become a farmer, both Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan file tax as farmers and a huge part of their income is tax exempt.

Or an exporter - getting FX in India 
  
 Actually there is one more way... Start a company, and do everything (all income, expenses) thru the company...

Founder

@gabru They file through agriculture, but they are clearly farming money form other professions. How is it legal and how can we do it?

Consultant

Senior Software Engineer

Be consultant/on contract. Anything else may invite scrutiny :)

Software Engineer

What are the innovative ways to save tax on your salary?

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Tax Filing

Product Manager

Tax Filing- Grapevine

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Who doesn’t hate paying taxes ? Please list down some of the underrated options, hacks, workarounds, tips & tricks to save taxes. 
(Should be legally right, can be ethically wrong) 

1. exploiting 80G can be one way to save taxes (if you have good contacts) 

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Brilliant Tax Saving Ideas

Analytics Manager

What are the ways to save taxes if you are earning more than 60+LPA?

Are there any legit ways to save tax once you cross that salary where saving from 80c, 80d is not of much use? I know home loan is one option but are there better ways?

How do you save tax?

I'm a salaried person with about 50 L base pay + some interest income + capital gains from equity. 
I'm currently paying around 10- 11 L in income tax.

I'm following the old regime
Claiming below major deductions
Hra
80c
Nps 
Political party donation 

Need to understand are there any more creative ways to save on taxes than what I'm already using ??
Also am I paying high tax than other people in similar income range ??

How do People in high salary ranges save on taxes ??

Isn't tax also political party donation😅

Software Developer

I am a software engineer in Bangalore having base CTC 13.8 lpa. Which brings me to a tax of more than a lakh rupees, what are the possible ways to reduce this taxed amount.

Suggestions to save tax ?

It's that time of the year when you wonder why you need to pay so much taxes for the facilities and infra that you get. What are the genuine and not so genuine ways to save taxes?

Tax savings.

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

How are you guys filing the tax? What are the best methods to save tax? If you know  auditor/CA or any other groups that does the best savings plan for you, please let me know

IT Filing

So this is something that I have been researching for a while, apart from very well known instruments such as-(only mentioning the ones that should be done by everyone irrespective)
* 1.5L annually through 80C
* 50k standard deduction 
* HRA claim
* Donation claims
* Insurance/Medical claims

How are you folks optimising your post tax income?
Would really like to hear it from people getting >= 24 LPA fixed, since from this point onwards a major chunk (almost 20% goes in taxes) and it really hurts.

Tax Savings for 30% slab

For people who lie in the 30% tax bracket, how do you save taxes?

Do you suggest making a dummy rent agreement on your parents name to save HRA? 

Got to know that if monthly rent is more than 50K, the tenant has to pay TDS as well. How do you account for it?

Any suggestions on saving taxes?

How to save taxes?

What are some underrated ways to save tax

Tax saving

Business Development Manager

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

How much taxes can be saved on a 40 lakhs package? I am planning to hire a CA but looking for rough estimates here. I can structure my salary in any way I want and can invest in all schemes except housing loans.

Tax Saving

Performance Marketer

Alert: a rant post

Today I saw my payslip after a long time and WTH! I don't know what they'll take once bonus comes in. Paying this much for no water, bad air, corrupt babus and all those douche things.

As much as patriotic I am, this is just insane. On top of this add all the GST and sheet ton of other indirect taxes.

Living in India and paying like Europe. Wow!

Duck the government

Earning around 50 lpa at 24 is already a great feat. Still if u want to look at the dark side, nobody can help. This rant is more common than diabetes. Yet people will stress about same thing and rant to destress. Endless cycle. Either do something about it or bring some new perspective. P.S. I am in alignment with ur rant but I’ve made peace with the state of affairs as I am not looking to move out of India and I cannot strong arm govt. individually to change this.

Senior Product Manager

Guys, suggest me some tax saving schemes for new regime.

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?

Outside of the standard 80C BS, is there any major way to save tax? I can’t stand a small set of people giving out so much tax to the government and so much burden on the other side without any significant social benefits. This one’s especially for the experienced ones.

Tax saving hacks

Operations Manager

I have always been very intrigued about managing my own finances, never hired a CA till now. 

But every year when the tax return filing time comes I run into the same thought - Am I paying too much taxes, is there a way to plan it better?

wanted to get some information on how are you guys managing your taxes. 

- Do you guys have a dedicated CA? does hiring a CA helps? 

- How do you plan your finances? investing/Saving/restructuring to avoid paying the maximum taxes? 

- Some people setup a side business to set off some recurring losses/expenses to some extent. Does that work in long term? 

- In terms of wealth generation, what is your strategy? How much you are able to invest? What assets are good in your POV?

P.S. - Before someone comes up with you need to pay taxes so India can grow. I understand your POV but IMO, I am not able to get the benefits/infra in return, but I with all my heart believe in India’s growth story.

People with 50L+ taxable income, how much taxes are you paying? is there a way to reduce that?

Staff Engineer

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

If you are salaried and earning 1Cr+, how are you saving on taxes? My net tax burden comes up around 40 lakh every year (and it hurts)

Looking to understand if and how you are able to save on taxes

How are you saving taxes on 1Cr+ income?

Great ideas 💡 to save tax as a salaried professionals ( What are the hacks )

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