Indian Americans: How to get your 2013 tax residency certificate

(Source: Times Of India) Venkatraghvan | Apr 29, 2013, 06.54 PM IST This is the first year that India is mandatorily seeking TRCs and there are likely to be teething troubles. With effect from financial year 2012-13, India made it mandatory for all foreigners, including non-residents to obtain a Tax Residency Certificate with certain prescribed details from their country of residence in order to claim benefits of the Double Taxation Avoidance...

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Strategy A Fixed Income Investor Should Implement.

In this article we determine facts and provide reason for including Income funds in the fixed income portfolio. Our economy is on the downward trend since 2011, with GDP hovering around 6%. Other macro economic indicators as well as weekly and monthly statisticslike IIP numbers also show no sign of relief and the change the the trend. Although, inflation has lowered a bit, but fiscal and current deficit are still posing a grave problem to our economy as a whole. In July 2012, our recommendation to investors was to park their investments in Short-Term...

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3 Points and 3 Principles To Follow Before Investing In GOLD.

GOLD has seen a steady crash in prices for the past couple of days. The fall was catalysted with news that Cyprus's central bank would sell its gold holdings. If that happens, it might trigger another countries in Europe also following the bandwagon. Currently US holds biggest Gold Reserves of approx 8,100 tonnes. What would happen if US decides to offload it's reserves. Now, crucial question is, what an investor should do in such a scenario? Gold, as an asset class has always been considered as a hedge against inflation. Thus, also there should...

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