Introduction
It is often said by our parents that “Bura waqt kisi ko bta k nahi aata” and “Bhagwan kum paisa de par bimari mat de”. But “na chahte hue bhi bimari aa jati h”. We all have someone or other in relation who suffers from serious disease like Cancer, AIDS, Brain diseases and now COVID-19. All we can do is to keep patience and take care of them. But we cannot ignore the fact that very high amount of money is also spent by family for treatment of these diseases on their dependents. Therefore Govt. has given tax benefit to taxpayer if he incurs expenses on these diseases.
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S.No. | Disease | Specialist |
1. | Neurological Diseases- Diasbility above 40% like Dementia, Dystonia Musculorum Deformans, Motor Neuron Disease, Ataxia, Chorea, Hemiballismus, Aphasia, Parkinsons Disease
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If Govt. Hospital- Any specialist If private Hospital-Neurologist |
2. | Malignant Cancers | If Govt. Hospital- Any specialist If private Hospital-Oncologist |
3. | AIDS | If Govt. Hospital- Any specialist If private Hospital-General or Internal Medicine |
4. | Chronic Renal failure | If Govt. Hospital- Any specialist If private Hospital-Nephrologist |
5. | Hematological disorders like Hemophilia, Thalassaemia | If Govt. Hospital- Any specialist If private Hospital-Hematology |
It is not possible to attach any prescription with new income-tax forms. The assessee should himself retain the prescription and furnish when required by Assessing Officer.
For prescription no format or form has been issued. The prescription shall contain required information like name, age of patient, name of disease, name and address of Govt. hospital, registration number and qualification of specialist, etc.
This deduction is available apart from 80C deduction of Rs.1,50,000/-. So taxable income can be reduced by 40,000/- or 1,00,000/- .If taxpayer is in 30% slab rate than income tax of Rs.12,000/- may be saved. The figure of tax savings depends on case to case basis. Govt. has taken many initiatives but the same is not known to layman. So next time, if you file your returns do take care of this deduction as it will reduce your tax liability legally. It is always advised to take help of expert while filing returns as the policies of Govt. are changing very frequently.
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Dear Sir,
Can you please guide me where these diseases like replacement of knees, bypass surgery, pacemaker,etc. are included as chronic diseases. In which book it is written or have you have gone through any notification?, so that our readers can have clear picture of diseases included.
Please guide us.
You have not mentioned chronic diseases like the replacement of Knees, Bypass surgery, pacemaker, etc. Your Blog is incompletes, as per my opinion it must be narrated in detail. Please Note For Future.