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…
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…
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…
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…