Paying tax on ESOPs? Check your CTC

Is your company using your cost to company, CTC, to make you pay the fringe benefit tax, FBT, on your stock options, ESOPs?

How much capital gains tax do you have to pay on your ESOPs after...- in Bussiness

Preity Zinta does a bungee jump in New Zealand
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Who's hot in the Indian Premier League players' auction?
For a day, at least, India will turn a blind eye to the financial downturn when the bidding for the Indian Premier League's second season takes place in Goa on Friday, February 6.

The smas...- in Recreation n sports

Luck By Chance: The music rocks

Shankar Mahadevan was an Indian classical vocalist before he became Shankar. Loy Mendonsa was a jazz-funk keyboard player before he became Loy. Ehsaan Noorani was a blues-rock-fusion guitar playe...- in Entertainment

Review: Phoonk

You know the premise, you've seen the promos on TV and the layered posters all over your town. You know that Ram Gopal Varma has followed up his last effort dramatising the underworld with anothe...- in Entertainment

Jade Goody's legacy to her sons

Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has exchanged wedding rings with her beau Jack Tweed after doctors told her that she has months to live.

The couple staged the private ceremony on the side of th...- in Hollywood

How to structure a tax-friendly salary

You are happy for getting a good salary hike post appraisal this year. But soon your company's account department sent your income tax computation sheet stating that they will now ded...- in Bussiness

Ask Rajneesh: Who took the first hat-trick in ODIs?
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Beating inflation: 'Increase your monthly income'
"As I see it there is only one way to cope with increasing prices," says Sohail Nizam (name changed to protect identity on request) with a touch of confidence in his voice, "do something to increase...- in Bussiness

Gulaal's music rocks big time!

The start is tremendous. 'Aarambh hai prachand,' intone Piyush Mishra and Rahul Ram as the warrior readies for battle in Aarambh, the opening track of the album. The fanfare evokes old television...- in Entertainment