The Finance Minister presented an action-packed budget today with a number of changes on the personal taxation and capital gains front. Here are the important changes. #1 Increase in Capital Gains Tax (Negative) Long term capital gains (LTCG) tax on sale of stocks/equity funds has been increased from 10% to 12.5%. The exempt LTCG limit… Continue Reading
Paying credit card bills has become a bit cumbersome from July 1, 2024. How? Before we get there, how do you pay your credit card bills? I do not know about you, but I pay my credit card bills using Paytm app. To pay the credit card bill, I simply open the Paytm app, select… Continue Reading
When you apply for a loan, your primary aim is to reduce the interest rate of the loan. And that’s a fair concern too. We assume that the interest (the cost of the loan) will be calculated properly. However, the Reserve Bank of India, the banking regulator, has found during examination that certain lenders have… Continue Reading
If you have linked your RuPay credit card to your UPI app (Paytm, GPay, Phonepe), you would have noticed that you must pay in full. With UPI payments, you cannot buy on EMIs. However, going by a new NPCI circular (Introduction of New Features for Credit accounts) dated March 29, 2024, this is about to… Continue Reading
You take a personal loan of Rs 2 lacs from a bank. Interest rate is 10% p.a. What is the cost of the loan? 10% p.a., right? Isn’t interest rate the cost of loan? Yes, but only if the bank levies no other charges. If the bank does levy additional charges, then the cost of… Continue Reading
The Reserve Bank has recently increased the risk weights on personal loans and credit card receivables. Many questions would have popped up in your mind. What are risk-weights? And how do these risk-weights affect the cost of your loans? In this post, let’s find out. Can the Banks Lend Whatever They Want? We know that… Continue Reading
Credit scores are becoming more and more important. Your credit score reflects your credit worthiness. A good credit score can not only improve the odds of approval of your loan application but can also lower your loan interest rate. Not just that, but a good credit score can be helpful in other aspects of life… Continue Reading
The fraudsters keep finding new ways of tricking people. A few days back, I came across a post where money was withdrawn from the victim’s account using the Aadhar enabled payment system (AEPS). In this post, let’s find out what is AEPS, how the fraud happened, and how you can prevent such frauds. What Is… Continue Reading
Have repaid your home loan but are struggling to get back the documents from the bank? I have never taken a secured loan but have read that the banks are not so friendly in returning the documents to the borrowers after full repayment of the loan. No matter how much you may want the original… Continue Reading
The Reserve Bank has come out with two separate circulars in the middle of August 2023. First about levy of penal interest and the second about the reset of interest rate in retail floating rate loans. We discussed both these topics when the RBI broached these topics for the first time. Coming Soon: EMI Defaults… Continue Reading