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Who pays taxes on interest earned from gifted PPF savings?
Mint Bangalore
|March 03, 2025
My wife's PPF will mature in April. She wants to transfer ₹23 lakh to my senior citizen savings account and the balance ₹7 lakh to our daughter.
What will be the tax implications for all of us? From April, interest will be earned in my name, and I understand that I should and will be liable to pay tax. Please clarify in whose income the interest will be added and whether any clubbing provisions will apply.
—Chander Gupta
If you, your wife and daughter qualify as Indian residents for tax purposes and your daughter is not a minor (18 years or older), the following tax implications will apply to the receipt and transfer of PPF maturity proceeds:
PPF Maturity proceeds: Tax exemptions
The maturity proceeds from Public Provident Fund (PPF), having been funded by your wife, will be exempt from tax in her hands under Section 10(11) of the Income Tax Act.
Taxing gift transfers
This story is from the March 03, 2025 edition of Mint Bangalore.
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