A penny saved is a penny earned. In India saving money can be especially challenging, considering the population is young, aspirational and the society is increasingly materialistic. We believe in living the best life, and costs money. That leaves us with the question, how to save money for future? How to save money for retirement?…
Author: Abhiroop Bhattacharyya
What to do When Amazon Seller Sends you Wrong or Damaged Product?
Recently, I purchased a tape from Amazon business. And I was not happy with the quality of the product, so I decided that I will send it back and claim refund. When I was trying to send it back, Amazon asked me if I would like to get a replacement instead. Within few days, replacement…
Adding Amazon Fulfillment Centers to GST
If you want to register in FBA or fulfilled by Amazon, first thing you will need to do is to add fulfillment centers to your GST as additional place of business. Amazon gives you 2 options, hire CA consultants to add the FCs to GST on your behalf. And the other option was to do…
How Am I Planning To Earn Rs 360000 Per Yr From Stock Market?
Hi there, this post is supposed to be a more of a personal note or a goal for self, but I am sharing it publicly and sharing my plan. This plan is a step towards generating enough passive income to eventually replace my paycheck from job. And this earning has to have some sort of…
How to Correct DOB In NPS Through KYC?
On 20th of February, 2021 I decided to open a NPS account for my mother. And creating NPS account online is no big deal. It is simple and does not take more than 30 – 45 minutes. But, I made a mistake while creating the account, I entered the date of birth wrong. And rightly…
What Happens If Send Money to Espresso Account From a Nonlinked Bank Account?
I opened an Espresso account last Friday ( or maybe it was Thursday, not important). It was fairly easy and did not take more than 30 minutes. It took, valid cell number, valid email address, Aadhaar card ( as address proof), PAN card. Remember you will need to scan your Pan card and Aadhaar card,…
How To Get A Refund From Turbotax Online?
This year I decided to give turbotax a try to file online tax. Moreover, Robinhood gave me a #20 coupon to give Turbotax a go. I had to upload all the documents such as W2, dividend income , and tax document from Robinhood. After I was almost done, I got stuck at an error. Turbotax…
Is This A Good Time To Invest In REITs?
In this post I will jot down why this might not be a good time to invest in REITs. And give you reasons I am buying them anyway. ReITs are real estate investment trusts. These are not exactly shares, these are sold in units. There are 3 listed ReITs in Indian markets. Brookfield ReIT, Mindspace…
My Experience of Getting DSC from E-Mudhra
Since I decided to start my own business, I wanted to do everything by rule. And by myself, to keep the cost low. One can hire consultants to get GST done or Digital signature certificate done and trademark filed. Anyway, I did not really understand the importance of DSC or digital signature certificate until I…
How To Save Money To Buy Something Expensive?
We all buy stuff that is way more than our paycheck or monthly savings. So, we usually save up bit by bit to buy that stuff. This may be down payment for a home, a rolex watch, cost of a car or simply expenses for your vacation or set up cost of your business. I…