Tax Benefits
Tax Benefits
Tax
benefit Under NPS Tier-I
After 60
years when he will be mature then if total amount is more than 5 lakh and 60-40
ratio will be there. Then 60% will be tax free and 40% will be taxable.
Tax
Benefit available to Individual:
Any
individual who is Subscriber of NPS can claim tax benefit under Sec 80 CCD (1)
with in the overall ceiling of Rs. 1.5 lac under Sec 80 CCE. Up to 20% of Gross
Income for self-employed within the overall ceiling of Rs. 1.50 Lacs under Sec.
80 CCE.
Exclusive
Tax Benefit to all NPS Subscribers u/s 80CCD (1B)
An
additional deduction for investment up to Rs. 50,000 in NPS (Tier I account) is
available exclusively to NPS subscribers under subsection 80CCD (1B). This is
over and above the deduction of Rs. 1.5 lakh available under section 80C of
Income Tax Act. 1961.
Additional Tax Benefits
Apart from
tax benefits available under 80CCD, below are the other tax benefits available
under NPS:
Tax
benefits on partial withdrawal:
Subscriber
can partially withdraw from NPS Tier I account for specified purposes. Amount
received from partial withdrawal are tax exempt u/s 10 (12B) of Income Tax Act.
Tax
benefit on Annuity purchase:
Amount
invested in purchase of Annuity, is fully exempt from tax. However, annuity
income that you receive in the subsequent years will be subject to income tax.
Tax
benefit on lump sum withdrawal:
Upto 60% of
the total corpus withdrawn in lump sum is exempt from tax.