Now no Income tax at your source will be deducted with a condition that the banks will have to make provisions for interest on fixed deposits and not paid to the depositors actually. This was clarified by the Finance Minister on 7th march. A fixed deposit is meant for those investors who want to deposit a lump sum of money for a fixed period (for a minimum period of 15 days to five years and .....

Tax Saver Fixed Deposit, Tax benefits first introduced in Budget 2006, have a tenure of five years with no premature withdrawals. So tax deduction u/s 80C is only allowable, if FD have a tenure of 5 years. The amount invested will be locked up to five years, this is the main condition. In march, at the end of the financial year, ‘tax investments’ in tax-saving schemes to avail more tax benefits on rise. Let’s discuss .....