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SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit vs Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Compare SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit and Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.

Fixed deposit comparison

SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit vs Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

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Latest underlying reviewSeptember 10, 2026
State Bank of IndiaSBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

SBI customers who want a public-sector tax-saving deposit and are willing to verify the exact live five-year resident rate at booking rather than relying on an older cached rate.

Cost / pricing
SBI states that the applicable rate is the prevailing Term Deposit rate for Public/Senior Citizens. The engine leaves the exact five-year numeric anchor refresh-gated because the current first-party rate page did not expose a safely attributable tax-saver five-year row in this review.
Reviewed
September 10, 2026
Evidence
2 bank sources
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Axis BankAxis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Eligible individuals/HUFs who want a tax-saver whose bank page already reflects the 2026 tax-law numbering and who can accept a five-year no-preclosure lock.

Cost / pricing
Axis publishes its domestic FD schedule effective 8 September 2026, but the parsed current first-party table in this review did not expose a safely attributable exact five-year row. The product’s live booking rate therefore remains refresh-gated instead of inferred.
Reviewed
September 10, 2026
Evidence
2 bank sources
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SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit vs Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Prepared 14 Sep 2026 · Source page: https://littleden.blog/compare-banking/sbi-tax-savings-scheme-fixed-deposit-vs-axis-tax-saver-fixed-deposit/

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SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

Taxpayer / regime eligibility
Eligible SBI depositors under current scheme/KYC and tax-law conditions; senior pricing is subject to the current resident senior-citizen term-deposit schedule.
Qualifying amount / lock-in
Minimum ₹1,000 and thereafter in ₹100 multiples; maximum ₹1.5 lakh per financial year for the tax-saving scheme. SBI publishes a minimum five-year and maximum ten-year scheme period.

Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Taxpayer / regime eligibility
Individuals and HUFs under current Axis product/KYC requirements; first-holder rules apply to joint tax-benefit claims.
Qualifying amount / lock-in
Minimum ₹100 or multiples thereof; maximum ₹1.5 lakh; fixed five-year tax-saver maturity.
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SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

Current five-year rate evidence
SBI states that the applicable rate is the prevailing Term Deposit rate for Public/Senior Citizens. The engine leaves the exact five-year numeric anchor refresh-gated because the current first-party rate page did not expose a safely attributable tax-saver five-year row in this review.

Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Current five-year rate evidence
Axis publishes its domestic FD schedule effective 8 September 2026, but the parsed current first-party table in this review did not expose a safely attributable exact five-year row. The product’s live booking rate therefore remains refresh-gated instead of inferred.
03What happens if you need the money before maturity?Read the full liquidity and relationship conditions, including any recorded early-exit or payment restrictions.

SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

Preclosure / loan restriction
The tax-saving lock-in is at least five years. Do not treat this as an ordinary callable SBI term deposit or infer a current five-year rate from a promotional maximum.
Tax-law / maturity condition
Rate is explicitly tied to SBI’s prevailing Public/Senior Citizen term-deposit rate; exact booking date and chosen scheme tenor remain controlling.

Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Preclosure / loan restriction
Premature closure is not permitted during the five-year lock; bank support documents a death-related exception process separately.
Tax-law / maturity condition
This is a five-year statutory tax-saver and is kept separate from ordinary callable Axis FDs and Fixed Deposit Plus structures.
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Decision factorSBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed DepositAxis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit
Current five-year rate evidenceSBI states that the applicable rate is the prevailing Term Deposit rate for Public/Senior Citizens. The engine leaves the exact five-year numeric anchor refresh-gated because the current first-party rate page did not expose a safely attributable tax-saver five-year row in this review.Axis publishes its domestic FD schedule effective 8 September 2026, but the parsed current first-party table in this review did not expose a safely attributable exact five-year row. The product’s live booking rate therefore remains refresh-gated instead of inferred.
Qualifying amount / lock-inMinimum ₹1,000 and thereafter in ₹100 multiples; maximum ₹1.5 lakh per financial year for the tax-saving scheme. SBI publishes a minimum five-year and maximum ten-year scheme period.Minimum ₹100 or multiples thereof; maximum ₹1.5 lakh; fixed five-year tax-saver maturity.
Deduction context / payoutTerm Deposit or Special Term Deposit payout mechanics follow SBI’s applicable deposit terms; qualifying principal can fall within the current aggregate tax-saving deduction framework, while interest remains subject to tax/TDS rules.Reinvestment, quarterly payout or monthly payout choices. Axis explicitly frames the qualifying deduction under Section 123 read with Schedule XV; interest remains taxable and subject to current TDS rules.
Preclosure / loan restrictionThe tax-saving lock-in is at least five years. Do not treat this as an ordinary callable SBI term deposit or infer a current five-year rate from a promotional maximum.Premature closure is not permitted during the five-year lock; bank support documents a death-related exception process separately.
Taxpayer / regime eligibilityEligible SBI depositors under current scheme/KYC and tax-law conditions; senior pricing is subject to the current resident senior-citizen term-deposit schedule.Individuals and HUFs under current Axis product/KYC requirements; first-holder rules apply to joint tax-benefit claims.
Tax-law / maturity conditionRate is explicitly tied to SBI’s prevailing Public/Senior Citizen term-deposit rate; exact booking date and chosen scheme tenor remain controlling.This is a five-year statutory tax-saver and is kept separate from ordinary callable Axis FDs and Fixed Deposit Plus structures.
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State Bank of India

SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

  • The deduction is part of the aggregate ₹1.5 lakh Section 123 / Schedule XV framework and is not available under the new concessional tax regime under Section 202; individual tax circumstances can differ.
  • The current exact five-year numeric rate is intentionally refresh-gated instead of copied from older SBI schedules.
  • From 1 April 2026, current tax-year references should use Section 123 read with Schedule XV of the Income-tax Act, 2025; some bank product copy still uses the legacy Section 80C label.
  • Interest on the deposit is not made tax-free merely because the principal is a qualifying tax-saving instrument.
Axis Bank

Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

  • The deduction is part of the aggregate ₹1.5 lakh Section 123 / Schedule XV framework and is not available under the new concessional tax regime under Section 202; individual tax circumstances can differ.
  • Exact five-year rate remains refresh-gated even though the broader Axis domestic rate schedule is current as of 8 September 2026.
  • The bank’s calculator display should not be treated as a controlling product quote.
  • Interest remains taxable/TDS-applicable.
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SBI Tax Savings Scheme Fixed Deposit

Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 2 attached first-party sources

  1. Issuer product pagehttps://sbi.bank.in/web/yono/tax-saver-fixed-deposit?inheritRedirect=true
  2. Issuer product pagehttps://sbi.bank.in/web/interest-rates/deposit-rates/retail-domestic-term-deposits

Axis Bank Tax Saver Fixed Deposit

Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 2 attached first-party sources

  1. Issuer product pagehttps://www.axis.bank.in/deposits/tax-saver-fixed-deposit
  2. Issuer product pagehttps://www.axis.bank.in/deposits/fixed-deposits/fd-interest-rates