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Posted on 19 June 2012
Form 15G and Form 15H are forms which can help a person avoid TDS incase one does not have to pay income tax at the end of the year. Form 15H is for senior citizens and form 15G is for others. In this article we will see how a person can avoid payment of TDS by submitting these forms 15G and 15H
Suppose your Father has invested Rs 20 lacs in a Bank FD . He gets interest @ 8% , that’s Rs 1.6 lacs per year . Now ideally he is not supposed to pay any tax on this because this income is less than the limit . But bank cuts the TDS @ 10% and pays Rs 16,000 to the govt as TAX (Note that TDS is cut only when interest income is more than 10,000) . To get back this 16,000 back , your father will have to file tax return and then wait for the tax refund to come back
But in your case as your income is above exemption limit you need to add the Interest Income to Salary Income, Calculate tax and pay it. But if any tax is deducted while paying interest the same can be claimed while computing the tax.