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Oct292017 by wealth18.comNo Comments

How to link mobile phone number to Aadhaar

As per the recent government directive, all the existing customers have to link Aadhaar with their mobile numbers. Aadhaar-based e-KYC is essential for subscribers going for new SIMs. Further, the government has asked mobile operators to re-verify existing prepaid and postpaid customers, with the help of the 12-digit number. The re-verification exercise is scheduled to be completed by early 2018. In case you don’t complete the process before Feb 2018, services on your mobile will be disconnected as per the directive from Government of India. So, if you have to link your airtel mobile number to Aadhaar or your idea number to Aadhaar, you need to follow the steps mentioned in this post. Linking your mobile number to Aadhaar for the first time: To link your mobile number with Aadhaar, you ...

Mar142017 by wealth18.comNo Comments

How to transfer balance from EPF to NPS – Should you transfer?

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PFRDA has now notified the procedures (on 6th March 2017) through which EPF members can transfer their PF balance to NPS (New Pension System). In Budget 2016, one of the proposals was to provide one time portability or transfer option from EPF to NPS. In this post, we will focus on procedures to transfer balance from EPF to NPS, current hurdles and whether it makes sesnse to transfer? Requirements and Process for transferring EPF to NPS You need to have a NPS Tier 1 Account. You can open NPS account through employer, banks/entities registered as PoPs, or online through eNPS Portal. You need to submit the transfer form to your employer who will then initiate the balance transfer from EPF to NPS The employee should request the PF/Superannuation fund to issue a letter to his presen...

Mar142017 by wealth18.comNo Comments

New Unified EPF UAN Portal – access PF passbook, UAN, KYC etc

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EPFO launched new unified UAN portal for Employees and EPF employers in Dec 2016. In this post, we will see the features and benefits of New Unified EPF UAN Portal. New Unified EPF UAN Portal will provides features as follows: Download and Print your updated EPF Passbook anytime Download and Print your UAN Card Check and Update your KYC Status Change your Mobile Number and E-mail ID You can login to the new unified UAN portal on https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/ using UAN number and password. Sometimes, you might get error as the website is sometime encounter technical issues - because of heavy load on website. If your password is not working, you can choose "Forgot Password" Option. If your mobile number has changed, my other post will be helpful - H...

Feb82017 by wealth18.comNo Comments

[How to ] check and respond Income Tax Notice for large Cash deposit

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Income Tax department has launched "Operation Clean Money / Swachh Dhan Abhiyan initiative., to investigate the large cash deposits made after demonitization. They are sending notices to more than 18 lakh people. If you have deposited large cash after demonitoization, the chances are that you will or may already have got a notice from Income Tax. You need to respond within 10 days of getting the message. If you have made large deposit, but have not received any message yet, please check your e-filing account to see if there is any notice for you. You can get notice: if your high-value transactions are not in line with your income profile. or may be because of technical error when a cash deposit was wrongly connected to your PAN. So it is important that you login to your efi...

Nov52016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

e-Insurance Account – Insurance policies are now issued in electronic format

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From 1st October, every insurance has to issue all kind of insurance policies in the electronic format (online/ DMAT format). If you are planning to buy an insurance policy, then it is mandatory for you to have an e-insurance account. You need to open an e-Insurance Account (eIA) for most of the insurance policies (life / motor / heath etc) if the premium is Rs 10000 or Sum Assured is Rs 5 / 10 lakhs as below: What is e-Insurance Account ( eIA) e-Insurance Account is actually an electronic account for Insurance policies. Like Shares are kept in DMAT form, now Insurance policies are also issued and kept in electronic form. Benefits of opening -Insurance Account ( eIA) 100% Free - The eIA is 100% free - no charges to open it, no ongoing or maintrenance or transaction charges. Central re...

Nov52016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

How to withdraw PPF from another bank branch

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Can I withdraw PPF from any SBI branch? Do you want to withdraw PPF without visiting the home branch where you opened your PPF account? Have you moved from that city? Lot of members have sent my enquiries as to how to withdraw PPF from other SBI branch. In this post, I will share details about PPF withdrawal from any branch without visiting the base or home branch. Step by step guide for PPF withdrawl Download Form C for PPF withdrawal - ppf-withdrawal-form-c Get following documents - Proof of ID and address (Aadhar, Passport, PAN, Election card, Landline bill etc), PPF passbook, Cancelled cheque. Keep a photocopy of your PPF passbook for your records Visit local bank branch - and ask them to attest ppf form as well as supportign documents. The staff may not be awar...

Sep142016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

[How to] check LIC policy details & status online, sms & phone

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If you have an LIC policy and you can check details / status of your LIC policy via LIC portal (www.licindia.in) , by phone or by SMS. You can check the status of your LIC policy online by policy number, make the premium payment online, print receipt, check premium payment calendar, surrender value details, bonus etc. Policyholders can enroll policies on their own life only. If the policy pertains to a different person viz. spouse, children etc, then he/she is requested to register a separate user-id and enroll the respective policy/ies under that user-id. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. How to check the LIC Policy Status Online – on LIC Portal (www.licindia.in) You just need to follow simple st...

May252016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

Home Loan Tax Benefits – Section 24, 80C, 80EE

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Buying a house without home loan is distant dream for most of the people. But even if you have required funds to buy house, taking home loan can be tax efficient. You can save significant amount of tax on the principal repayment of home loan as well as Interest paid on home loan. In this post, I will try to explain the tax benefits associated with home loan. Section 80C – Deduction upto Rs 1.50 lakh for Principal repayment Under Section 80C, you can claim deduction upto Rs 1.50 Lakh by way of investment in eligible items – Home loan repayment is one of the eligible items. Read more on 80C deductions The deduction is only for residential house property and not for commercial property. It is available only for purchase or construction of a house and not for renovation, additions or ...

Mar312016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

Taxation on Sale of Shares – Business Income or Capital Gain? – new CBDT circular

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Over the past few years, there were lot of uncertainly and litigation around this point - whether the sale of shares is treated as Capital gain or Business Income. Despite of various court rulings as well as CBDT clarifications, disputes continues to exist on the facts related to individual case since the taxpayers find it difficult to prove the intention in acquiring such shares/securities. In a recent CBDT circular, tax payers are allowed to decide whether their gains/losses from sale of listed shares/securities should be treated as business income or as capital gains for tax purposes. As the circular is binding on the Assessing officers, they cannot question the classification of the income by the assessee. However, the circular has restricted application to listed shares and securitie...

Feb292016 by wealth18.comNo Comments

Highlights of Indian Union Budget 2016-2017 – Summary of key proposals

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Highlights of Indian Union Budget 2016-2017 – Announced on 29th February 2016 Income tax slabs for the financial year 2016-17 has remained unchanged Tax exemption for house rent will be raised to Rs 60,000 from the current Rs 24,000-level. This deduction is for those, who don’t get the house rent allowance from their employer. Such person can avail this deduction according the specified rules. Under the National Pension Scheme, the government announced an exemption for withdrawal of up to 40% of the corpus at the time of retirement. WITHDRAWN - Meanwhile, in case of recognized provident funds, including the EPF, the same norm as NPS will be applied. It implies introduction of taxes on withdrawals from such instruments, which had a total tax-free withdrawal, will now come un...