Deduction under section 80D is available for medical claim policy By individual for family and HUF for their members . Other details regarding 80D and medical insurance there under is given below
Addition deduction for Resident Senior Citizen:In addition to two point above, additional deduction of Rs 5000 is available where assessee or his spouse (wife or husband) or dependent parents or any member of the family in case one and father or mother is a resident in India and a senior citizen in case two.And same in the case of HUF assessee if policy has been taken on member which is senior citizen than additional Rs 5000/- deduction is available also to HUF.
Senior citizen means who is at least of 65 year of age or more at any time during the previous year.
Update : Age Limit for Senior Citizen has been proposed to be reduced to 60 Year wef financial year 2012-13 through Finance Bill 2012
Example : An individual assessee pays (through any mode other than by cash) during the previous year medical insurance premium as under
Further, in the above example ,if cost of insurance on the health of the parents is 30000/- out of which Rs 17000/- is paid (by any non cash mode) by the son and rs 13000/- by the father (who is senior citizen), out of their respective taxable income ,the son get the deduction of Rs 17000/- (in addition to deduction of Rs 12000/- for the medical insurance on self and family) and the father will get deduction under section Rs 13000/-
(Example as given in Finance Act 2008)
Deduction of Preventive health checkup :A sub limit of 5000/- has been allowed wef financial year 2012-13 for preventive health check up for self ,spouse and dependent children and parents .Preventive health check up amount can be paid through any mode including cash mode(read more about preventive health check up u/s 80D up to 5000/-)
Hope it will be now easy to understand the section 80D deduction.
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- Addition to section 80 C:Section 80D is available other than 100000 deduction available under 80C for life insurance,ppf,gpf,tuition fee,ULIP,House loan repayment etc.
- Insurer covered:This deduction is available for medical claim policy which should be framed in this behalf by
- by GIC(General insurance Corporation) or by
- any other insurer but approved by IRDA(Insurance Regulatory Development authority)
- Available to :Deduction is available to
- Individual (resident or non resident ,Indian Citizen or foreign citizen)
- HUF(Hindu undivided Family may be resident or non resident)
- Mode of payment:Insurance Premium should be paid by any mode other than by Cash .Means if insurance premium is paid by cash then deduction is NOT available.Before Assessment year 2008-09 ,only payment by cheque was allowed under this section but from Ay 2008-09 onwards the deduction is allowed by other mode also like online payment which is now a days is very popular or by credit card is also allowed.
- Out of Income :The amount should be paid out of the income chargeable to tax.
- Proposer of the policy is not must:The premium is to be paid to effect or keep inforce insurance policy ,there is no condition that assessee should be the proposer of the policy ,
- Partly contribution: Assessee can partly contribute the premium amount but amount should be paid directly to insurance company and paid through mode other than by cash (see example)
- Insurance cover on?:First deduction given below :Insurance Premium may be paid for medical claim insurance policy for assessee himself or spouse or dependent children or any combination of three.
- Addition for parents:Second deduction given below:Insurance premium may be paid for medical claim insurance for assessee parents (father or mother or for both)
- Deduction upto 40000:Theoretically ,maximum deduction can be claimed for Rs 40000.(detail as given below)
- Deduction of Preventive health checkup :A sub limit of 5000/- has been allowed wef financial year 2012-13 for preventive health check up for self ,spouse and dependent children and parents .Preventive health check up amount can be paid through any mode including cash mode(read more about preventive health check up u/s 80D up to 5000/-)
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Sl.
No.
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Persons
for whom payment made
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Nature
of payment
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Mode
of payment
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Allowable
Deduction (in Rs.)
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1
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Employee
or his family
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♦ the whole of the amount paid
to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the health of the employee or
his family or
♦ any contribution made to the CGHS or
♦ any payment on account of
preventive health check-up of the employee or family, [restricted to Rs.
5000/-; cash payment allowed here]
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any
mode other than cash
Cash
mode is also allowed
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Aggregate
allowable is Rs. 15,000/{For Senior Citizens it is Rs. 20000/-}.
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2
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Parent
or Parents of employee
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♦ the whole of the amount paid
to effect or keep in force an insurance on the health of the parent or
parents of the employee or
♦ any payment made on account of preventive health check-up of
the parent or parents of the employee [restricted to Rs. 5000/-; cash payment
allowed here]
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any
mode other than cash
Cash payment
allowed
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Aggregate
allowable is Rs. 15,000/ than {For Senior cash Citizens it is Rs. 20000/-}
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Addition deduction for Resident Senior Citizen:In addition to two point above, additional deduction of Rs 5000 is available where assessee or his spouse (wife or husband) or dependent parents or any member of the family in case one and father or mother is a resident in India and a senior citizen in case two.And same in the case of HUF assessee if policy has been taken on member which is senior citizen than additional Rs 5000/- deduction is available also to HUF.
Senior citizen means who is at least of 65 year of age or more at any time during the previous year.
Update : Age Limit for Senior Citizen has been proposed to be reduced to 60 Year wef financial year 2012-13 through Finance Bill 2012
Example : An individual assessee pays (through any mode other than by cash) during the previous year medical insurance premium as under
- Rs 12000/- to keep in force an insurance policy on his health and on his wife and dependent children
- Rs 17000/- to keep in force an insurance policy on the health of his parents.
Further, in the above example ,if cost of insurance on the health of the parents is 30000/- out of which Rs 17000/- is paid (by any non cash mode) by the son and rs 13000/- by the father (who is senior citizen), out of their respective taxable income ,the son get the deduction of Rs 17000/- (in addition to deduction of Rs 12000/- for the medical insurance on self and family) and the father will get deduction under section Rs 13000/-
(Example as given in Finance Act 2008)
Deduction of Preventive health checkup :A sub limit of 5000/- has been allowed wef financial year 2012-13 for preventive health check up for self ,spouse and dependent children and parents .Preventive health check up amount can be paid through any mode including cash mode(read more about preventive health check up u/s 80D up to 5000/-)
Hope it will be now easy to understand the section 80D deduction.
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Suppose if the assessee is an employee and his employer coovers him and his spouse under group medical insurance and the amount is borne by the employer directly and then The employer has given an offer/option to the employee/s that they will cover for medical insurance their dependent parents also if the employee pays additional medical insurance premium ie., the employee pays additional premium to the employer and the employer in turn pays the premium to the insurance company covering the dependent parents, whether this medical insurance paid to the employee is eligible for deduction u/s 80 D or not?
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I am having a Floater mediclame Policy covering (Myself, Spouse, daughter & Parents (Senior citizen)),for which I am paying a premium of Rs 23000/-. How much deduction can I clame US 80D.
ReplyDeleteDear Anoy
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion you should get 23000/- as deduction u/s 80D. However you should take separate policy for your parents in future
i taken royal sundaram mediclaim policy for 2 years for myself husband and daughter. mode of payment paid directly from my credit card. credit card payment made by me. i am not taking tax benefit for the pemium. can my husband can take the benefit of premium paid
ReplyDeleteDear Swash,
DeleteIt can only be claimed by a person who has paid. In your case you have paid the premium so your husband can not claim the benefit
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ReplyDeletemy taxable income from salary 35000 in a. y .2012-2013 if invest in mediclaim 6208/- for my self and my dependent then how mutch tds deduct frommy salary.
ReplyDeleteHarshad Panchal
my Email id harshad.panchal@gmail.com
please give more details like salary component etc and other savings plus pls check salary value 35000 per month or 350000 per year?
DeleteDear All,
ReplyDeleteKindly suggest me good mediclaim policy
My father is undergoing dialysis twice in a week and medical expenses of 15000/- per month..
Regards,
Kishore
Hi
ReplyDeleteI have Apollo Medicalim policy with an option to pay 2 Yr Premium. However Apoloo will issue only One Sec 80D cert stating that Cover is for 2 Yrs.
Can I use the same 80D benefit divided in 2 equal Instalments in Two FY ie 2012-13 & 2013-14. Total premium for 2 Yrs is Rs 40,000. SO I will claim Max Rs 15000 every year.
Pl clarify asap
Thanks
80d deduction is available on payment basis ,if you paid two years premium in one year then yo can claim whole premium in the year in which amount has been paid .
DeleteSo in your case it is not advisable to pay premium for two year as you can claim 15000 maximum as against payment of 40000/-
If a person is having mediclaim policy for which he is paying Rs. 9000/- as permium P.A. Except this premium he spent Rs. 20000/- towards medical expenses. My question is - Is this Rs. 20000/- should be considered for his tax calculation? Pls guide
ReplyDeleteu/s 80D Not at all . But deduction is available under preventive health check up maximum Rs 5000/-
Deletehttp://www.simpletaxindia.net/2012/03/deduction-on-preventive-health-check-up.html
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ReplyDeleteThe policy is in the name of my father since last 10 years. This year if the premium is paid from my account, then will the deduction u/s 80D be available to me or not?
ReplyDeleteIf it is a Health/Medi claim Policy then you are eligible u/s 80D
DeleteRead more: http://www.simpletaxindia.net/2009/01/deduction-us-80d-mediclaim-policy.html#ixzz26Ku7KJPL
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ReplyDeleteI took an Oriental Insurance Policy under to cover my non dependent parents and my father paid for the premium from his bank account(online). Can my father claim the the Tax benefit under Section 80D? What all must he file along with his tax returns to claim the same
yes , your father can claim deduction u/s 80D. As we have already metntioned that to claim deduction assessee there is no condition that assessee should be the proposer of the policy ,
DeleteThank You for the prompt reply.
DeleteI would like to know how to claim for the same? Does he only need to attach the policy document or should he attach a bank statement to prove the same?
if he is an employee and required to submit the proof then he may provide Insurance company premium payment receipt, and on the receipt he should certify that payment has been made by him.
Deleteif required by ddo ,he can show bank statement also.
further if he is not an employee then he can just to claim the deduction in his return ,nothing to be attached with income tax return
i've read the forum truly spking its useful and fast also.
ReplyDeletei've some doubts
1. as many policies are giving options to buy policy for 2 yrs at a time at a cheaper rate than 2 yrs separately. so is the tax benefit certificate issued is applicable for 2yrs if i pay premium now for 2 yrs. example premium for 1 yr is 3422 and for 2 yrs it is 5963 pls advise
2. is it possible to change the proposer's name once the insurer gets the job so that insurer can get tax benefit instead of present proposer.
3. if the elder brother is proposer can he get tax benefit if not what's this HUF concept.
i know u reply faster. thanx
1.Payment date is Important ,period of policy is not . Generally policy is taken for one year and in most of the cases period go beyond current financial year, but if premium is paid in a particular year it is allowed in the same financial year.so in our opinion total premium paid is allowed in the yr of payment .
Delete2.Proposer /beneficiary concept is for insurance company ,no relevance in Income Tax . Under Income Tax if you take pay a policy premium for eligible person then you are eligible to claim deduction ,no matter who so ever is the proposer.
3. No ,you brother can not take benefit.
HUF(Hindu Undivided Faily) is legal separate entity under income Tax.
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ReplyDeleteif Your premium is more than permissble limit or your next year income tax slabs are higher then it is advisable to bifurcate premium in two years.
Delete2. Proposer name change issue is not related to income tax only insurance company can tell you the rules.In income tax even one policy premium can be paid by two person and can claim benefit equal to payment made by them.
as i mentioned my premium for 1 yr will be 3422 and for 2 yrs payment option will be 5963. so i want to ask u sir if i go for this 2 yr Rs5963 option can i claim or use this certificate for 2 yrs i.e 12-13 and 13-14 yr OR only for this current 12-13 yr the entire amount.
Deletei think this time u will get me right.
if you pay premium for two year in in fy 2012-13 then you can claim the same in fy 2012-13 it self .
Deleteso if you pay full amount of 3422+5963 in fy 2012-13 then full amount is admissible in fy 2012-13.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI took MaxBupa Medical Insurance. Premium amount is Rs.14150/- for (self, spouse, daughter). Also one more for my parents. Premium is Rs.20000/-. But bill was paid through fathers credit card and he is also an employee.
Can I submit them under my name. My father won't submit them under his name since he had his LIC policies and housing loan.
As payment has been made by your father , you can not claim the deduction for your father.
DeleteTo claim your father's premium insurance , premium must be paid by you.
Hi. I have paid mediclaim premium 7500/- in cash for my parents. Mediclaim policy is my father and mother name and my father is a senior citizen. Now can i get 80d tax benifit. My account dept told as my name is not there i cannot claim the benefit. Pls suggest.
ReplyDeleteTo claim the mediclaim policy premium you must have paid the premium through other than cash mode. You can claim premium of your father and mother but as you have paid the amount in cash you can not claim it . Even if such premium is regarding your own own policy and you have paid it in cash then also deduction is not available.
DeleteI take tax saver fixed deposit from Idbi bank for5 years on joint name. me and my husband . first applicant is my husband. i have salary account in idbi and also have child account under my guardian. authorised signatory of child ac is me only. I transferred the amount for tax saving FD from child account. please suggest tax benefit taken by whom? as husband is first holder he can take is correct but he not taken the benefit then can i take the tax benefit for that f.y. please sugges
ReplyDeleteWhy you have complicated the things , why you have not taken this on your name only and through your bank account .
DeleteIn our view you/your husband both can not claim this deduction . Your husband can not as he has not deposited it .
and you can not claim as the FD is not on your name and fund are also being used fro child account.
thanks for reply,my querry is child is dependant so why i can not take the take benefit as it is on joint name
Deletewe can consider for exemption of the stamp duty while purchasing property what about vat and service tax can we claim for exemption.
ReplyDeleteNo deduction for VAT and Service Tax under income Tax act available
DeleteCan spouse claim deduction u/s.80 D if the policy in the name of her husband, her self and son?
ReplyDeleteYes ,she can , if she has paid the premium then she can claim the deduction.
Deletethe mediclaim policy is in the name of my father. the policy is a family plan. i am one of the beneficiaries of the plan. i have paid the whole amount of premium. can i claim the whole amount as deduction u/s 80d.kindly guide..
ReplyDeletein our view you can claim deduction
DeleteCAN BOTH FATHER AND SON CAN CLAIM A TOTAL DEDUCTION OF 30000 TO THE EXTENT OF INSURANCE AMOUNT PAID?
ReplyDeleteSHOULD WE DEDUCT THE POLICY AMONT PAID TO INSURANCE COMPANY OR MAXIMUM DEDUCTION AVAILABLE?
UPTO 5000 payment on account of preventive health check-up is allowed in cash then what about the remaining amount?
please ask query with notional example or actual figures ,as you query is not clear.
Deletesecondly payment of health insurance premium can be paid through any mode other than cash to claim deduction u/s 80D.
Hi, I have taken Oriental family floater policy (myself+wife+ dependent parents) of which i paid Rs.19000/- as premium. I have also taken two separate policy for parents of Rs.3500/- each. Can I get tax benefit of (19000+3500+3500) = 26,000/- ? Please advise.
ReplyDeleteyes you can claim 26000/- . There is separate limit of 15000/20000/- for parents.
DeleteIf a father pays mediclaim (from his bank account)which is in the name of his son,can the son claim deduction in his return?
ReplyDeleteNo, we don't think so .
Deleteif i have paid premium for 2 years can i claim it one year or it cna only be claimed in 2 years.
ReplyDeleteIn case i have taken a home loan and got insurance also for 5 years and under which paid premium for 5 years for mediclaim cover , can i spread the benfit over 5 years.