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Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

In the Finance Bill of 2006, the government had announced Tax benefits to Bank Term Deposits which are of over 5 year tenure u/s 80C of IT Act, 1961 vide Notification Number 203/2006 and SO1220 (E) dated 28/07/2006.

The salient points of the scheme notification are; (a) Fixed tenure without premature withdrawal. (b) Year is defined as a financial year. (c) Amount limited to Rs. 100 minimum and Rs. 100,000 maximum. (d) Bank will issue a Fixed Deposit Receipt that shall be the basis of claiming tax benefit. (e) Term deposit under this scheme cannot be pledged to secure a loan.

Benefits of tax break u/s 80C of IT Act Benefit Illustrator Example

Assume that a customer invests Rs 100,000 in this scheme @ 8% p.a. in fixed deposit for five years. He will get a benefit of Rs 30,600 at 30.6 % on the eligible investment of INR 100,000 assuming that he is in Rs 2,50000 lac to Rs 10,0000 lac tax bracket, thus his effective investment would be Rs 69,400. He would earn Rs 8000 (08 percent on 1 lac) as interest per annum, which would translate to a return of 11.5 percent on the effective investment of Rs 69,400.

For more details, contact your nearest Axis Bank branch.
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