Income Tax Planning: A Study of Tax Saving Instruments

Authors

  • Alka Assistant Professor of commerce, Smt. AAA govt. P. G. College, Kalka

Keywords:

Tax, Tax saving Instruments

Abstract

Tax planning is an essential part of our financial planning. Efficient tax planning enables us to reduce our tax liability to the minimum. This is done by legitimately taking advantage of all tax exemptions, deductions rebates and allowances while ensuring that your investments are in line with their long-term goals. The purpose of the study is to find out the most suitable and popular tax saving instrument used to save tax and also to examine the amount saved by using that instrument. Over all findings reveals that the most adopted tax saving instrument is Life Insurance policy, which got the first rank in this study and the second most adopted tax saving instrument is Provident FunTax planning is an essential part of our financial planning. Efficient tax planning enables us to reduce our tax liability to the minimum. This is done by legitimately taking advantage of all tax exemptions, deductions rebates and allowances while ensuring that your investments are in line with their long-term goals. The purpose of the study is to find out the most suitable and popular tax saving instrument used to save tax and also to examine the amount saved by using that instrument.

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Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

Alka. (2017). Income Tax Planning: A Study of Tax Saving Instruments. Universal Research Reports, 4(13), 66–69. Retrieved from https://urr.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/396

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