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You are your own payroll

Clients pay you directly — gigs, freelance, creator income.

3 steps · about 55 minutes · all published

  1. TDS by clients, the presumptive shortcut, and advance tax dates.

    21 min · reading age 13

    Try: Presumptive Tax Calculator (44AD / 44ADA)
  2. A different tax altogether — thresholds, invoices, input credit.

    16 min · reading age 13

    Try: GST Calculator
  3. Irregular income needs a bigger buffer than a salary does.

    18 min · reading age 13

    Try: Emergency Fund Calculator

Why this order

Protection before growth. An emergency fund, then health cover, then clearing expensive debt, and only then investing. Not caution for its own sake — arithmetic. A card balance can charge around 50% a year, which is more than ordinary investments earn.

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