Atal Pension Yojana or APY is the Government Of India’s flagship social benefit pension program. Earlier when it was launched, there were no tax benefits. However, now APY is treated like NPS for tax benefits. Let us see the APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits under Sec.80CCD(1) and Sec.80CCD(1B).
Before jumping into understanding the APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits under various IT Sections, first, let us understand the features of Atal Pension Yojana or APY.
# Any citizen of India whose age is between 18 Yrs to 40 Yrs can join this scheme.
# He should have a savings account or must open the savings account.
# One person can open only one account.
# You can open the APY scheme by visiting the bank where your savings account is.
# You will start to receive the pension when you turn 60 years of age.
# If the subscriber dies before the age of 60 years, his/her spouse would be given an option to continue contributing as usual, for the remaining period, till the original subscriber would have attained the age of 60 years.
# If the spouse of the deceased not interested to continue the APY account, then he or she can close the account there itself and can claim the amount.
# In case of death of subscriber, the same pension would be available to the spouse and on the death of both of them (subscriber and spouse), the pension wealth accumulated till age 60 of the subscriber would be returned to the nominee.
# You can change the mode (monthly/quarterly/half yearly) of auto debit facility once in a year during the month of April.
# You can opt to decrease or increase pension amount during the course of accumulation phase, once a year.
# It is mandatory to provide nominee details in APY account. If the subscriber is married, the spouse will be the default nominee. Unmarried subscribers can nominate any other person as nominee & they have to provide spouse details after marriage.
# Exit before age 60 would be permitted only in exceptional circumstances, i.e., in the event of the death of the beneficiary or terminal disease.
# There is guaranteed minimum monthly pension for the subscribers ranging between Rs. 1000 and Rs. 5000 per month.
# Below table will show the contribution and the pension you receive from APY.
To know more about Atal Pension Yojana or APY, refer my earlier post “Atal Pension Yojna (APY)-New Pension Scheme details and benefits“.
Let us now discuss the APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits during the time of investment and also at the time of retirement. I summarized the same in below image for a glance.
Earlier there was no clarity about the APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits. However, recently CBDT clarified the doubt and now Atal Pension Yojana enjoys the tax benefits exactly like NPS Tax Benefits. There are two sub-sections under Sec.80CCD. I explained the same in below image.
1) APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits under Sec.80CCD(1)
2) APY or Atal Pension Yojana Tax Benefits under Sec.80CCD(1B)
The pension you receive during retirement is considered as salary income and taxed as per your applicable tax slab at that time.
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Hi All,
My age is 25, I am Income Tax payee and filing my returns since 2024. In July 2024 I opt for Atal Pension Yojana.
My doubt - Am I eligible for this scheme being a tax payer?
Regards,
Sri
Dear Sri,
No.
HI Basu,
How are you?
After a long time, asking questions here :).
My Financial Goal is to get the pension after my age reaches to 55, not for the Tax saving FYI. Could you please suggest me best pension product.
My age as of now=35
Dear Raja,
Thanks for your comment :) Sadly there is no such perfect pension product in India. Hence, suggest you to accumulate the same through mutual funds and other available debt options.
Thanks Basu,
Could you please suggest me good mutual fund to invest.
currently i am investing ICICI pru bluechip large cap , monthly 1000. so i want to invest in few mutual funds.
I have financial goal for 10years and also following 60:40 ratio.
Dear Raja,
Refer my post "Top 10 Best SIP Mutual Funds to invest in India in 2020".
Thanks Basu,
As i said earlier, I have been investing (1000/-)in Large gap from past 1 year, will continue the same for long term 10years goal and i want to invest(1000/-) in 2 Hybrid funds for diversity and less risk, can you please advice for below funds(7 years)
1) ICICI equity & debt (or) balanced advantage fund? which one is good
2) ICICI multi asset
Shall i take above 3 hybrid funds because i do not want to put in mid gap/small gap..
Dear Raja,
I prefer Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund.
Can I take benefits of income tax for my house wife's contribution in APY under section 80CCD 1B
Dear Sheo,
Yes.
Sir,
I have savings of 1.5 lakh under 80(c)...me & my wife also contributing into APY ....will I get tax benefits under 80ccd1(b)
Dear Jaipal,
Source of your wife's contribution?
Dear sir ,my 80 C limit now above 1.5 lacs and my housewife having APY account, can I claim for tax benefit under income tax? In which section uptown what amount..I m a semi government employee..please guide
Dear Ramakrishna,
Do you feel investing just for the sake of tax benefits is the best strategy?
Can Public Sector employees & Central Govt Employees contribute for APY.
are they eligible to get Pension benefit
Dear Chandrasekar,
YES. But do you feel it is a GREAT product?
Hi My name is Prabhangshu. I have applied for APY and from last two months deductions are being going on from my savings account.
I would like to know how to claim that in 80C as I have not received any deduction statement from APY which I could submit scan copy or pdf etc at the time of tax submission or Income tax return file.
I have checked with the bank and I was being told that they will not be able to provide me any statement for deduction as its a Govt. scheme.
So I would like to know how to mention that during tax return file. Just like for eg: if a person takes loan or have insurance policy they will be having documents which they can submit. But for claiming via "APY" how to do that, kindly let me know @--> prabhangshu.work@gmail.com
you can download the APY statement from this link :
https://npslite-nsdl.com/CRAlite/EPranAPYOnloadAction.do
using your PRAN and bank account no.
you need to select the "SOT view" option from the drop down, then you can get the complete statement of your APY account for the selected FY.
Dear Prabha,
Your bank account statement enough to show as proof.
I am PSU bank employee. You said one can take tax benefit for wife(house wife) APY contribution too. Pls clarify if tax benefit can be claimed for both APY n NPS contribution for wife too.
Dear Pratap,
YES.
Sir,
I have both NPS & APY. Can I claim tax benefit of Rs. 50,000/- under Sec. 80CCD 1(b) by investing 15000/- in APY and Rs. 35000/- in NPS.
(for claiming 80C benefit I have deposited Rs. 150,000/- separately)
Thanks,
Subhamoy Pain
How much should i invest in both the schemes per year to get tax exemption of 50,000 now i have opened NPS tier 1 account with a initial deposit of 500rs , please guide me further.
Dear Darshan,
Never invest in any product just for the sake of TAX SAVING.
ear Subhamoy,
Yes, you can claim so as both offers same tax benefits.
I have an APY account running (and a PRAN with it), if i want to open a NPS tier 1 account how to go about it? There cannot be 2 PRAN for Tier 1 accounts. Kindly guide on this confusion
Dear Gaurab,
Officially one person to one PRAN but in practicality it is not happening.
Sir,
I am a software engineer and also a tax payer .So please let me know can go for APY.
Thanks,
Pravat Kumar
Dear Pravat,
Do you feel the retirement benefits APY offers will sufficient for you in future? If so, then go ahead.