Mr. Vinod manufactures solar panels. He just delivered a huge order to one Government office. As per the agreed payment terms, he will get the payment after 3 months. Now, he got another big order. But the problem is he doesn’t have enough money to procure raw materials to fulfil this order. His payment is…
Goods and service tax (GST) is set to go live in India on 1st July 2017. This is the biggest tax reform as its going to replace around 18 indirect taxes. Naturally, there is lot of confusion around GST. In order to make business owner’s life easy, companies have launched GST mobile apps. At the…
Union Budget 2017 For Small Business And Start-ups Union budget is one of the biggest events in the financial calendar of the country and this year’s financial budget saw some great promises made for empowering the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the start-up businesses. The finance minister announced some great tax exemptions and policies for the…
At ProfitBooks, we are committed to make taxation simple for small business owners in India. Since GST is set to replace various indirect taxes, we have started this series on frequently asked questions on GST. This article is next in this series. Earlier, we had covered Levy and Exceptions under GST and Tax payments under…
“You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure!” Small businesses must be well-informed to survive in a competitive environment and one of the vital competencies they must develop is to read and understand important financial statements. Understanding essential financial statements such as ‘Trial Balance’, ‘Balance Sheet’, and ‘Profit and Loss statements is of utmost importance, as…
In our endeavour to help entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, we published lot of insightful articles last year. I’ve handpicked 15 of them that instantly stuck the cord with our readers. Hope you’ll enjoy these posts. Here are our most popular business articles from year 2016.. 1) 12 Inventory Management Techniques To Cut Losses Inventory is…
Mukesh Ambani takes Rs. 15 Cr as his annual salary, Snapdeal co-founders earn Rs. 46.5 Cr each, Flipkart founders take home Rs. 20 Cr every year, Mark Zuckerberg prefers to pay himself $1 per year and Narayan Murthy earned just Rs. 1 as his annual salary. So, what’s the right salary of an entrepreneur? If you are…
Certain things just don’t mix well — like a good scotch and soda, like Rajnikant and Laws of Physics, like Rahul Gandhi and politics and like your personal finances and your business’s. Keeping these things separate not only helps you reduce problems, it also greatly simplifies things and makes it easier to manage your finances.…
What is TDS? Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is a system introduced by Income Tax Department, where the person responsible for making specified payments such as salary, commission, professional fees, interest, rent, etc. is liable to deduct a certain percentage of tax before making payment in full to the receiver of the payment. As the…
In today’s scenario where doing business has become more stringent due to the mandatory requirement of complying with multiple & complex laws, taxation law is something you should outsource to an expert. Taxation laws not only in our country but all over the world are complex and not everyone’s cup of tea. As a business…
