This being the end of first quarter of the financial year, it is important, for all the people who want to receive interest without deduction of tax, to submit form no. 15G and 15G immediately to the banks. Let us discuss as to who can submit form no. 15G and 15H and the precautions to be taken while filing these forms.
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- 1. When the bank will deduct TDS on Interest
- 2. Can you submit form No. 15G?
- 3. Who can submit form No. 15H?
- 4. How the form 15G and Form 15H can be submitted:
- 5. Care to be taken while submitting form no. 15G and 15H?
- 6. What to do if bank has already deducted tax before you submit form no. 15G or form No. 15H?
1. When the bank will deduct TDS on Interest
The bank is required to deduct tax at source when interest on fixed deposits as well recurring deposits taken together exceeds Rs. 10,000/- in a financial year, for all the branches of the bank taken together, for the bank with core banking, otherwise the threshold of Rs. 10,000/- is to be calculated for each branch. Please note while determining the threshold of Rs. 10,000/- interest on your saving bank account shall not be taken into account.
There is an impression in the minds of people that fixed deposit with tenure of more than one year, the tax is deducted only at the time of maturity of the FD, i.e. at the time of payment payment of the interest. This is not so. The bank calculates interest for the period ended on 31st March and deduct tax, in case interest is more than 10,000/- for a year. So please bear this in mind otherwise you will be shocked when lower maturity amount is credited due to the tax having already been deducted in earlier years.
2. Can you submit form No. 15G?
Any person other than a company and a partnership firm can submit form No. 15G. So even an HUF can submit form No. 15 G. Only a resident individual (Below the Age of 60 Years) can submit the form no. 15G so an NRI cannot submit this form. For being eligible to submit form No. 15G you need to satisfy two conditions together. Firstly your tax liability calculated on your total income should be nil and the total of the aggregate of your income for which form 15 G can be submitted should not exceed the basic exemption limit of Rs. 2.50 lacs.
So even if there is very small tax liability as compared to the amount of TDS which will be deducted by the bank on your interest, still you cannot submit the form no. 15G. It is irrelevant whether any other tax has been deducted or you are willing to pay any tax yourself. Situation may arise where due to various deductions available, the tax payable on your total income may be nil but if the total amount of such income is expected to exceed Rs. 2.50 lacs, you cannot submit form No. 15G.
3. Who can submit form No. 15H?
A tax payer who has completed 60 years of age can submit form No. 15 H but needs to satisfy only one condition that tax liability on total income is nil. The quantum of interest income being received by you is not relevant.
4. How the form 15G and Form 15H can be submitted:
As per the revised rules forms 15G and 15H can either be submitted in physical mode or can be submitted in electronic form through the website of the bank. Though these forms can be submitted electronically all the banks are not yet ready with online functionality for submission of these forms. I would advise you not to wait for the online facility becoming available and file your physical Form 15G or 15H immediately.
5. Care to be taken while submitting form no. 15G and 15H?
Your form will not be accepted by the bank unless you submit a valid PAN, failing which the bank will deduct tax @ 20 percent. It is advisable to submit copy of your PAN card with a covering letter. Please obtain acknowledgement while submitting it. So it is advisable to get the form submitted personally and obtain acknowledgement rather than sending it through post. Acknowledgement of submission of PAN details will come handy in case of any dispute with the bank.
As per the revised form you have to submit the details of form 15 G or 15H submitted to other banks as well as the total of interest income comprised in such forms, any incorrect details in the form will be immediately detected by the deductor. Since you are submitting your PAN, the assessing officer having jurisdiction over you will have online access to all the details of the forms submitted to various banks and thus will be in a position to find out any incorrect information submitted.
Please note the law provides that in case you made any false statement there is provision for imprisonment for a minimum period of three months for such misstatement. So I would advise you not to play any such trick.
6. What to do if bank has already deducted tax before you submit form no. 15G or form No. 15H?
Ideally the form no. 15G or form No. 15H should be submitted at the beginning of the year so as to avoid a situation where bank has already deducted the tax before you submit the form. However in case the tax has already been deducted by the bank before you submit the form or even in spite of having submitted the form, you can not get refund for such tax from the bank for the tax so deducted. The only recourse available to you is to claim refund by filing your income tax return after collecting the form No. 16 A from the bank.
So to conclude please file your form No. 15G or form No. 15H only if you are eligible to file the same and have it filed before the bank actually deducts any tax on it and mention your PAN correctly.
The author is a CA, CS and CFPCM and He can be reached at jainbalwant@gmail.com and @jainbalwant
(Republished With Amendments)
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While all pertaining to individual is dealt with, the aspect of “Resident association which is supposed to treated as group of individuals” is not explained here.
such association too can file form 15G as under same conditions applicable for individual.
I too was working in MNC for 7 years , I have to withdraw my PF, should I have to submit form 15g , my age is 51 years, as per my form 16 my tax is nil
I too was working in MNC for 7 years , should I have to submit form 15g , my age is 51 years, as per my form 16 my tax is nil
May I take the liberty of seeking a clarification?
A senior citizen has Total Income of more than Rs. 3 Lakh but less than Rs 5 lakh after claiming deductions under chapter VIA, so Total Income is more than the minimum liable to Tax. However, after considering theTax Rebate the Tax payable will be NIL. Can this person issue Form 15H?
Hi. I worked in an MNC. I served them for 9 months and resigned. As of now from my pf passbook the balance is below 50000inr. I’m having doubts with claiming the pf. Do I need to involve the company I previously worked to fill the form 15g? Could you please give some clarification regarding the same? Part 2 of the form 15g is kind of too confusing. Whether it should be filled by me or the employer. Currently I’m unemployed and it has been more than 2 months since I lost the job.
I have worked in an organization for 7 yrs approx. Do I have to submit form 15G online
From 1.4.18 interest on fds up to 50000/- is exempted from tax for senior citizen, which the author has not given. Such half truth be don’t publish .
TDS will be made if the interest from Bank exceeds Rs. 50,000/- in the case of senior citizens from 01.04.2018 which is not found in the article.
My cousin is a tutor at a private tuition classes drawing monthly salary of Rs. 12000/- P.M.
She gets her monthly salary after deduction of 10% T.D.S.
She doesn’t have any other income source
her yearly income is well below nil income tax slab
can she apply for for 15G deduction to avoid 10% T.D.S deduction
Sir Iam seniro citizen and my grass income about rs. 522000/-,bur After investment in 80c,89d,5oooo/- taxfree interes,standard deduction,Housing loan interes etc, my net taxable income come to below 300000/- so I CAN SUBMIT MY 15h form.
My annual interest for a particular bank is below 10000/- but total interest of FD with other banks is more than Rs.10000/- and I am under tax liability for my total income. Should I submit form 15g or 15h( as the case may be) to all my bank branches?
Can an HUF, trust and association of persons or bodies file form 15 G in bank?
Since, Group of persons are treated as individual, the rule for 15G should be applicable to associations and HUF. But the article is not specific about it
Can a Pvt. or Ltd. Company take a Form 15G/H against the Interest Paid.
There is a provision for the Bank on receipt of form 15H , that if the interest paid by them is more than the maximum not subject to income Tax to verify the deductions under chapter VI A etc. In such case one is practically forced to make the savings on 1st April or nearest date so that no TDS takes place for which one may have to wait a long long time to get back after due process. This is Tax Terrorism for those earning pension income from their own deposits.
Even if tax is deducted after submitting form ,you can get refund from bank provided tax has not yet been deposited into treasury which is mostly done on quarterly basis.Make a presentation to bank. However,once tax is deposited then there is no recourse and you have to claim refund only by filing tax return.