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Budget pinch: Pay tax on interest from recurring deposits

Now the recurring deposits have been brought under the TDS ambit which means that if your earnings in a year from recurring deposits are more than Rs 10,000 then there will be an amount deducted and the net figure would be available to you at the time of the payout

March 02, 2015 / 11:25 IST
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Arnav Pandya

There are a few changes on the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) front that will impact the way in which investors actually go about managing their money. While this does not result in a change in the final tax implication it impacts that manner in which the tax is deducted while paying out the amounts on the investment and this could result in a lesser amount coming to the investor than before. For those who have to pay tax this figure would be adjusted against the tax liability but for those whose income does not fall into the taxable bracket it could mean a bit of additional work to ensure that the TDS is avoided. Here is a closer look at the entire issue.

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TDS on recurring deposits

TDS is currently made on interest earned on fixed deposits when the figure here crosses Rs 10,000 in a year for deposits in a particular branch. This does not cover recurring deposits wherein the investor puts in a regular sum of money each month for a specified period of time and then receives the entire amount with the interest earned at the time of maturity. Now the recurring deposits have been brought under the TDS ambit which means that if your earnings in a year from recurring deposits are more than Rs 10,000 then there will be an amount deducted and the net figure would be available to you at the time of the payout. This will impact a lot of people who have recurring deposits because in many cases these deposits are for longer time periods wherein the interest earned keeps piling up.