If you are filing ITR in 2026 using only Form 16 and ignoring AIS, you are playing tax roulette. The Income Tax Department no longer treats Form 16 as the final truth. In the backend, your return is being matched against AIS and TIS data — not your employer’s certificate. So when Form 16 and … Read more
If your PF deduction in the salary slip looks wrong in 2026, your first instinct is usually to blame HR or assume fraud. That reaction is understandable — but in most cases, it’s incomplete. PF mismatches today are not just “clerical mistakes.”They’re a side-effect of how modern payroll systems interpret EPF rules, wage restructuring tricks, … Read more
Income tax slabs 2026 are not just a table of numbers. They are a behavioral trap that quietly decides how much of your salary you actually keep and how much you hand back to the government every year. And most Indian taxpayers still make the same strategic mistake: they choose a tax regime emotionally instead … Read more