Know about Health Insurance Tax Benefits under Section 80D
health insurance policies not only prevent us from unforeseeable situations (like COVID-19) and expenses, but also helps in saving taxes by the way of provisions of Income Tax Act.
Section 80D
know Tax benefits on health insurance and medical expenditure
In these unprecedented times, we all have realised that ‘Our Health is Our Wealth’ and in order to keep us protected from these uncertain times, we have taken every possible measure to meet the medical expenditures, if needed. Further, to promote health planning and well being of the people, Section 80D of the Income Tax Act was introduced by the legislature. This section allows deductions on the health insurance and medical expenditures incurred by the persons. Through this, double benefits are provided to persons – one to the policy holder or his family members and the other is tax benefit to the person.