Key Highlights from Budget 2026

The finance minister presented the Union Budget 2026 today. While this year’s budget did not tinker with the tax slabs under the old or the new tax regime, it did have a bit of good and bad news depending on your investments and expenses. Let’s look at some of the key announcements in Budget 2026.… Continue Reading

Union Budget 2024 Highlights

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

You Cannot Take the Tax Benefit for Home Loan Interest Twice

The Budget 2023 made multiple announcements that had a direct impact on the middle-class taxpayers. While the most prominent was about the fresh incentives for the New Tax regime, there were quite a few other small yet important takeaways from the budget. One such takeaway was in the form of clarification about disallowing double deduction… Continue Reading