Your tax refund horoscope

  As a certain series of advertisements (that will mercifully be disappearing soon) like to pronounce, for many tax payers this is “refund season” – the time of year when the government helpfully... Read more »

Change the way you think about emergency savings

Emergency (noun) – a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action. Here’s the thing about emergencies: you can’t plan for them. Not really. Life is filled with too many variables... Read more »

Governance pain of public banks

Dual regulation by the finance ministry and RBI, political influence in lending and appointment of board members have taken a toll on governance standards Read more »

Budget 2015 would also need reforms in Customs

One of the risks is to get swayed by the idea that exemptions bring popularity Read more »

TDS on payment to foreign consultant

A weekly selection of key court orders Read more »

Who’s to blame for the student loan crisis?

In a fairly unsurprising bit of news, researchers at the University of South Carolina recently conducted a study into mental health and student loans and found that yes, student loans aren’t great for... Read more »

Just say no to rent-to-own

There are a lot of times when renting makes sense. When you fly into a new city and you have a lot of traveling to do, rent a car. When you’re on... Read more »

Bumps ahead for Financial Code future

With many sections of the financial market unhappy about certain provisions of the FSLRC report, changes are likely in the modified draft Read more »

Three approaches to budget-making

The law governing manufacturing is replete with obsolescence on multiple counts Read more »

Triangular litigation over power tariff

There has been a spate of litigation between electricity generation and distribution companies, regulatory commissions and industrial consumers over tariff since the new Electricity Act came into force in 2003. The Supreme... Read more »