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Tuesday 31 December 2013

Benefits of Writing a WILL

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After a person's death, his or her assets are disposed off either as per the intentions of the deceased or, in the event of his intentions are not known through the legal process of inheritance. By writing a proper WILL you don't only avoid the property disputes which are very common these days but also plan a smooth succession and distribution of assets as per your wishes.

  • If properly drafted you could be able to save lot of taxes for your inheritors.
  • You can make specific legacies and bequests in your WILL like to your domestic help, and specific person other than family member etc. which is not possible otherwise.
  • You can distribute the liabilities and responsibilities through a WILL. Like who'll clear off which loan and who will take care of whom.
  • You can create "Annual charge" through WILL. For e.g. you bequeath your property to your one son and ask him to make payment of Rs 10000/- p.m. to his sister.
  • You can also create good behaviour in your inheritors by attaching specific conditions in your bequests.

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      2. HDFC Top 200 Fund
      3. UTI Dividend Yield Fund
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      2. DSP BlackRock Small & Midcap Fund
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      4. IDFC Premier Equity Fund
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Investment Approach for 2014

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As the year draws to a close, looking back at the overall financial report of the year gone plays an important role in effective financial management. The end of the year gives us a perfect time and opportunity to check the financial books to asses tax strategies for the current financial year. Exploring tax saving options at the last minute are a bad idea and the end of the year offers the perfect window of opportunity to evaluate and change taxation strategies as required. Irrespective of whether you are a salaried individual or a business owner or self employed professional, there are some essential financial to do things that must be a part of your overall financial planning routine.

 

Assess Your Tax Strategies: With the financial year ending closing is, the end of year is the perfect time to assess your tax strategies for the year. Irrespective of whether you are self employed or salaried, tax strategies play an important role in a financial well being. Any major purchases that can potentially give you tax rebate must be done in 2013 itself to counter any unexpected large chunk of taxable profit.

 

A lot of people commit the cardinal sin of checking their books only a few weeks before the March 31 deadline. By that time it is usually too late to embrace effective tax planning. The last month of the year offers a perfect opportunity to evaluate and assess the taxation strategies to make sure one does run out options in the last minute.

 

Make a Capital Purchase: Buying a capital purchase before the end of the year can bring multiple benefits especially if you are a business owner and seeking to buy a vehicle. Firstly one may get a cheaper deal as most buyers wait for the New Year to usher in before taking delivery of their vehicles and secondly one show the purchase under capital expenses which can compensate for taxation in the business ownership. Technically one can buy any asset that have a useful life for more than a year including vehicle, electronic equipment or machinery and even furniture to increase your capital expense in the current year.

 

Make a Charitable Gift or Donation: The year end is one of the best times to contribute to the society by donating for charity or a cause you believe in. Apart from brining in smile on the faces of the under privileged, all donations and charity can avail you deductions up to 50 to 100 % under Section 80G of the income tax act. While deduction for donations made cannot exceed 10 per cent of gross total income, it makes more sense to donate when the charitable organizations appreciate the gesture rather than to donate just before the end of the financial year only to save some tax.

 

Explore Other Tax Saving Instruments: The end of the year is the best time to evaluate your personal finance goals for the New Year as well as commit tax planning for the current financial year. There are a number of tax saving options that can be useful in saving tax. The earlier one commits to tax planning, the better the chances of effective tax management. A lot of people end up paying a hefty tax only due to poor tax planning. Explore tax saving instruments like Provident funds, National Savings Certificates and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme and other schemes like Section 80D for payment of health insurance premium. The sooner one starts to plan; the better it is for the overall financial well being.

 

Get Your Financial Books in Order: Do not wait for the last week of March to get your financial books in order. The end of the year is the best time to get all your financial books updated to avoid the last minute jitters before the end of the financial year. It is useful to update all your bank account statements and any Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) certificates and compile them in your financial folder updated till December. If you have made a donation to any charitable organization make sure that you collect a valid receipt to claim deduction u/s 80G. Compute your tax for the year and assess your profit and expenditure till December to give you a better insight into the future tax planning that an be useful in saving tax for the current financial year before the March 31 deadline.

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Invest in Tax Saving Mutual Funds ( ELSS Mutual Funds ) to upto Rs 1 lakh and Save tax under Section 80C.

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Tax Saving Mutual Funds Online

These links can be used to Purchase Mutual Funds Online that are regular also (Investment, non-tax saving)

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Application Forms from all AMCs

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Applications

These Application Forms can be used for buying regular mutual funds also

Some of the best Tax Saving Mutual Funds available ( ELSS Mutual Funds )

  1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan Invest Online
  2. HDFC TaxSaver Invest Online
  3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund Invest Online
  4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  5. Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 Invest Online
  6. IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  7. SBI Magnum Tax Gain Scheme 1993 Invest Online
  8. Sundaram Tax Saver Invest Online
  9. Edelweiss ELSS Invest Online

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Best Performing Mutual Funds

    1. Largecap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock Top 100 Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Focused Blue Chip Fund
      3. Birla Sun Life Front Line Equity Fund
    2. Large and Midcap Funds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
      2. HDFC Top 200 Fund
      3. UTI Dividend Yield Fund
    1. Mid and SmallCap Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund
      2. DSP BlackRock Small & Midcap Fund
      3. Sundaram Select Midcap
      4. IDFC Premier Equity Fund
    1. Small and MicroCap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock MicroCap Fund
    1. Sector Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Banking Fund
      2. Reliance Banking Fund
    1. Tax Saver MutualFunds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan
      2. HDFC Taxsaver
      3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
      4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund
    2. Gold Mutual Funds Invest Online
      1. Relaince Gold Savings Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Regular Gold Savings Fund
      3. HDFC Gold Fund

What Is The Role Of A Third Party Administrator or TPA In Health Insurance?

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What Is The Role Of A TPA In Health Insurance?

·         These are basically outsourced by the health insurance companies. They function as an intermediary between the hospitals where patients or policy holders undergo treatment and the insurance company .

·         These companies are licensed by the IRDA and have telecom facilities with phone numbers starting from 1600 which are toll free.

·         A Computer Database having all the details of policy holders.

·         Medical specialists to assess whether health care is needed or not, assessing hospitalization treatment and passing of the claim bills.

·         They coordinate with hospitals with respect to treatment of patients, settling of medical bills on behalf of the insurance company.

·         When a patient is ill he is not able to help himself. His relatives and family members admit him to the hospital and then have to apprise the TPA of the situation over phone or in writing. You have to specify the name of the policy holder, Policy No, ID Number, Name of the Doctor sent for treatment, Hospital where the patient is hospitalized, reason for hospitalization, Copy of the prescription of the Doctor.

·         All of this needs to be faxed so that the TPA can make a real time decision.

·         If the hospital where the hospitalization of the patient is going on is on the approved list then the hospital conducts treatment and sends the bills to the Third Party Agent. This is a case of cashless treatment.

·         If the hospital is not on the approved list , the treatment is conducted at the hospital. The patient pays the medical bills himself .Once the treatment is over the bills are sent for approval to the TPA's. Once approved the amount spent by the patient is refunded by the TPA.

·         Under the 5% concept the policy holder pays 5% of the hospital bills and the rest of the amount is paid by the TPA. There are certain expenses or components of the hospital bill which are not payable by the insurance company. In case all the components of the hospital bill are covered under the claims clauses of the insurer the 5% amount is refunded.

·         The charges of the TPA are included in the premium amounts charged by the insurer. In some cases discounts are given up to an amount of 5% if you opt for direct submission of bills to the insurance company.

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Invest in Tax Saving Mutual Funds ( ELSS Mutual Funds ) to upto Rs 1 lakh and Save tax under Section 80C.

Invest Tax Saving Mutual Funds Online

Tax Saving Mutual Funds Online

These links can be used to Purchase Mutual Funds Online that are regular also (Investment, non-tax saving)

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Application Forms from all AMCs

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Applications

These Application Forms can be used for buying regular mutual funds also

Some of the best Tax Saving Mutual Funds available ( ELSS Mutual Funds )

  1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan Invest Online
  2. HDFC TaxSaver Invest Online
  3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund Invest Online
  4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  5. Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 Invest Online
  6. IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  7. SBI Magnum Tax Gain Scheme 1993 Invest Online
  8. Sundaram Tax Saver Invest Online
  9. Edelweiss ELSS Invest Online

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Best Performing Mutual Funds

    1. Largecap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock Top 100 Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Focused Blue Chip Fund
      3. Birla Sun Life Front Line Equity Fund
    2. Large and Midcap Funds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
      2. HDFC Top 200 Fund
      3. UTI Dividend Yield Fund
    1. Mid and SmallCap Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund
      2. DSP BlackRock Small & Midcap Fund
      3. Sundaram Select Midcap
      4. IDFC Premier Equity Fund
    1. Small and MicroCap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock MicroCap Fund
    1. Sector Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Banking Fund
      2. Reliance Banking Fund
    1. Tax Saver MutualFunds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan
      2. HDFC Taxsaver
      3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
      4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund
    2. Gold Mutual Funds Invest Online
      1. Relaince Gold Savings Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Regular Gold Savings Fund
      3. HDFC Gold Fund

Life Insurance Corporation Of India or LIC of India

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When you purchase a life insurance product what is the first name that comes to your mind. Obviously its Life Insurance Corporation Of India..Have you ever wondered why LIC commands so high a brand loyalty?. Remember When People Use Your Brand As A Verb That Is Remarkable. I will ask you a simple question. Do you buy an MP3 player or do you buy an iPod? Do you purchase a Smartphone or an iPhone?. Here these products have become "The Name" and created a tribe of their own .Companies make products and consumers make brands .Products might become obsolete but the value of brands increases with time .It would be good to remember that products can always be copied but brands can never die out.

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So How Did LIC Acquire So Formidable A Reputation:

Trust Is A Basis For Any Brand Loyalty:

When we purchase a life insurance policy what do we look out for? Obviously it is the death benefits and the payment of the sum assured on the death of the policyholder. In insurance parlance it is called Claim Settlement Ratio. Life insurance companies have to make profits. They do so by persuading you to pick up life insurance products whether you need them or not. You might not mind this so much but what if ? Yes it is too terrible a thing to comprehend. What if the insurance company does not pay the sum assured on the death of the policy holder? What is the use of that term plan? .It would be great to note that LIC has a claim settlement ratio of around 97%.When a claim is to be made the policy holder is not around. The insurance company may quote some rule or the other and deny your claim. Who would want to spend precious time and resources fighting court cases? It is here that LIC commands trust and brand loyalty…

Oh LIC Has Been Around A Long Time:

All of us have heard of monopolies those timeless ageless giants .LIC was established in 1956 by the passing of the Life Insurance Corporation Of India Act 1956 and LIC came into existence .Until the 1990's LIC was the master of the game in insurance. With little competition it succeeded for more than three decades as people had very little choice but only could approach LIC for that necessary life insurance .Many times in history monopolies collapse and are soon forgotten. Those that survive are remembered for a long time indeed.They have the first mover advantage.

The King Of Market Share:

LIC Performs with a a commanding market share of around 75% of the life insurance industry in India .It continues to hold its leadership position in the life insurance industry. Who can forget a market leader? He who garners the maximum market share is King. When a survey was conducted in India among those polled all of the people who knew what was insurance had heard of LIC, and over 90% of the people stated that if they purchased insurance it would be from LIC. Clearly private sector insurance companies have not been able to stand up to LIC. The LIC monopoly ended in 2000 and a number of private players entered the fray. A number of foreign players entered into joint ventures with their Indian partner's holding a maximum of 26% stake .The advertisement budgets of these foreign companies shot up through the ceiling .At stake was the Indian Insurance market valued at a whooping 100 Billion Dollars as of 2012.Initially LIC took a hit especially in the 2008-2009 period but recovered lost ground quickly and held its own against the foreign competitors.LIC caters to more than 1.5 Crore clients which is more than the population of certain countries .It made a whooping profit of over 25000 Crores in the first half of the fiscal 2012.LIC has the largest network of lakhs of agents and depends heavily on agents to tap customers and get them to sign on that dotted line. Remember that friendly insurance agent who comes to your door answering your whims and calls in order to persuade you to renew your policy. In India in spite of Crores of Rupees spent by the foreign players on advertisements they still depend on agents to push through their products by hook or by crook and when it comes to the sheer number of agents LIC owns them all running into lakhs of agents. LIC has a vast distribution network and a reach into the rural areas of India and goes where no private players agents can go. LIC also had a brand name passed on from generation to generation which stands in its favour .Even before foreign players came in LIC tailored better products ,expanded its base basically from the cradle to the grave ,maximized its distribution network and raised offerings of newer products each year. The private players after taking an initial beating are soon regrouping. They have increased their premiums share in the urban areas. The battle is heating up. Clearly for LIC the next phase could be the decisive one.

Focus On The Rural Areas:

In India rural areas form a vast region of untapped potential for insurance companies. Currently LIC is the dominant player in this area.LIC with its vast number of agents, its brand value and brand loyalty and its appeal to the rural masses scores over the private insurance players .Even though market share of LIC may have taken a hit in the urban areas it continues to dominate in the rural areas. This is mainly by skits and street plays LIC has been able to target the rural masses. Here LIC clearly enjoys the first mover advantage and this is its true bastion of power .Imagine the crores of people living in India's villages. But can LIC afford to rest on its laurels? No certainly not. The private insurance players have woken up to the vast potential of the rural market in India and are targeting it through E-choupal introduced by ITC ,a Distribution network which connects a number of remote villages in Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Using this E-choupal an e-commerce tool these private players hope to negate the dominant position of LIC in the rural areas of India. LIC better be on its toes.

The Backbone Of The Government?

One of the major areas of support LIC can count on is from the Government Of India. This support is mutually interdependent as one cannot survive without the support of the other .In the month of March this year, LIC rescued the government stake sale in SAIL a public sector company by lapping up almost 70% of the shares on offer at a whopping 1000 Crores .From 5% it raised its stake sale to 9% holdings in SAIL. It had also bailed out the government's disinvestment plans in ONGC last year by picking up a whooping 12000 Crores worth of shares in the concluding minutes of the equity stake sale and saved the government from severe embarrassment .It has also picked up stake in other Public Sector Companies such as NMDC, NTPC, Oil India Ltd., RCF, NALCO, Hindustan Copper and a number of Public sector banks .But is LIC playing with public money and heading the UTI way is one of the foremost questions in our minds? Is the government bending rules to accommodate its favorite child? According to IRDA rules and regulations an insurance company cannot hold more than 10% stake in a single company.LIC agreed to pick up a 5% stake in Punjab National Bank, Central Bank Of India and Indian Overseas Bank in order to meet their capital requirements. Clearly in the future LIC will breach the 10% limit in a number of Public Sector Industries.LIC has stated that it has unit linked plans and traditional plans and clearly it is taking care to see that these funds do not have more than 10% exposure individually to a single company. Here it invests through different funds and LIC believes the regulation of 10% are on each fund other than the total investments.LIC manages assets worth 13 Lakh Crores which is 15% of India's GDP.This is not the first time and surely won't be the last time the LIC bails out the government disinvestment plan .Clearly a lasting relationship.

Darling Of Dalal Street:

LIC is a big time player on Dalal Street and is bigger than the FII Players.LIC is heavily invested with Billions of Dollars in most of the major companies on the BSE and the Nifty Indices. However LIC is no short term investor and invests with a long term horizon in mind.LIC generally only buys and very rarely sells. Truly with over 50 years of being in the Indian Insurance sector and with a large number of monopoly years LIC is truly a force to reckon with in the equity markets.

I would like to end this article with a focus on what it takes to be a domestic leader. National Brands evoke a sense of pride and are seen as less profit oriented .But in these national brands quality is questioned and innovation is assumed to be woefully inadequate .Their advertisements are perceived not to be up to standard .For National brands innovation and transparency are a must. In a nutshell brand magic is about making the impossible possible for the customers.

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Invest in Tax Saving Mutual Funds ( ELSS Mutual Funds ) to upto Rs 1 lakh and Save tax under Section 80C.

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Tax Saving Mutual Funds Online

These links can be used to Purchase Mutual Funds Online that are regular also (Investment, non-tax saving)

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Application Forms from all AMCs

Download Tax Saving Mutual Fund Applications

These Application Forms can be used for buying regular mutual funds also

Some of the best Tax Saving Mutual Funds available ( ELSS Mutual Funds )

  1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan Invest Online
  2. HDFC TaxSaver Invest Online
  3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund Invest Online
  4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  5. Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 Invest Online
  6. IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund Invest Online
  7. SBI Magnum Tax Gain Scheme 1993 Invest Online
  8. Sundaram Tax Saver Invest Online
  9. Edelweiss ELSS Invest Online

------------------

Best Performing Mutual Funds

    1. Largecap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock Top 100 Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Focused Blue Chip Fund
      3. Birla Sun Life Front Line Equity Fund
    2. Large and Midcap Funds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan
      2. HDFC Top 200 Fund
      3. UTI Dividend Yield Fund
    1. Mid and SmallCap Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund
      2. DSP BlackRock Small & Midcap Fund
      3. Sundaram Select Midcap
      4. IDFC Premier Equity Fund
    1. Small and MicroCap Funds Invest Online
      1. DSP BlackRock MicroCap Fund
    1. Sector Funds Invest Online
      1. Reliance Banking Fund
      2. Reliance Banking Fund
    1. Tax Saver MutualFunds Invest Online
      1. ICICI Prudential Tax Plan
      2. HDFC Taxsaver
      3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
      4. Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund
    2. Gold Mutual Funds Invest Online
      1. Relaince Gold Savings Fund
      2. ICICI Prudential Regular Gold Savings Fund
      3. HDFC Gold Fund
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