Tips for tax season, worry for job seekers & more in ET's weekend newsletter

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Tax season is on: Keep these 5 things in mind while fixing your papers The tax-saving investment should never be made on an ad-hoc basis or for an ill-conceived goal. Here's how to ensure a safe tax planning exercise. readmore No new hiring, no pay hikes: Note ban may kill employees' bargaining power While there will be fewer jobs for at last two quarters, even increments are not going to go up as was the expectation in 2016. Why a BJP loss would be the only surprise of UP elections In UP, the winning party needs only a 25-30% vote share. Going by 2014 poll figures, BJP may win over half of all seats despite an Opposition unity.

Editor's Pick Bill targeting H1B visas reintroduced in US Congress The bill among other things increases the minimum salary of H-1B visa to USD 100,000 per annum and eliminate the Masters Degree exemption. How Akhilesh Yadav won the SP power struggle Focus is now shifting to alliances with Congress and smaller parties. The young CM is now firmly in the saddle; there's a new Netaji in Lucknow.​ Washing cups at the age of seven to being the toast of Bollywood, Om Puri's intriguing journey! With Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, he was part of the Fab Four considered the pin-ups of parallel cinema in the 1970s and '80s. 10 smart money moves to improve your finances in 2017 ET Wealth has identified 10 money moves that can benefit investors in 2017. These are not investment tips, but steps that will help you optimise the returns.

Most Popular This Week Service charge by hotels and restaurants not mandatory: Government India's Agni long-range missiles broke UN limits: Chinese media What are the hot career trends and skills in demand for 2017? Find out Election Commission announces dates for Assembly polls of five states: Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand & Goa

Story of The Week Here is why 'the flavour of the season', mobile wallets will die Today, digital wallets are popular. Tomorrow, direct payment systems will score over intermediaries such as mobile wallet and plastic money companies. read more

Money Planning your financial calendar for 2017? Here's help on what to do each month Go through this calendar to fix your financial goals and tasks in the coming year. The planning will help you save, spend and invest prudently. Why it makes more sense to switch your home loan after this interest rate cut Home loan borrowers servicing EMIs under the base rate should switch to MCLR to lower the interest burden. Here's why and how you should go about it.

Stock Round Up 2017 may be a good year to invest in stocks for the long term Investors should commit money systematically over next six months to earn well after 3 years instead of investing more when historical returns are high.

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