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Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

Income Tax return - Different Experience

I changed job in December 2008 and moved to Pune. I joined small company called Maniks Systems.
Till December 2008, Total Rs. 826 was deducted in Avenues as Tax at source. At Maniks, there was no deduction of Income tax as per Salary from Mid December to March 2009. But if total salary income at Avenues is also considered then i was eligible to pay more tax. I was not aware of all these income tax stuff that time.
Next year, I joined Tieto and submitted Form 16 by Maniks as per request by Tieto. My tax deduction was done properly by Tieto considering Salary of Maniks as well during Financial year 2009-10.
Now I realized that during last year(2008-09), Tax deduction was not correct and i should pay some tax. I searched on net regarding the same and came to know that I can pay self assessment tax.
I didn't have salary slips of Maniks (for month of December2008-March 2009) as I got last 3 months Salary slip at the time of relieving in January 2010.
I decided to do simple calculation (even though i was going to pay more tax). My salary at Maniks was 30000 per month. I joined in mid December.
Details of Salary received (Only deduction was professional tax)
Dec 08 : 13800/-
Jan 09 : 29800/-
Feb 09 : 29800/-
Mar 09 : 29800/-
Total Income = Rs. 103200/-

I was having Form 16 from Avenues for year 08-09 and Income chargable under head Salaries was Rs. 176081/-
Deduction done at Avenues: 34191/- (LIC premiums till December)

I calculated Total Income as Income in Maniks + Income as head salaries in Avenues
103200+176081 = 279281/-
Here I was at loss as I have not considered any deductions for salary at Maniks (like Travel allowance, medical, HRA).
My total LIC premium for year was 37014/-
I was also paying for my education loan and got interest details from bank which was = 2034/-
So I filled ITR as


I paid Rs. 11133/- as self assessment tax using Axis bank online tax payment faciltiy and Filed Income tax return and posted to Bangalore office.

I received Income tax intimation notice by post under section U/S 143(1) In September 2010 for the same.
By Mistake, Income tax office did not considered Self assessment tax paid by me and asked me to pay Rs. 11301/- (with interest).
I paid my tax properly still i received tax intimation so i was very confused. I mailed them details of my tax payment but did not got any reply. I contacted Bangalore office and they told me to send my reply by post if i have already paid the amount with necessary documents as proof.
I searched on net for details how to reply to tax intimation letter. I sent them my reply with Subject as "Rectification as per section 154" by post with necessary documents. (self assessment tax paid receipt, form16 of Avenues, Tax intimation letter, ITR details).

After few months, my ITR status was updated as No demand/No Refund on income tax website.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

New trend - Online shopping

Online shopping is growing here in India and is starting to become a new trend especially in younger generation. There are many websites like flipkart, ebay, olx, yebhi.

Many of my friends and colleague are using online shopping regularly in last one year. Mostly they buy books, cloths or shoes. One of my friend even bought Samsung mobile online.

These shopping websites carry out regular offers and deals to increase sale. They send you regular email updates of new offers. These offers are the main source of purchase among my friends. There is cash on delivery option available.

I have also used online shopping few months back (on 19th Aug 2012) to buy thermometer on ebay. The seller was techguru india. I got order confirmation mail immediately with seller details from ebay (PaisaPay which is ebay's payment service). 2 days later (21 Aug 2012), I got email that Seller has shipped my order and next day (22 Aug 2012) i received my order by Courier. Everything was smooth and i like this online shopping process.

Flipkart is most popular shopping site among the people i know and most of them shop on flipkart.
I have also used Flipkart for purchasing books. Check image of Order confirmation once you complete your payment.


There is some background why I like this growing trend of online shopping.
When I started my career in IT, I joined an e-commerce company (Avenues India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai) as a fresher. They are one of the largest payment gateway in India providing payment facility to many websites.

We must take care of few things while shopping online.
1. Always check whether payment site is secure or not (https).
2. Always buy on well known website.
3. Check website address while entering your bank or credit card details.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Investment in Tax saving Mutual Funds

This week i have invested small amount in tax saving Mutual Fund for tax saving purpose.
Three years back i have invested in Tax saving scheme and locking period of all those investment is complete. I have invested in too many schemes that time with small amount in all investments.
Details of investment in year 2010:

Fund Name Date Units Allocated Price Amount
 Kotak Taxsaver - Dividend (KM100) 21/12/2009 204.29 9.79 2000
Reliance Tax Saver Fund - Dividend (RC182) 07/01/2010 346.789 14.418 5000
SBI Magnum Tax Gain Scheme 93 - Dividend (SB023) 07/01/2010 112.587   44.4100 5000
 Birla SunLife Tax Relief 96 - Growth (BM382) 07/01/2010 454.545 11 5000
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund - Dividend (HS107)  07/01/2010 217.055 13.8214 3000
Religare Tax Plan - Dividend (LT011) 08/01/2010 156.128 12.81 2000
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund - Dividend (HS107) 27/01/2010 156.509 12.7788 2000



Reliance tax saver fund is the best performing fund among the funds which i invested. So this time also I choose it for investing. Instead of investing in too many funds, i decided to invest only in 2 funds.
After doing some study, I decided to invest in Axis Tax saver as second option.

I have invested total Rs. 11000 this year.
Details are as below:

Fund NameDateUnits AllocatedPriceAmount
Axis Long Term Equity Fund - Growth (AX012)11/01/2013266.512015.00874000
Reliance Tax Saver Fund - Dividend (RC182)11/01/2013443.184015.79487000






Friday, January 11, 2013

Travel: Visit to Chitri Dam - Ajara, Kolhapur during Diwali


During Diwali, I visited Chitri Dam in Ajara. After many years, I went to Ajara.
On Thursday, 15th Nov 2012, after having Lunch , We went to Chitri Dam.
It is around 15 KM from Ajara. There is road connectivity available and you can take your own vehicle.


It is very good place.






 Enjoyable experience for childrens. Sharing photo of Shivam and Sakshi (My Nephew and Niece) enjoying at Dam.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

My new Car Loan from SBI

When i was searching for best Car loan, I found Axis and SBI car loans schemes as best in the lot.
Axis bank car loan option was good but due to  pre-payment penalty, I cancelled it. (Even though interest rate was 11%)
Finally i took SBI car loan. Interest rate floating 11.25%.
Loan amount 3.5 Lacs
Loan tenure: 36 Months
EMI : Rs. 11501/-

Update: Current Interest Rate is 10.95 % as on 01.03.2013. 

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Wagon-R CNG- My first car

Last month (13 May), i booked Wagon-R CNG at Wonder Cars showroom in Chinchwad, Pune.
i10, Polo, Beat(diesel) and Wagon-R were my options when i started to think of buying a car.
After searching on net for few days, I decided to buy CNG car mainly for 2 reasons. First and most important is running cost(mileage) and second is that CNG is considered as more environment friendly.
In company fitted CNG cars, I found Wagon-R CNG is best on many forums and even on one Car show on television. So final decision was simple when CNG option was decided. WAGON-R (CNG).
I personally like Polo very much in hatchbacks but when it comes to buying a car, there are many factors which we consider rather than your favorite car.
First and most important thing for middle class family like us is cost of running (i.e. mileage). As cost of petrol is going up day by day, buying petrol only car option was gone.
So other options were Diesel and CNG. I personally didn't wanna buy Diesel car (though Polo has diesel variant available). CNG was the option for first criteria. Polo, Wagon(R) and Beat were options remaining
Second thing was cost of maintaining and availability of service stations - Maruti Suzuki is the best in this criteria.
I was not sure about cost of maintaining WV so Polo option was dropped and I was having only 2 options Wagon-R and Beat .
Even though Beat has great features compared to Wagon-R, my final choice was Wagon-R only because is is Maruti car.
 I have not got the delivery yet. I'll get it most probabily this month end or start of next month.