Most of them would have come across this phase of 'saving tax' during their first year of working (entering into a professional world). They need help on where to invest to get higher returns and how much to insure themselves. This is to help you in making a decision, so that you needn't have to invest in something/somewhere without proper knowledge and regret for it later. (I have seen many doing this) How much can I save and where can I save/invest? How much should I insure? Have I insured enough? These are the questions that comes to you and the answers depend upon the returns you want and the risk appetite you have. The maximum one can save now(2007) as per law is 1Lakh. This also includes your PF. So, exclude that and calculate. You can additionally save a max. of 10,000 from tax, if you are going to buy Mediclaim for your relatives or for you. And also, there are many ways to exclude tax by spending! Insuring is always a best practise. You can insure yourself for atle