Saturday, October 30, 2010

Check your Tax deposit Credit online with Form 26AS

One can now view one's Form 26AS (Taxes paid) easily at ITR e-Filing website, without any additional login. To view the tax statement, Assessees can now login in to www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in with their login, and click on “My Accounts” -> “View Tax Credit Statement (Form 26AS)”. Next what you have to do is, select the “assessment year”, confirm your “date of birth” and proceed. It will open the same NSDL website page of PAN ledger account.What is Form 26ASForm 26AS is an Annual Tax Statement regularly updated by Income Tax Department. This allows the tax payer to verify proper credits of Taxes paid (mainly TDS and also Advance Tax / Self Assessment Tax).

Why we should verify
After depositing some amount into our Bank Account, we verify whether it has reflected properly in our account, or not. Likewise, it is impotant and also a right of every Tax Payer to verify the Taxes paid under his account (PAN) to the Department.

With the process of Form 26AS, department recommends each and every tax payer to verify their Tax credits. Missing this information, they should contact their deductor to get proper credit, as specified in their TDS certificate. In case of Advance Tax / Self Assessment Tax issues, it can be either intimated to remitted bank or NSDL.


Scope of Form 26ASLast year, department had processed such tax statements over email, wherever email ID is available. This played a prominent role for assessees in determining their proper tax paid details. Providing accurate tax paid (including TDS) details in income tax return, ensures faster processing of returns. This in turn results in faster closure of assessment and also settling refunds wherever applicable.

The scope of Form 26AS is widening to a greater extent now. Tax payer can now access this facility either with his Registered Login at NSDL website, or at Online Banking Accounts (few of the banks) or at
www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in .

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Review LIC Endowment plus plan (Table no. 802)

LIC Endowment Plus



LIC Endowment Plus is a ULIP plan Launched by Life Insurance Corporation of India as per new Guidelines specified by IRDA. This is a Savings, Investment and Insurance – all in one plan. This is an investment-cum-insurance plan. Lock in Period for new Unit linked plans are 5 years.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Review of LIC Pension Plus (Table No. 803): A Unit Linked Deffered Pension Plan from LIC(Life Insurance Corporation)

On its 54th anniversary, Life Insurance Corporation of India has gifted a new scheme namely LIC pension plus to its people. It is a unit linked deferred pension plan as it provides the insurer the minimum guarantee on the entire premium paid. The interesting aspect of this plan is that there is no life cover during the entire term of the policy. This is first of its kind policy from LIC, India’s leading personal life insurance company to come up with a plan without insurance in its plan.The salient features of this plan are:The policy uses the fund value to offer a pension based on the current annuity rates under the chosen annuity option. The policy has a guaranteed return with minimum rate

Sunday, October 24, 2010

ICICI Pru Life Link Wealth SP (Single Premium) Review

This, ICICI Pru LifeLink Wealth SP, is a ULIP plan but the only difference being it is a single premium plan from ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. This is a plan which will give you the opportunity to gain from more returns via the markets by making just a single premium. This plan from ICICI Pru also helps you protect your gains but still stay invested by protecting your investments from any future market volatility.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Where has the ULIP policies Gone? Why agents are not talking about ULIP anymore

ULIP was the biggest buzz in the market till september this year. Your polite agent would have been talking about it more recently. We all have been getting calls from various Corprate agents of different Life Insurance Companies till recent days. However, I guarantee, if at all you call the same people to provide you the ULIP policies now, they will be least interested and pitch in for Traditional Plans. They had several USP's (Unique Sales Proposition) and advantages as well as all good reasons they have been telling us to go for a ULIP policies till now, but today in the market, the same people are saying that ULIP policies are not worth it. 

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Start getting pension from tomorrow with LIC Jeevan Akshay VI Immediate Annuity Plan (Table No. 189)




It is an Immediate Annuity plan from LIC's , which can be purchased by paying a lump sum amount. The plan provides for annuity (pension) payments of a declared amount throughout the life time of the annuitant. The type and mode of payment of annuities comes in various options. LIC will pay the annuitant a uniform payment at regular intervals starting immediately after the annuitant pays a lumpsum premium towards the price of the policy. One can choose to receive the payments monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Various Payment Options for Paying Premium of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India)

Payment channels, where policy is required to be registered in the data base at LIC, receipt sent by post:

  • Electronics Clearance System (ECS): This facility is presently available at more than 53 centers. Total places where ECS can be offered as per RBI is 64. Through ECS premium can be collected for ULIP and Health Insurance policies also.
  • Portal Payment Gateway: Online premium payment on LIC website, www.licindia.in with the help of NET Banking facility of 33 major Banks. Premium can be paid for ULIP policies also.Reciept Issued Instantly.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Review Met-Protect- The Online Term Plan from Metlife Insurance Conpany

Now, this is the New Kid on the Block, Online Term Insurance from Metlife "Met-Protect" product in the same line with Aegon Religare I-Term and ICICI Prudential I-Protect is offering, where premium rates are much lesser than other products available in the market. Although I have explained about Term Insurance plan in my Earlier post we will be going through it once again. 

Friday, October 15, 2010

Reasons why Online Term Insurance Aegon Religare I- Term and ICICI Prudential I- Protect is coming so cheap

I have posted earlier about the 2 Cheapest Online Term Insurance Products, I-Term from Aegon Religare Life Insurance and I-Protect from ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. I have received many mails from Readers asking why these products are being offered so cheap, Premium being lesser than 50% of what is being Charged by LIC and other Insurance companies? What's the catch? How will we be assured that we are purchasing right product?

Me and my brother have personally opted for this policy after undergoing very stringent medical tests.After giving a deep thought, have come out with possible reasons.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Details of L&T Infrastructure bonds opening on 15th October 2010

L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, was incorporated in 2006, and is registered with the RBI as a systemically important non deposit taking NBFC and classified as an IFC. The company’s business comprises the provision of financial products and services for customers engaged in infrastructure development, construction and operations & maintenance with a focus on the power, roads, telecommunications, oil and gas and ports sectors in India. The company is registered with the RBI as an Infrastructure Finance Company, or "IFC", which allows it to optimize its capital structure by diversifying its borrowings and accessing long-term funding resources, thereby expanding its financing operations while maintaining its competitive cost of funds. The total income of the company for Fiscal Year 2010 was Rs. 4,504.23 million. The total loans and advances outstanding of the Company as at March 31, 2010 were Rs. 42,884.99 million and total disbursements for Fiscal Year 2010 were Rs. 37,955.14 million. 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Know all about Personal Accident Insurance Cover from National Insurance Company

Abhishek Sharma is a healthy man with a loving wife and two sweet children. By the age of 34, he has charted his financial path with meticulous forethought and planning. He has planned his finances well, from investing systematically in equitiy fund, to buying life insurance. He has Invested in all right products. One day he met with an accident and lost his legs. 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

LIC Health Protection Plus Review- Table No 902

LIC’s Health Protection plus is a unique long term health insurance plan that can combine health insurance covers for the entire family (husband, wife and the children) Hospital Cash Benefit (HCB) and Major Surgical Benefit (MSB) along with a ULIP component (investment in the form of Units) that is specifically designed to meet Domiciliary Treatment Benefit (DTB) / Out Patient Department (OPD) expenses for the insured members.
This appears to be a very tricky product and when I contacted the agent for details, he was also not clear on many things.

Trade in Silver through E-Silver by National Spot Exchange Ltd

E-Silver is a new incarnation of silver, innovated by National Spot Exchange (NSEL), which enables investors to invest their funds into silver in smaller denomination and hold it in demat form. It is available on the pan India electronic trading platform set-up by National Spot Exchange, which can be accessed through members of NSEL or their franchises. It provided an unique opportunity to buy, accumulate, hold and liquidate "Electronic Silver (E-Silver)" as well as to convert the same into physical silver coin/ bar in a seamless manner.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

E- Gold- The Safe, Secure, Economical and new way to Invest in gold

National Spot Exchange has launched a unique investment product in gold on its platform which is among first in India. It will facilitate small investors to invest in gold in denominations as less as 1 gram, and multiple thereof in demat form.

The would work exactly the cash segment in equities functions, offering Gold in the demat form in smaller denominations (e.g. 1, 2 3…… gms). E- Gold is set to attract the millions of small Investors, who would be required to open a demat account to participate in this.


Considering the wide reach of Brokers/Distributors, and the avalibility of E-Channels to trade in this product, it would be just a phone call away or at the click of a mouse across geography. Investors can now trade and invest in gold just like shares. This product is equally suitable for retail investors of equity market and house hold. The clearing and settlement pay-in and pay-out are based on T+2 cycles.


Friday, October 8, 2010

Want to save more tax? Invest in IDFC Infrastructure Bonds

In the current financial year a new kind of relief has been announced which has never appealed to equity savvy investor which is Investment in Infrastructure bond under Section 80CCF. According to the proposal, individuals can invest up to Rs 20,000 in these bonds in addition to the Rs 1-lakh limit available under Sections 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD.

Entities like LIC , IDFC, IFCI can also issue these bonds or any other NBFC as classified by the RBI can even do this. Lately in September, IFCI issued these bonds on a private placement basis, and now, IDFC has decided to offer the first tranche of these bonds to the public. It plans to raise Rs 3,400 crore through such infrastructure bonds in one or more tranches during FY11. The government of India is IDFC’s single largest shareholder and it provides a range of financing solutions to the infrastructure segment in India.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Tax treatment of Investments done before April1, 2012 New Direct tax code into effect

the day I have written about implications of New Direct tax code on Personal Finance, I have recieved numerous mails from readers regarding the maturity proceeds of investments they have already done. Also many of them want to know about benefits on yearly commitment in long term investments for many years to come, eg, Life insurance policies Premium etc. Most of us are really nervous and worried about how  New DTC will effect their investments

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