A user has transferred retirement funds to their spouse, who has no income, and invested it in an FD. The user wants to avoid clubbing this interest income with their own to manage tax liability. The discussion explores whether this is permissible and suggests options like declaring the income in the wife's ITR or treating the transfer as an interest-free loan to potentially avoid clubbing provisions.
26 September 2021
I have transferred some money from my retirement benefits PF and Gratuity to my wife who has no source of income and invested it in FD in her name. It fetches interest income of around 80 thousand. I don't want to club this income to my income to avoid increase in my tax liability and instead prefer ITR filing for my wife separately. Is it ok?