Getting to know how my finances work has been a fascinating process over the years–at least for me. I appreciate how things have changed, mostly for the better, offering the investor a variety of ways to grow those savings, I must confess there are moments when I wish I had followed through on my Associate Company Secretaryship course which I…
Finance
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I finally filed my income tax return for this assessment year, thanks to the generous 5-day extension of the due date. I was a bit worried since I was traveling and couldn’t see myself do it the minute I came back. Still, all is well that ends well. Especially so when it brings some solid knowledge with it. In this…
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Tax e-file time is here and as usual, I am in a tizzy over gathering the relevant information, dreading my accountant’s lectures about not doing it at the last minute. Not that I can avoid it, ha ha. As I tallied my life insurance to show against Section 80C of my return, my accountant mused over why people hesitate to buy life…
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When it comes to protecting our loved ones, we want to do everything in our power to make the right choices. With a couple of sudden deaths in the family, we have been discussing term life insurance and found it isn’t easy to pick something. With high-value purchases, the first thing we do is to ask our friends, family, colleagues, and…