Form 15H is valid for one financial year, and it is submitted every year at the beginning of the financial year to ensure that the bank does not deduct any TDS on your interest income.

Starting April 1, 2026, senior citizens will see a key procedural shift in how they avoid Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on their income. The long-used Form 15H will be discontinued and replaced by a ...

Senior citizens who are earning income below the basic exemption limit will no longer use Form 15H to avoid tax deducted at source (TDS). Under the Income-tax Rules 2026, this form has been replaced ...

Tax rules 2026: In a major shift in tax compliance rules, Form 15H, long used by senior citizens to avoid TDS, has now been discontinued. Starting April 1, 2026, it has been replaced by a new, unified ...

New Income Tax Forms 2026: From April 1, 2026, India’s income tax system gets a major reset with new forms under the Income-tax Rules, 2026. Form 121 replaces Forms 15G and 15H, creating a single ...

Ideally, these forms should be submitted before the start of the financial year for which TDS is to be deducted or before the first income payment which is subject to TDS. (Image: Reuters) Question: ...