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Today health care services are the most expensive industry. It is nearly impossible to stay healthy and fit in the polluted environment that gives birth to the number of health problems in such case we need to live a safe and secure life. This is one of the major reasons for buying Health insurance, but […]
With the rise of growing health care sector and the technology it has developed, the health care has become increasingly expensive. An average lower-middle-class man might just find himself in the midst of the most terrible crisis in case he faces a situation where he has to pay the hospital bills. A single visit to […]
1) Deduction allowable from Income for payment of Life Insurance Premium (Sec. 80C). (a) Life Insurance premia paid in order to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the life of the assessee or on the life of the spouse or any child of assesse
The article covers Introduction, Residential Status, Tax Rates, Head-wise Taxation & Deduction available under the Act. Hope you will find it useful in this Return Filing Season.
Section 80D of the Income-tax Act seeks to provide deduction of INR 15,000 to a taxpayer who has incurred expenditure on health insurance of himself, spouse, and dependent children. A further, deduction of INR 15,000 is provided, if the expenditure is incurred on behalf of the parents.
The Income Tax Act provides that on determination of the gross total income of an assessee after considering income from all the heads, certain deductions therefrom may be allowed. These deductions detailed in chapter VIA of the Income Tax Act must be distinguished from the exemptions provides in Section 10 of the Act. While the former are to be reduced from the gross total income, the latter do not form part of the income at all.
The expectation from the Government was to reduce the tax burden for overall middle class, however there was no alteration in the income tax slabs, only some additional deductions are been introduced in the budget. The Finance Minister has said that individuals can now increase its non-taxable income close to Rs 450,000 a year if they plan well.
Amendment in section 80D relating to deduction in respect of health insurance premia The existing provisions contained in section 80D, inter alia, provide for deduction of a. upto fifteen thousand rupees to an assessee, being an individual in respect of health insurance premia, paid by any mode, other than cash, to effect or to keep […]
Increase in the limit of deduction of Mediclaim- In view of continuous increase in medical expenditure, it is proposed to increase the limit of deduction under section 80D from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000. In case of senior citizens, the limit of deduction is proposed to be increased from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000.
As the financial year draws to a close, we all start feeling the heat and realise that yes, now we have to invest in order to save tax. Whilst investing with tax saving and tax planning in mind is the key, these investments must be part of a larger financial plan – to achieve certain life goals and protect capital. Unfortunately, tax planning decisions are taken at the eleventh hour with low planning and thus hamper the process of wealth creation over the long term.
