Hey grapevine, I am new to financing, just completed 1yr as software developer in India. Please share some tips/suggestions regarding savings, tax exemption benefits, how to plan, old vs new tax re...

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Hey grapevine, I am new to financing, just completed 1yr as software developer in India.
Please share some tips/suggestions regarding savings, tax exemption benefits, how to plan, old vs new tax regime.
Thanks 😁

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Software Developer

Beginning of personal finance management journey- Grapevine

Hi, I have recently graduated and now I'm going to start my career as a software developer. Can you suggest me with resources  for managing finances along with taxes and how to do investments or guide me how I can manage my expenses by giving some tips?
 
My base is around 14Lpa. 
My rent is around 25kpm. And monthly necessary expenditure of around 15kpm.
I am not that well-versed with taxes also. I'm learning about them. Currently I invest 3k in MF every month.
I would like to your suggestions and advises for the same.

Personal Finance Tips for fresher

Congratulations - you're off to a great start! Thats a tidy income to start off with. 
  
 My advise, cut out all the noise and random friendly advise from all and sundry and keep it really really simple till you hit a 50L investment corpus. 
  
 0. Buy a Term Insurance (vanilla, no riders) for 2 Cr. Annual Premium. Till 65 years of age.  
 0. Buy a Health Insurance cover for 10L.  Annual Premium. 
 0. If your parents aren't insured, buy a family floater cover for them now.  15L. Annual Premium.  This may become impossible as they age. 
 1. Start a monthly SIP in a single Nifty50 Index Fund (UTI : HDFC / ICICI / Nippon / doesn't matter).  From your data I'd say put in ~40K per month. 
 2. Start a PPF account and maximise annual investment - 1.5L pa.  
 3.  Invest all bonuses / increase in salary in the same Index Fund.   
  
 Watch the magic of compounding begin.  You'll see the impact of laying this foundation only post 20 yrs.  
  
 If your salary (and as a result your SIP) doesn't change, you should hit 50L in ~7 years.  Faster if you get good salary hikes and appraisals. 
  
 When you hit 50L, diversify into other asset classes (SGB + Flexicap MF + Real Estate for own use).  Do not create clutter by adding MFs and complicate life.  Keep investments simple as you scale: 
  
 30% - Index Fund 
 30% - Flexicap 
 20% - Gold (demat) 
 20% - Debt (EPF/PPF) 
  
 Rebalance asset allocation annually. 
  
 Never invest or choose instruments for tax planning. Tax optimisation leads to suboptimal instrument choices with your money (Insurance / Debt / etc). 
  
 Suggested Reading: Let's Talk Money, Monika Halan.  Easiest book to understand and follow.  
  
 Good luck!

Sales Manager

Software Engineer

Hello all, so I'm a student still, I'll would be joining a company soon and I want to learn about what all tax systems we have and how do I manage them, I want to do them myself in future, where do I learn and what all should I be aware of to save as much as I can?

To start with, I come under 30% bracket, basic salary is about 50% of my base, HRA being 20%, PF 6% and Flexible 24%. I don't have any loans on my name and I'll have to live on rent. I'm also curious on which sections could I be saving and how.

New to Tax

How do you folks go about remembering what to do when with regards to basics of tax planning ? 

Things like using all the various tax exemption levers LTCG,investing in 80C etc 

PS:Noob alert !

Struggling with personal finance discipline!

Strategy & Operations

I wasn't doing proper ITR, I was in the family biz for the last 6 years, recently joined a startup and they don't have any proper salary composition. My current salary is 35L in hand (2.9L per month). Apart from HRA how do I save in taxes? is there an app which does it for you?

Taxes 101? 40+ LPA

UX/UI Designer

Hey folks, I'm a recent graduate, got a job at a startup and the base will be <15, >10. Shifted to Bangalore (more like returning after 6 years, lived for 4 years before that). 

Since I'll be starting my full time journey soon, I want to know how you guys split your take home salary into needs, wants, luxury, savings, investing etc. 

Currently, I'm in a rented flat in HSR (my split is 7k) and will rent out/buy some home appliances. Food would be around 10k a month (no maid, all outside).

I just want to know your experiences on spending and handling money. Not that I'm bad at it, but this is the start of my journey and I would like to know how other people manage their money, so I'd know if I have to tweak some things. 
Do tell any strict DOs/DONTs, common mistakes.

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Intern

So I am going to come in a tax slab from next month, probably will make 80k+ per month. In this case where I should invest for my future safety. As I am only male child of my parents, so it's my responsibility to earn and save so that I could bring happiness in their life.

Please guide me from your personal experience and challenges that you gone through in your past.

How to invest and save taxes

Test Engineer

Hello,

I'm curious about your insights on smart investment strategies for the money I've earned through internships and other sources. How can I make the most of these earnings? I'm open to suggestions and keen on learning from your experiences. Thanks in advance for your valuable advice!

What's the Best Way to Invest Money Earned from Internship and Other Sources?

I am having 21LPA package and I want to save taxes on the new tax regime. Please suggest

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Senior Consultant

I wanted to check up on the fact whether i am doing things correctly to save taxes or not and below is the details for the same.
Gross Salary - 3,30,000/Month
PF Contribution - 16,000/Month
Income Tax - 75,175/Month
Net pay - 2,38,000/Month

If i can save more taxes, how should i proceed furter assuming it's my first job and I've got little zero idea about anything around personal finances and taxes.

Better tax management

I'm a fresh grad who started his job. Can someone suggest how can I start with my investments. Like where to study and how to proceed. I'm too confused about everyone talking about financials and I don't understand at all (I'm from a non financial background).

Any advice will be very helpful.

Thanks in advance

Advice on personal finance

Data Scientist

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Hi, I wanted to take community's advice on tax saving suggestions to opt for and plan my investments. This is what I have:

CTC: 21L ( 19L Fixed , 2L variable pay  in CTC )

80C is covered, Currently I have 50L home loans. & Staying in rented house with 16k rent, Paying around 20k+ TDS. Where can I save? 

Plan me with total take home per month & tax regime to opt ?

Tax planning & suggestion in reduction of tax

System Administrator

I am joining new org with 17LPA, I just got to know that my tax slab will be 30%. I never had to think about it for last 2 years because i was with 3.75LPA since 2 years when my career began. How should i start to reduce my taxable income? I watched various yt videos and spoke to some close acquaintances but im not able to understand how to proceed

How to save money on taxation?

Hello folks. While I'd like to remain anonymous very much, here's what I can share about myself.

1. Working in consumer finance.
2. Love personal finance and helping people out with it.
3. Have published 10,000+ pieces of financial content in the mainstream media.
4. Wrote a best-selling book on money management. It was No. 1 on Amazon once upon a time. 
5. Lately been appearing on TV regularly for personal finance discussions.
6. Saved like crazy through my 20s and 30s, brought two apartments; have an 8-figure net worth mostly thanks to my mutual fund investments. It's not much but it's hard-earned.
7. My unrealised aspiration is travel and I'm working on it now.

No, I'm not selling anything. No commissions, no referral links, no finfluencing. 

Just want to talk, exchange ideas, and learn from you all. Maybe I'll feature you in my next book. :)

Ask me anything.

Let's talk money habits.

Corporate Strategist

I am salaried & have opted for new tax regime. I have zero liability (no EMIs, etc). Closed both my home loan & car loan. I live in my own house.

My yearly tax comes out to be around 12 Lakhs. I want to know if there is a scope to save taxes continuing with zero liability. I would not mind appointing a CA but I have no idea how to choose the best CA.
1. How much does a CA charge annually?
2. Is it really worthwhile to have a CA given the above?
3. What are some questions I must ask the prospective CAs so that I can assess their capability?
4. Salaried people that have already appointed a CA can share their experiences.
5. Is there any off-the-shelf ideas I can get here to save taxes?

Need help choosing a CA to save taxes

Software Architect

Hey, I'm a fresh college passout working for a startup and I gotta do taxes now(how fun). 
The organization is making me choose between the old tax regime(2022) and the new tax regime(2023).

 My in hand is 9LPA. 

Which tax regime should I choose?

Tax regime advice for fresher

Welcome to Banking & Finance's Private Community

Recently started my job as a software engineer, with it i have a salary account now, what are some rules to follow regarding transactions , subscriptions, spending in it or first transferring money to savings account. Please advise how i can keep my tax complications at minimum

Salary account rules to follow for better finances and Tax

Got an offer, I calculated the tax and it will be around 3L ( currently it was around 1.5L) it's crazy, I don't want to pay 25k each month as tax.
My Gross will be around: 22L
I'm 24, I don't have any health insurance other than the company provided one, no home/education loan.
Please suggest how I can reduce tax.
(I have already included max 80c, NPS, HRA in my calculation)

Need Suggestion for saving TAX

I am straight outta clg, asking for me and my friend. Dont know shit about taxes epf gratuity and esops etc, will study about it soon but just wanted to know the figures now so that i can tell it at my home.
Thanks Grapeviners and wish u a merry Christmas 🎄.

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