05 May 2014
I am a salaried person (comes under 20% tax bracket).I have a joint account with my wife who is a house wife.There are a fixed deposit for Rs 22 Lac is in my wife name From joint account.Does she need to pay tax or she require to file IT return. My wife has no other income. Is I am liable to pay tax on wife's fd interest income ?
05 May 2014
one way to avoid clubbing in this case, is to transfer the said amounts to a separate account in her name as a loan. in such case, she will be required to file the return provided income earned exceeds exempted limit.