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How RSUs and ESOPs Are Taxed in India
A plain-English guide to how RSUs and ESOPs are taxed in India for FY 2025-26: perquisite tax at vesting, capital gains at sale, foreign-share reporting and TDS.
Read the article →Filing Your ITR When You Own US Stocks or Foreign Shares
How Indian residents report US stocks and foreign shares in the ITR: Schedule FA disclosure, capital gains rates, dividend withholding, DTAA relief and Form 67.
Read the article →A Salaried Person's Month-by-Month Tax-Saving Checklist
A practical month-by-month tax planning checklist for salaried employees in FY 2025-26: regime choice, deductions, proofs, advance tax and filing.
Read the article →AIS and TIS Explained: How to Read It and Fix Mismatches
Understand the Annual Information Statement (AIS) and Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS): what they show, how they differ from Form 26AS, and how to correct wrong entries.
Read the article →Advance Tax and Section 234B/234C Interest, Explained
Who must pay advance tax, the four instalment due dates, how Section 234B and 234C interest is charged, and how salaried taxpayers can avoid penalties.
Read the article →HRA Exemption: Rules, Calculation and Common Mistakes
How the House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption works under Section 10(13A): the three-part calculation, metro vs non-metro, proofs, landlord PAN and common errors.
Read the article →NPS for Tax Saving: 80CCD(1B) vs 80CCD(2) and the Maturity Math
How the National Pension System saves tax: the extra ₹50,000 under 80CCD(1B), the employer route under 80CCD(2) that works in the new regime, and how maturity is taxed.
Read the article →The Three Levers That Make ₹12.75 Lakh Tax-Free in the New Regime
How the ₹75,000 standard deduction, the Section 87A rebate and marginal relief combine to make salary up to about ₹12.75 lakh tax-free under the new regime for FY 2025-26.
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