Taking medical insurance has become extremely relevant in the current days and medical expenditures for purchase of medicines for life style diseases have also started becoming a regular expenditure especially for senior citizens. Medical expenditure can cover even the hospitalization expenses also of the senior citizen. The Income Tax Act, 1961 has given tax benefits of Medical insurance as well as regular medical expenditure which are as under:
There are three items of medical expenditure on which deductions are permissible:
1. Medical Insurance Premium
2. Preventive Health Check Up expenses and
3. Medical expenses like Purchase of medicines, Doctor consultation fees and hospitalization expenses
FOR NON-SENIOR CITIZENS HAVING PARENTS WHO ARE ALSO NON-SENIOR CITIZENS:
| Particulars | Maximum Limit |
| Medical Insurance premium + Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of Self, Spouse and dependent Children | 25,000 |
| Medical Insurance premium + Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of parents who are non-senior citizens | 25,000 |
| Medical expenditure on Self, spouse and dependent Children | NOT ALLOWED |
| Medical expenditure on Parents who are non-senior citizens | NOT ALLOWED |
| MAXIMUM LIMIT OF DEDUCTION U/S 80D | 50,000 |
FOR NON-SENIOR CITIZENS HAVING PARENTS WHO ARE SENIOR CITIZENS:
| Particulars | Maximum Limit |
| Medical Insurance premium + Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of Self, Spouse and dependent Children Non Senior Citizens | 25,000 |
| Medical Insurance premium + Medical expenditure + Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of parents who are senior citizens | 50,000 |
| Medical expenditure on Self, spouse and dependent Children | NOT ALLOWED |
| Medical expenditure on Parents who are senior citizens | COVERED ABOVE WITHIN THE LIMIT OF Rs. 50000 |
| MAXIMUM LIMIT OF DEDUCTION U/S 80D | 75,000 |
FOR SENIOR CITIZENS HAVING PARENTS WHO ARE SENIOR CITIZENS:
| Particulars | Maximum Limit |
| Medical Insurance premium + Medical expenditure+ Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of Self, Spouse and dependent Children | 50,000 |
| Medical Insurance premium + Medical expenditure + Preventive health checkup (sub limit of Rs. 5000) of parents who are senior citizens | 50,000 |
| Medical expenditure on Self, spouse and dependent Children | COVERED ABOVE WITHIN THE FIRST LIMIT OF Rs. 50000 |
| Medical expenditure on Parents who are senior citizens | COVERED ABOVE WITHIN THE SECOND LIMIT OF Rs. 50000 |
| MAXIMUM LIMIT OF DEDUCTION U/S 80D | 100,000 |
Some of the other important points // clarifications are as under:
- The payment for the Medical insurance premium as well as medical expenditure should be compulsorily made by any mode other than by way of Cash. (Eg. A/c Payee Crossed Cheque, Demand draft, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, UPI payments, E-wallets etc). Payment for Preventive health checkup (having sub-limit of Rs. 5000) can however be made by way of cash.
- The medical expenditure as mentioned above need not be only hospitalization expenditure. It can even be regular medical expenditure like purchase of medicines, payment to doctors etc.
- Where the payment of insurance premium is made for more than one year, the deduction shall be allowed proportionately in each year.
- Senior citizen is defined to mean only ‘Resident Senior Citizen’. So, Non-residents are not eligible for any benefits of a senior citizen even if they are over sixty years of age.
- To claim deduction for mediclaim for children, dependence is an essential condition, but for parents it is not specified as dependent or not. However the same expenditure cannot be claimed both by parent and the child.
- Senior citizen means an individual resident in India who is of the age of sixty years or more at any time during the relevant previous year.
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My father is not dependent on me and there is no medical insurance policy for him.
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I have an expenditure of 42000 towards medical expenditure of mother(sr citizen). No health insurance for her. I have submitted original bills for reimbursement from company and got reimbursement. Also out of 42000, 22000 paid by cash. 10000 paid by my debit card and 10000 paid by mother’s debit card. whether i can claim for tax deduction and if so how much