Medical treatment deduction: prescription from prescribed specialists required; higher cap for very senior citizens; government hospital requirement removed. Amendment of section 80DDB requires a prescription from a prescribed specialist (such as neurologist, oncologist, urologist, haematologist, immunologist or other prescribed specialist) for allowance of the medical treatment deduction, removes the requirement that the specialist work in a Government hospital by omitting the definition of Government hospital, and introduces a higher deduction ceiling for expenditure in respect of a 'very senior citizen' defined as an individual resident aged eighty years or more during the relevant previous year.
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Medical treatment deduction: prescription from prescribed specialists required; higher cap for very senior citizens; government hospital requirement removed.
Amendment of section 80DDB requires a prescription from a prescribed specialist (such as neurologist, oncologist, urologist, haematologist, immunologist or other prescribed specialist) for allowance of the medical treatment deduction, removes the requirement that the specialist work in a Government hospital by omitting the definition of Government hospital, and introduces a higher deduction ceiling for expenditure in respect of a "very senior citizen" defined as an individual resident aged eighty years or more during the relevant previous year.
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