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Filing Returns , More Details
Now we can file our returns even at post offices(apart from the Income Tax Offices).As there are decent count of post offices in our country, this makes our life easier.But hold on ,Its not in all post offices.To know the list of post offices access this link Complete List ..
To search for a post office with this facility near by your location here.
(Note this link doesnt work in FireFox for me , so better try in IE).
Procedure:
As I see it on the website
From July 26, 2006, Returns of Income may be filed either at the Income Tax office or at the designated post offices in the city where the taxpayer is assessed. Government has designated 2000 Post Offices for this purpose. To file through a Post Office, Returns may be prepared in duplicate and one copy should be submitted in an unsealed envelope of size 10x12 without folding.
Details of i) PAN, ii) Name of the Taxpayer, iii) Address of the Taxpayer, iv) Assessment Year and v) Ward/Circle where assessed should be written on the envelope. Post Offices will give a duly stamped acknowledgement in the second copy.
Please utilise this oppurtunity.
What if we file return after July 31?
Source: http://incometaxindia.gov.in/
To search for a post office with this facility near by your location here.
(Note this link doesnt work in FireFox for me , so better try in IE).
Procedure:
As I see it on the website
From July 26, 2006, Returns of Income may be filed either at the Income Tax office or at the designated post offices in the city where the taxpayer is assessed. Government has designated 2000 Post Offices for this purpose. To file through a Post Office, Returns may be prepared in duplicate and one copy should be submitted in an unsealed envelope of size 10x12 without folding.
Details of i) PAN, ii) Name of the Taxpayer, iii) Address of the Taxpayer, iv) Assessment Year and v) Ward/Circle where assessed should be written on the envelope. Post Offices will give a duly stamped acknowledgement in the second copy.
Please utilise this oppurtunity.
What if we file return after July 31?
Source: http://incometaxindia.gov.in/
Strand BookStall
Last Friday when I was travelling to Chittoor , I read an interesting article about the Strand Book Stall.This Book Stall having shops in Mumbai and Bangalore has many unique qualities , and this prompted me in writing this article hoping ,it will be useful to some of us who havent heard about it ,like me.First and the most unique point about this book stall is that was the first bookstall in he world offering a minimum of 20% discount on all of its books.The interesting part of the article was about the founder of this book Stall Sri T.N.Shanbag,aged 81 now,and what prompted him in starting the book stall.In short,T.N.Shanbag was bornin Karnataka,lost his father at very early,His uncle took all their property,...Mumbai..,loves to read books,observed good books are Far fro the reach of ordinary people through some of the experiences in his life.This finally let him to start a small book Stall ,in a Theatre in Mumbai on 20th November ,1948.People used to come to this stall during the interval,his immense knowledge of books attracted the people and soon the stall started gaining popularity.He shifted the shop to a bigger place still keeping the name "Strand book Stall".He always believed that selling books is not just like any other commodity whch are sold just for the sake of profit.In his journey he gave books to many personalities like Nehru,JRD Tata,Homi Bhaba etc.,Now he is the oly book seller who recieved Padmasri from govt and even UNESCO recognised him as the person who encouraged
book reading in India.
book reading in India.
other points as I found on its website
1. STRAND BOOK STALL was founded by Mr. T. N. Shanbhag on 20th November 1948.
2. We were the first in the world to give minimum 20% discount on all books. We do not offer "pulp stuff" as good books. But only outstanding books in each field.
3. Since then we have gone far and now we give 50% or more discount on the day of publication on many books. The latest example : The one and the only Stephen Hawking's "Universe In A Nutshell" published price Rs.1775.00 our price Rs.625.00 (Discount 65%). Likewise Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul's latest book "Half A Life" published price Rs.1205.00 our price Rs.275.00 (Discount 77%).
4. "Barnes and Noble" the largest chain of book stores in the world started giving 20% discount from 1976. Nearly 30 years after us. Moreover they are giving only 20% even now and no more. That too on hardbound books not paperbacks.
5. We have been reader friendly from day 1.
6. Those books which are not listed, we shall give a quotation (The best possible price for a single copy) imported specially for you by airfreight. Please try us.
Bangalore Branch Address :
S 113 -114, Manipal Centre,
Dickenson Road,
BANGALORE - 560 042.
Phone : (080) 5580000
Tele-Fax : (080) 5582222
E-mail : strandbkATbglDOTvsnlDOTnetDOTin
Mumbai Address:
"Dhannur",
Sir P. M. Road,Fort,
MUMBAI - 400 001
Phone : (022) 2661719/2661994/2614613
Fax : (022) 2630154
Email : strandbookstallATvsnlDOTcom
Though I have been living in Banglore for the past year and Half , I have never come across this book stall.After knowing its importance now I feel this book stall is worth a visit.And by the way, the Banglore office is being taken care by Vidya , Daughter to T.N Shanbag.
Website : http://www.strandbookstall.com/
Tax Filing After 31 July
Its time for all of us to file the tax returns.You all might be aware 31 July is the las date fot filing.But many of us do not know what if we cannot file the tax return before July 31, 2006, we can still file it on or before March 31, 2007. This is called belated return.
The disadvantages of late filing are:
1. If you have any taxes to be paid, then you would be liable to pay penal interest @1% per month under Section 234A
2. If you have incurred any losses (like one does when selling shares at a lower price than when one bought it), you are normally entitled to carry it forward. So over time, you can balance your capital gain with your capital loss. Now you cannot carry forward the losses you incurred this year.
3. If you have any tax refund, it would take more time to process.
If you delay filing of tax return beyond March 31, 2007, the tax department may charge you a penalty up to Rs 5,000.
The tax department can also issue you a notice requiring you to file your tax return. If you still do not file it, the tax officer is entitled to make a Best Judgment Assessment. This means that he can estimate your total income using his own judgement and make you pay taxes on that income.
Source : Rediff.com
Complete Article : http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2006/jul/17tax.htm
The disadvantages of late filing are:
1. If you have any taxes to be paid, then you would be liable to pay penal interest @1% per month under Section 234A
2. If you have incurred any losses (like one does when selling shares at a lower price than when one bought it), you are normally entitled to carry it forward. So over time, you can balance your capital gain with your capital loss. Now you cannot carry forward the losses you incurred this year.
3. If you have any tax refund, it would take more time to process.
If you delay filing of tax return beyond March 31, 2007, the tax department may charge you a penalty up to Rs 5,000.
The tax department can also issue you a notice requiring you to file your tax return. If you still do not file it, the tax officer is entitled to make a Best Judgment Assessment. This means that he can estimate your total income using his own judgement and make you pay taxes on that income.
Source : Rediff.com
Complete Article : http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2006/jul/17tax.htm
End of Road for win 98
11 July 2006 will be marked as an important date in the history of Microsoft , as it is stopping the support for its most popular kid Windows 98.It means to its 70 million users it no longer fix bugs, provide telephone support and provide security patches.The product which was launched 8 years ago has been the beloved kid for Bill.Though its stopped selling it after the launch of Windows XP, it continued to provide support till today.Now Microsoft has decided to cross-mark it and it should have already alarmed its customers to upgrade to safer OS,XP.Most importan part of the support I feel will be security Patches from the Microsoft , because all other bugs should already have been fixed and customers may not worry about this.If the customers do not connect to WWW, which is primary door for the malicious programs to get in , they need not worry.Other versions that also come under this end of support as part of the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy are Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition,and Windows Me.However the documents and other content related to the self-service and bugs will be continue to be available in the microsoft website for few more years.http://support.microsoft.com/gp/hublist
Also alarmed the End of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1.
For this October 10 ,2006 has been set as the target date.All users using SP1 can upgrade tp SP2 for free.Here is the link for it http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx
For the complete story read here
Also alarmed the End of support for Windows XP Service Pack 1.
For this October 10 ,2006 has been set as the target date.All users using SP1 can upgrade tp SP2 for free.Here is the link for it http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx
For the complete story read here
Loksatta
It was Monday morning , I was very much excited when I saw that article on the front page of Eenadu.It says JayaPrakash Narayan lead Loksatta is soon going to start a Political Party. Some of the sentences in the article touched my heart. I got very much disturbed and excited. I am not very happy with the software job I am doing now. I used to believe I should not confine to these kinds of jobs like many. I strongly believe I should use all the knowledge I gained from my experiences and education serve my mother land. For this either I need huge money or I should be in politics. First doesn’t seem to possible in the near future. So the other go is Politics.The words from the "Charcha Patram" politics are no longer confined to Big shots or criminal people, encouraged me. After 3 days of thinking I finally decided I should be join Loksatta.Today I called Chittoor Zilla Office located in Tirupathi.The voice on the other side promptly received me and I said I will come to the office on Saturday. Other details I got from the 2 minute brief talk with the person is, life term membership costs 20Rs and soon they are going to start branch offices in every place.
From the newspaper info I came to know, Party will be officially started on October 2nd.
My main point in joining the party is "Development should happen in a distributed manner"
My concern "Development should happen in a distributed manner":
We all know villages and towns occupy majority of the population in
I observed many of me friends in
Now coming to the villages, I observed in many villages, the only people living there are either old people (Who are deserted by their children) or Uneducated youth or people who rich from the grandfathers’ days. If this sort of trend continues many villages will soon wear desert attire.
What is the prime reason behind this...?
Are new jobs not getting created - No
is country not Developing - No
what else ....I feel Development is not happening in a distribute manner. It’s just confining to major cities like Mumbai,
development happens uniformly, jobs will be created uniformly. Every place will have its own uniqueness which can be used to create employment.
For example coming to my home Town Chittoor, it is a drought area, for the past several years there was no rainfall. Still I believe there are few plus points to this place.
1) Its proximity to two major cities Chennai and
2) There are several
like Mogili Eeswaralyam, NTR Jalasayam, Vepanjaeri, and
First it will increase the traffic, which will generate revenue to Bus, Auto and Taxi people.
Second Govt can take enough measures to open stalls near
can be given to women residing in some villages.
The local governments should work as a company or an organization for the development of the area by competing with other places.
One point to remember is today’s
The idea I expressed here may not be as effective as I have in my mind, but I believe, Distributed development should happen for this nation to become a developed country.
I request you all to express your concerns or comments , so that I can consolidate and take them before Loksatta whenver I get chance to meet them.
1)LokSatta Website
2)LokSatta Blog
3)Charcha Patram (PDF)
4)JayaPrakash Narayan Blog
FootBall World Cup 2006 Germany
The biggest sport event of the year has started yesterday in Germany.For complete coverage from the official fifa site ,click here http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/- Desktop SW : ibnlive.com , a news portal brings us an easy installable deskop SW that offers live scores, schedules, Team profiles , latest news etc.,Click here for details on how to install the application and use it.http://www.ibnlive.com/features/fifa/
- Mobile For those who want to see live updates of the on going football world cup in Germany on the go point your mobile browser to http://fifa.com.
1)For more list of sites you can visit on your mobile WAP Directory.
2)History of the Foot Ball Game
Mobile Phones Gallery
Are you planning to buy a mobile?.Confused at what amount you need to put ,which brand to buy ,features , price etc., Ok How about having a website that lists down all the models of mobile phones from all sort of brands with its approx price tag, features list etc.Here comes a nice URL I have been following for few months that does exactly what we're expecting above.I found the site is updated consistently with the latest info of models , price etc.,
IndiaGSM
Note: Prices are given in Indian Rupees.
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