Taxpayers seeking to rectify earlier omissions currently have two routes: file an Updated Income-tax Return (ITR-U) or use the Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers - Disclosure Scheme, 2026 (FAST-DS).

Taxpayers seeking to rectify earlier omissions currently have two routes: file an Updated Income-tax Return (ITR-U) or use the Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers - Disclosure Scheme, 2026 (FAST-DS).

A simpler way to gift SIP would be to transfer money to your sibling and let them invest from their own bank account.

For investments held over several years, CAGR is often a more useful measure of performance because it shows the average annual rate of growth.

The July 31, 2026 deadline applied to salaried individuals and those eligible to file ITR-1 or ITR-2, while several other taxpayer groups now have important filing dates approaching.

You may have submitted ITR-1 or ITR-2 in haste, only to realise later that your tax return also included intraday trading, F&O losses or income from freelance consulting. Such income can call for ITR-3 or ITR-4 instead.

Tax implications can arise at different points in the process, with the eventual tax burden shaped by the exercise price, the shares' fair market value, the nature of the employer and the price at which the shares are ultimately sold.

The offering currently includes the Parag Parikh IFSC S&P 500 Fund of Fund and the Parag Parikh IFSC Nasdaq 100 Fund of Fund, providing investors access to some of the world's largest equity markets.

Planning to use your EPF savings for a home loan? Check the eligibility rules and maximum withdrawal limit before making a decision.

Securing enough wealth to fund a retirement lasting several decades calls for a carefully constructed investment portfolio.

At the stock level, SBI Cards & Payment Services continued to post strong spending growth, but its share of industry spends declined sequentially, highlighting the mixed signals in the latest card data.