In order for life itself to be sustainable in the not so distant future, all businesses must adopt green initiatives today. However, such moves do not have to be counterproductive, as is often mistakenly believed. To put more facts and logic behind those words, let’s dive into a small discussion on how any business can contribute towards saving the environment and their profits simultaneously. Perhaps the biggest deterrent that keeps businesses away from making eco-friendly…

There are days in office when you barely have time to breathe — you’re rushing from meeting to meeting, you’re making presentations, and in spite of your best efforts, you’re unable to find that last pesky bug from your code. Then there are other days when you have hardly anything to do — time refuses to move, and you’re bored out of your wits. On days like these, it’s important to be able to spend…

Google is the world’s biggest search engine. It has nearly 86 percent of the search market, and is thought to be miles ahead of competitors like Bing and Yahoo. But while Google does a remarkably good job of combing through the web, there are still areas where specialized search engines can perform better than Google. Here are some sectors where Google doesn’t quite reign supreme. 1.Restaurants: While Google Maps does give locations of restaurants, and…

Let’s examine 5 taxes you probably didn’t know about. For all of these services it’s quite easy to think that you don’t have to pay taxes as the earnings are sent to you before tax deduction and some earnings are made in cash. These include: Freelancing Based on Indian tax laws, any work which requires a skill gets taxed under Profits and Gains of Business and Professions. As a freelancer, if your tax liability in…

  It’s been a stressful day at work, and it’s not even lunch yet. You’ve endured a tough meeting with your boss, you’ve dealt with some unhelpful coworkers, and that bug you were trying to find in your code has proved to be frustratingly elusive. You feel like giving up, but don’t despair — there are ways you can unwind at work. These tricks will leave you feeling refreshed, and enable you to once again…

You spend nearly as much time at work as you do with your family and family, if not more. But work relationships can often be a lot more distant than those you have with your friends. It doesn’t, however, have to be this way. While it’s important to be professional with your colleagues, work can be a lot more fulfilling if you get along with your coworkers. It makes work fun, it makes office more…

While the nations across the world were struggling with an economic crisis, India has brought forward several reforms to improve her financial grounds. Amongst certain strategic campaigns like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’, the GST taxation reform is a significant change that the country has been observing for the last two years. The Goods and Services Tax, implemented on July 1, 2017, is a major phenomenon that transformed the whole economic structure of the…

If you run a small business, handling foreign exchange transactions can be daunting. If you live in India and agree to receive a payment in USD, and by the time the payment reaches you the value of the dollar falls, you incur a loss; on the other hand, if you’re to make a payment in USD, and the value of the USD rises, you might need to shell out more money than you had bargained for. There…

India is a vast country which has made giant strides in every sphere of life. Most Indians have access to education, and this is evident from the huge number of graduates from every discipline being churned out by the universities every year. This has resulted in the job market squeeze resulting is unhealthy completion. It is this that has led the enterprising youth get attracted to business ventures to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and project…

You’ve worked long hours, you’ve put up with bad bosses, you’ve worked weekends, and you’re finally ready to buy your dream house. Underwriting is the process of evaluating whether a borrower is able to repay a mortgage loan based on their financial history, employment history, debts, assets, and credit reports. An underwriter will approve or deny a mortgage loan based on how likely a borrower is to meet their financial obligations in the future. There are…