Table II. : Annuity Value of Rs. 1
Table III. : Present Value of Rs. 1 Received After 'n' Years
Table IV. : Present Value of Rs. 1 Received Annually for 'n' Years
Table V. : Compound Amount of Rs. 1 at Higher Frequencies
Table VI. :
Break-Even & Equivalent Rates of Interest Received Annually
Epilogue
Bibliography