self employed
108 Points
Joined July 2011
Yes from this FY 2012-13 (AY 2013-14), a rlief in the form of exemption has been given to individual Tax Payers on Savings Bank Interest to the extent of Rs. 10,000.00
I quote the relevant Tax Proposal below:
PART B — TAX PROPOSALS
DIRECT TAXES
Tax proposals for 2012-13 mark progress in the direction of movement towards DTC
and GST.
DTC rates proposed to be introduced for personal income tax.
Exemption limit for the general category of individual taxpayers proposed to be enhanced
from `1,80,000 to `2,00,000 giving tax relief of `2,000.
Upper limit of 20 per cent tax slab proposed to be raised from `8 lakh to `10 lakh.
Proposal to allow individual tax payers, a deduction of upto `10,000 for interest from
savings bank accounts.
Proposal to allow deduction of upto `5,000 for preventive health check up.
Senior citizens not having income from business proposed to be exempted from payment
of advance tax.