Horizontal equity ensures that individuals with similar incomes and assets pay the same tax rate, promoting fairness in tax ...

Helios Capital’s Samir Arora says that taxing interest income and taxing long-term equity gains are different.

Equity compensation taxes often surprise tech professionals because company withholding rarely covers the full bill. Restricted stock units (RSUs) are taxed as income at vesting (not sale), incentive ...

Investors in equity mutual funds and shares often face taxation on capital gains, either short-term (STCG) or long-term (LTCG). In certain scenarios, investors can enjoy complete tax relief on both ...

This explains how different securities are taxed under Indian income-tax law. The key takeaway is that asset classification, not just holding period, determines the tax ...

Where investor discomfort is more pronounced is the Securities Transaction Tax (STT). Introduced in 2004 when equity LTCG was exempt, STT was positioned as a simple, low-rate levy that could ...