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Explained: Section 80TTB tax break on deposits

January 18, 2023 / 17:08 IST

Under section 80TTA, depositors are entitled to a tax deduction of up to Rs 10,000 on interest earned on bank and post office savings deposits. If you are senior citizen (over 60), you can avail of a tax deduction of up to Rs 50,000 under section 80TTB on interest from bank, co-operative society and post office savings and fixed deposits. However, in that case, you will not be eligible for the 80TTA tax sops. At present, higher policy rates have pushed up fixed deposit rates, but higher inflation results in lower real rate of return for senior citizens. Given this, tax experts feel this limit should be raised to Rs 1 lakh in Budget 2023.

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Preeti Kulkarni
Preeti Kulkarni is a financial journalist with over 13 years of experience. Based in Mumbai, she covers the personal finance beat for Moneycontrol. She focusses primarily on insurance, banking, taxation and financial planning
first published: Jan 18, 2023 05:08 pm

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