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    Income Taxes paid by Indians [Overview, Numbers & Graphs]

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Do you know how many Indians pay Taxes and how much? You would be surprised with some of the numbers. According to the report released by Indian Finance Ministry,  estimated number of taxpayers for financial year 2011-12 stands at just 3.24 Crore people. That means, less than 3 people

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    Average IT / Software Salaries in India [Report]

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    If you are an IT professional and in midst of a change of job or an appraisal, this report may be very beneficial for you. ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between March 2011 and March 2012 to find salary packages of IT professionals from India. The study findings

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    5 ways to teach kids financial literacy!

    by Kaushambi

    Making your kids financially literate is a herculean task because there is never a right time to start. As soon as your kids start learning how to count and go to school, they are bound to be exposed to the various facades and complexities of money. Before that happens,

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    Five Important Wall Street Q3 Results [Apple, Goldman, BoA, Citigroup, Yahoo]

    by Viral Dholakia

    Even as India Inc moves forward with its Q2 fiscal earnings, the top Wall Street companies are slowly oozing out with their Q3 results performance amid slowdown and deficit-reeling US economy. While the global sentiment is mired by the unanimous downgrade of Spain’s creditworthiness by three credit rating agencies

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    No income tax return filing upto Rs. 5 Lakh earnings!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Its Official – If you are salaried and earn less than Rs. 5 Lakh a year – There is no need for you to file income tax returns for assessment year ending 2012. What his means that salaried persons will not have to file returns for earnings in current

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    iPhone Rings-in Record Earnings for Apple !

    by Viral Dholakia

    How often have we discussed the path breaking products under the umbrella of Apple offerings on this site? Now, let’s have a peep into the record setting earnings performance from this giant company. A record sales driven by iPhones has skyrocketed the earnings performance of Apple Inc. in the

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    Is Arbitrary Investment in Tax-Saving ELSS MF Scheme Just Before the Year End Justified?

    by Viral Dholakia

    As the close of financial Year 2009-10 nears by, the inflows into Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) is gaining its ground over other mutual fund schemes for the sheer benefit of tax-saving advantage that these schemes offer to its investors. In fact, since last one month, the record inflow of

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    Is 2010 Going To Be A Good Salary Year

    by Ankit Agarwal

    First of all , let me Wish You All A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year on behalf of Arun and the trak.in team. The year 2010 looks like a very promising one to begin with.Not so much that anything spectacular has happened, but we have seen the worst

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    Finance Friday: How do you manage your expenses?

    by Ankit Agarwal

    Let’s face it. How good are you at managing your finances? I speak for myself and I know I am very bad at it. With finances I am not talking about investments and the savings , that I somehow do a decent job maintaining. What I am referring to here

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    Globally, Indians better prepared for retirement than most

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    Indians are big on savings – they probably save more than any other country in the world. This has put Indians (42% of them) amongst the ones who are very well prepared for their retirement. These are the findings of recently released report by HSBC Insurance – Future of

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