https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=108101 The amendment raises section 80D deduction limits: individual/HUF health insurance premium deduction increased to twenty five thousand rupees, senior citizen deduction increased to thirty thousand rupees. It defines very senior citizen as age eighty or more and allows medical expenditure for very senior citizens (where no premium was paid) as a deduction up to thirty thousand rupees, with aggregate caps of thirty thousand rupees for individuals and for parents. Effective 1 April 2016 for assessment year 2016 17 onwards. en-us Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:25:19 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:57:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=108101 The amendment raises section 80D deduction limits: individual/HUF health insurance premium deduction increased to twenty five thousand rupees, senior citizen deduction increased to thirty thousand rupees. It defines very senior citizen as age eighty or more and allows medical expenditure for very senior citizens (where no premium was paid) as a deduction up to thirty thousand rupees, with aggregate caps of thirty thousand rupees for individuals and for parents. Effective 1 April 2016 for assessment year 2016 17 onwards. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:25:19 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=108101