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Prevent NRIs’ PAN from being declared inactive

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PANs not linked to Aadhar will be deactivated from April 1, 2022 leading to suspension of operations in the bank accounts, securities/MF accounts linked to such PANs. The tax department has not clarified how they will distinguish PANs of NRIs/OCIs or other persons who may not be eligible to apply for Aadhar and keep such PANs active. The tax department has not provided any facility for NRIs/OCIs to keep their PANs activated by marking themselves as ineligible for Aadhar. Deactivation of PANs will lead to serious consequences for affected individuals and the Income Tax department owes it to them not to wait till the last minute and to come out with a solution well in time. Harsh Roongta’s article in Business Standard today where he outlines that these are not the only tax travails faced by NRIs/OCIs.

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Now, make central KYC registry fully operational

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Ease of doing business rankings enjoys the govt’s attention for obvious reasons. “Ease of living” for citizens does not get the same attention though it can have a high impact on day to day lives of citizens. Many structural reforms have not delivered simply because the last 5% of the work has been dragging for years even though 95% of the hard work has already been done. Electronic toll collection that has not resulted in any significant reduction in pile up before toll booths is a prime example. In the financial sector the Central KYC registry has been in place since 2016 but lack of accountability has ensured that the benefits from this path breaking reform is still awaited while lots of inconvenience is being caused to citizens. Some work has also happened on bank account portability and loan portability without any tangible benefit on the ground. Harsh Roongta’s article in Business Standard.

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Assess your advisor on long-term performance

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As an advisory firm we get asked by prospective clients about the indicative returns that they can expect. In this article in business standard, using cricketing analogy, Harsh explore why that is such a counter productive question. The headline is a little misleading. Assess your advisor by how comfortable you feel on your journey towards achieving your financial goals – not by how much returns have been achieved. There is no use achieving high returns if your goals are not achieved. Comments welcome

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Move from debt to equity, but gradually

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Harsh really love this article written by him that appeared on Thursday March 19, 2020 a few days before the single day Junta curfew imposed on Sunday March 22, 2020 and the covid lockdown that commenced from Wednesday March 25 , 2020. I vividly remember the atmosphere during that time and the pall of fear and uncertainity surrounding everything that we had always taken for granted till then.

The atmosphere was such that one doubted long held principles in the face of the completely unprecedented situation. I am proud of the fact that the introspection under tremendous pressure helped him to decide to stick to his pre set rules . Now in hindsight the article makes me appear prescient 🙂 but it was a scary ride at that time. As He wrote – courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to act despite the fear 🙂

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