Glossary

Plain-English definitions of key financial terms for Indian investors and taxpayers.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A 10 terms

Advance Tax Income Tax
Advance Tax Challan Income Tax
Aggregate Turnover GST
Alpha Mutual Funds
Annual Information Statement Income Tax
Anti-Profiteering GST
Arbitrage Stock Market
Assessment Year Income Tax
Asset Management Company Mutual Funds
Assets Under Management Mutual Funds

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B 15 terms

Balanced Advantage Fund Mutual Funds
Bancassurance Banking
Bank Guarantee Banking
Bank Lien Banking
Bear Market Stock Market
Belated Return Income Tax
Benchmark Index Mutual Funds
Beta Stock Market
Block Credit GST
Blue Chip Stock Stock Market

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C 16 terms

Capital Gains Account Scheme Income Tax
Cash Credit Banking
Cash Reserve Ratio Banking
Casual Taxable Person GST
CGST GST
Cheque Bounce Banking
CIBIL Score Banking
Circuit Breaker Stock Market
Close Ended Fund Mutual Funds
Clubbing of Income Income Tax

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D 14 terms

Debit Note GST
Debt Fund Mutual Funds
Debt to Income Ratio Banking
Defective Return Income Tax
Deferred Tax Income Tax
Delisting Stock Market
Delivery Trading Stock Market
Demat Account Stock Market
Deposit Insurance Banking
Depository Participant Stock Market

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E 10 terms

E-Invoicing GST
E-Way Bill GST
Earnings Per Share Stock Market
Electronic Credit Ledger GST
Equated Monthly Instalment Banking
Equity Linked Savings Scheme Mutual Funds
Exchange Traded Fund Stock Market
Exempt Supply GST
Exit Load Mutual Funds
Expense Ratio Mutual Funds

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F 9 terms

Face Value Stock Market
Faceless Assessment Income Tax
Fixed Deposit Banking
Flexi Cap Fund Mutual Funds
Form 16 Income Tax
Form 26AS Income Tax
Free Float Stock Market
Fund of Funds Mutual Funds
Futures and Options Stock Market

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G 12 terms

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H 2 terms

House Rent Allowance Income Tax
HSN Code GST

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I 13 terms

IGST GST
Immediate Payment Service Banking
Income from House Property Income Tax
Income Tax Return Income Tax
Index Fund Mutual Funds
Indexation Income Tax
India VIX Stock Market
Initial Public Offering Stock Market
Input Service Distributor GST
Input Tax Credit GST

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K 1 term

Know Your Customer Banking

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L 8 terms

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M 9 terms

Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate Banking
Marginal Relief Income Tax
Marginal Standing Facility Banking
Mark to Market Mutual Funds
Market Capitalisation Stock Market
Mixed Supply GST
Moratorium Banking
Moratorium Period Banking
Multi Cap Fund Mutual Funds

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N 11 terms

NEFT Banking
Net Asset Value Mutual Funds
New Fund Offer Mutual Funds
New Tax Regime Income Tax
Nifty 50 Stock Market
Nil Rated Supply GST
Nominee Banking
Non-Banking Financial Company Banking
Non-Resident Indian Banking
NRE Account Banking

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O 3 terms

Open Interest Stock Market
Overdraft Banking
Overnight Fund Mutual Funds

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P 14 terms

Penny Stock Stock Market
Permanent Account Number Income Tax
Perquisites Income Tax
Place of Supply GST
Pledging of Shares Stock Market
Portfolio Rebalancing Mutual Funds
Portfolio Turnover Ratio Mutual Funds
Positive Pay System Banking
Prepayment Penalty Banking
Presumptive Taxation Income Tax

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Q 2 terms

QRMP Scheme GST
Qualified Institutional Placement Stock Market

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R 12 terms

Rebate under Section 87A Income Tax
Recurring Deposit Banking
Regular Plan Mutual Funds
Repo Linked Lending Rate Banking
Repo Rate Banking
Reserve Bank of India Banking
Reverse Charge Mechanism GST
Revised Return Income Tax
Rights Issue Stock Market
Riskometer Mutual Funds

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S 26 terms

Savings Account Banking
Scheme Information Document Mutual Funds
Scrutiny Assessment Income Tax
SEBI Stock Market
Section 24(b) Income Tax
Section 80C Income Tax
Section 80D Income Tax
Section 80TTA Income Tax
Sectoral Fund Mutual Funds
Sensex Stock Market

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T 10 terms

T+1 Settlement Stock Market
Tax Audit Income Tax
Tax Collected at Source Income Tax
Tax Deducted at Source Income Tax
Tax Loss Harvesting Income Tax
Tax Refund Income Tax
Tax Residency Status Income Tax
Thematic Fund Mutual Funds
Time of Supply GST
Tracking Error Mutual Funds

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U 2 terms

UPI Banking
Upper Circuit Stock Market

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W 2 terms

Working Capital Loan Banking
Works Contract GST

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Z 1 term

Zero Rated Supply GST

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