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DEDUCTIONS*
[AY 2025-26]
Section Nature of deduction Who can claim
(1) (2) (3)
Against 'salaries'
16(ia) Standard Deduction Individual – Salaried
(a) In case of normal tax regime - Rs. 50,000 or the Employee & Pensioners
amount of salary, whichever is lower;
(b) In case of new tax regime under section 115BAC - Up
to Rs. 75,000 or the amount of salary, whichever is
lower
16(ii) Entertainment allowance [actual or at the rate of 1/5th of Government employees
salary, whichever is less] [limited to Rs. 5,000]
16(iii) Employment tax Salaried assessees
Against 'income from house properties'
23(1), first Taxes levied by local authority and borne by owner if paid in All assessees
proviso relevant previous year
24(a) Standard deduction [30% of the annual value (gross annual All assessees
value less municipal taxes)]
24(b) Interest on borrowed capital (Rs. 30,000/Rs. 2,00,000, subject All assessees
to specified conditions)
25A(2) Standard deduction of 30 per cent of arrears of rent or All assessees
unrealised rent received
Against 'profits and gains of business or profession'
A. Deductible items
30 Rent, rates, taxes, repairs (excluding capital expenditure) and All assessees
insurance for premises
31 Repairs (excluding capital expenditure) and insurance of All assessees
machinery, plant and furniture
32(1)(i) Depreciation1 in respect of following assets shall be allowed Taxpayer engaged in business
at prescribed percentage on actual cost of an asset (i.e., of generation or generation and
Straight Line Method): distribution of power.
i. Tangible Assets (buildings, machinery, plant or
furniture);
ii. Intangible Assets (know-how, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, licenses, franchises, or any other business
or commercial rights of similar nature not being
goodwill of business or profession).
However, if asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, the deduction shall be
restricted to 50% of depreciation computed above.

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Note:
Taxpayers engaged in business of generation or generation
and distribution of power have the option to claim
depreciation on written down value basis also
32(1)(ii) Depreciation1 in respect of following assets shall be allowed All assessees engaged in
at prescribed percentage on written down value of each block business or profession
of asset (as per WDV method):
i. Tangible Assets (buildings, machinery, plant or
furniture);
ii. Intangible Assets (know-how, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, licenses, franchises, or any other business
or commercial rights of similar nature not being
goodwill of business or profession).
However, if asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, the deduction shall be
restricted to 50% of depreciation computed above.
32(1)(iia) Additional depreciation shall be allowed at 20% of actual cost All taxpayers engaged in:
of new plant and machinery [other than ships, aircraft, office a) manufacture or production
appliances, second hand plant or machinery, etc.] (Subject to of any article or thing; or
certain conditions). b) generation, transmission
However, if an asset is acquired and put to use for less than or distribution of power
180 days during the previous year, 50% of additional (if taxpayer is not
depreciation shall be allowed in year of acquisition and claiming depreciation on
balance 50% would be allowed in the next year. straight line basis ).

32AC Investment allowance shall be allowed at 15% of actual cost Company engaged in business
of new asset acquired and installed by a company engaged in of manufacturing or production
business or manufacturing or production of any article or of any article or thing.
thing (Subject to certain conditions)
Note:
Deduction shall be available if actual cost of new plant and
machinery acquired and installed by the company during the
previous year exceeds Rs. 25/100 Crores, as the case may be

33AB Tea/Coffee/Rubber Development Account - Amount Assessees engaged in business

deposited in account with National Bank (Special Account) or of growing and manufacturing
in Deposit Account of Tea Board, Coffee Board or Rubber Tea/Coffee/Rubber in India
Board in accordance with approved scheme or 40% of profits
of business, whichever is less (subject to certain conditions)
33ABA Amount deposited in Special Account with SBI/Site Assessee carrying on business
Restoration Account or 20 per cent of profits, whichever is of prospecting for, or
less (subject to certain conditions) extraction or production of,
petroleum or natural gas or
both in India
35(1)(i) Revenue expenditure on scientific research pertaining to All assessee
business of assessee is allowed as deduction (Subject to
certain conditions).
Note:
Expenditure on scientific research incurred within 3 years
before commencement of business (in the nature of purchase
of materials and salary of employees other than perquisite) is
allowed as deduction in the year of commencement of
business to the extent certified by prescribed authority.

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35(1)(ii)26 100% of contribution made to approved research association, All assessee

university, college or other institution to be used for scientific
research shall be allowed as deduction (Subject to certain
conditions)
35(1)(iia) 100% of contribution made to an approved company All assessee
registered in India to be used for the purpose of scientific
research is allowed as deduction (Subject to certain
conditions)
35(1)(iii) 100% of contribution made to approved research association, All assessee
university, college or other institution with objects of
undertaking statistical research or research in social sciences
shall be allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions)
35(1)(iv) Capital expenditure incurred during the year on scientific All assessee
read with research relating to the business carried on by the assessee is
35(2) allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions)
Capital expenditure incurred within 3 years before
commencement of business is allowed as deduction in the
year of commencement of business.
Note:
i. Capital expenditure excludes acquisition of land and
acquisition of any interest in land;
ii. No depreciation shall be allowed on the assets acquired
with the capital expenditure deductible under this
provision..

35(2AA)26 100% of payment made to a National Laboratory or All assessee

University or an Indian Institute of Technology or a specified
person is allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions).
The payment should be made with the specified direction that
the sum shall be used in scientific research undertaken under
an approved programme.

35(2AB)26 100% of any expenditure incurred by a company on scientific Company engaged in business
research (including capital expenditure other than on land and of bio-technology or in any
building) on in-house scientific research and development business of manufacturing or
facilities as approved by the prescribed authorities shall be production of eligible articles
allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions). or things
Note:
Company should enter into an agreement with the prescribed
authority for co-operation in such research and development
and fulfils such conditions with regard to maintenance of
accounts and audit thereof and furnishing of reports in such
manner as may be prescribed;
35ABA Capital expenditure incurred and actually paid for acquiring All Assessee engaged in
any right to use spectrum for telecommunication services telecommunication services
shall be allowed as deduction over the useful life of the
spectrum in equal instalments
35ABB Expenditure incurred for obtaining licence to operate All assessees
telecommunication services either before commencement of
such business or thereafter at any time during any previous
year
35AD Capital expenditure incurred, wholly and exclusively, for the All assessees
purpose of any specified business [setting up and operating a
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cold chain facility; setting up and operating a warehousing Note: Such deduction is
facility for storage of agricultural produce; laying and available to Indian company in
operating a cross-country natural gas or crude or petroleum case of following business,
oil pipeline network for distribution, including storage namely;-
facilities being an integral part of such network; building and i) Business of laying and
operating, anywhere in India, a hotel of two-star or above operating a cross-country
category as classified by the Central Government; building natural gas or crude or
and operating, anywhere in India, a hospital with at least one petroleum oil pipeline
hundred beds for patients; developing and building a notified network.
housing project under a scheme for slum redevelopment or ii) Developing or
rehabilitation framed by the Government, as the case may be, maintaining and
in accordance with prescribed guidelines; developing and
operating or developing,
building a notified housing project under a scheme for maintaining and
affordable housing framed by the Government, as the case
operating a new
may be, in accordance with prescribed guidelines; production infrastructure facility.
of fertilizer in India; setting up and operating an inland
container depot or a container freight station which is
approved/notified under the Customs Act, 1962; bee-keeping
and production of honey and beeswax; and setting up and
operating a warehousing facility for storage of sugar. Lying
and operating a slurry pipeline for the transportation of iron
ore; setting-up and operating a notified semi-conductor wafer
fabrication manufacturing unit; developing or maintaining
and operating or developing, maintaining and operating a new
infrastructure facility4, carried on by the assessee during the
previous year in which such expenditure is incurred (subject
to certain conditions)
Note: No deduction of any capital expenditure above Rs
10,000 shall be allowed where such expenditure is incurred
otherwise than by an account payee cheque drawn on a bank
or an account payee bank draft or use of electronic clearing
system through a bank account or through such other
electronic mode as may be prescribed.
35CCA Payment to associations/institutions for carrying out rural All assessees
development programmes (subject to certain conditions)
35CCC 100% of expenditure on notified agricultural extension All assessees
project (subject to certain conditions)
35CCD 100% of expenditure on notified skill development project A company
(subject to certain conditions)
35D Amortisation of certain preliminary expenses [deductible in 5 Indian companies and resident
equal annual instalments] (subject to certain conditions) non-corporate assessees
35DD Amortisation of expenditure incurred after 31-3-1999 in case Indian Company
of amalgamation or demerger in the hands of an Indian
company (one-fifth of such expenditure for 5 successive
previous years) (subject to certain conditions)
35DDA Amortisation of expenditure incurred under voluntary All assessees
retirement scheme in 5 equal annual instalments starting with
the year when the expenditure is incurred
35E Expenditure on prospecting, etc., for certain minerals Indian companies and resident
[deductible in ten equal annual instalments] (subject to certain non-corporate assessees
conditions) engaged in prospecting, etc.,
for minerals

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36(1)(i) Insurance premium covering risk of damage or destruction of All assessees

stocks/stores
36(1)(ia) Insurance premium covering life of cattle owned by a Federal milk co-operative
member of co-operative society engaged in supplying milk to societies
federal milk co-operative society
36(1)(ib) Medical insurance premium paid by any mode other than All assessees as employers
cash, to insure employee's health under (a) scheme framed by
GIC of India and approved by Central Government; or (b)
scheme framed by any other insurer and approved by IRDA
36(1)(ii) Bonus or commission paid to employees All assessees
36(1)(iii) Interest on borrowed capital2 All assessees
36(1)(iiia) Pro rata amount of discount on a zero coupon bond based on All assessees
tenure of such bond and calculated in prescribed manner
36(1)(iv) Contributions to recognised provident fund and approved All assessees as employers
superannuation fund [subject to certain limits and conditions]
36(1)(iva) Any sum paid by assessee-employer by way of contribution All assessees as employers
towards a pension scheme, as referred to in section 80CCD,
on account of an employee to the extent it does not exceed 14
per cent of the employee's salary in the previous year.
36(1)(v) Contributions to approved gratuity fund [subject to certain All assessees as employers
limits and conditions]
36(1)(va) Contributions to any provident fund or superannuation fund All assessees as employers
or any fund set up under Employees' State Insurance Act,
1948 or any other fund for welfare of such employees,
received from employees if the same are credited to the
employee's account in relevant fund or funds before due date
36(1)(vi) Allowance in respect of animals which have died or become All assessees
permanently useless [subject to certain conditions]
36(1)(vii)3 Bad debts which have been written off as irrecoverable All assessees
[subject to limitation in the case of banks and financial
institutions]
36(1)(viia) Provision for bad and doubtful debts
■ up to 8.5 per cent of total income before making any Certain scheduled banks, non-
deduction under this clause and Chapter VI-A, and up to scheduled banks (but other
10 per cent of aggregate average advances made by its than foreign banks) and co-
rural branches operative bank (other than
primary agricultural credit
society or primary co-operative
agricultural and rural
development bank)
■ up to 5 per cent (10% in case of Public Financial Foreign banks/Public financial
Institutions, State Financial Corporations and State institutions/State financial
Industrial Investment Corporations in any of the two corporations/State industrial
consecutive assessment years 2003-04 and 2004-05 - investment corporations. Non-
subject to certain conditions) of total income before Banking Financial Company
making any deduction under this clause and Chapter VI-
A
36(1)(viii) Amounts transferred to special reserve [subject to certain Specified entities, namely,
conditions and maxi-mum of 20 per cent of profits derived financial corporations/financial
from eligible business] corporation which is a public
sector company/banking
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company/co-operative bank
other than a primary
agricultural credit society or a
primary co-operative
agricultural and rural
development bank/housing
finance company/any other
financial corporation including
a public company
36(1)(ix) Expenditure for promoting family planning amongst Companies
employees (deductible in 5 equal annual instalments in case
of capital expenditure)
36(1)(xii) Any expenditure (not being in the nature of capital Notified corporation or body
expenditure) incurred by a notified corporation or body corporate, by whatever name
corporate, by whatever name called, constituted or called, constituted or
established by a Central, State or Provincial Act, for the established by a Central, State
objects and purposes authorised by the Act under which such or Provincial Act
corporation or body corporate was constituted or established
36(1)(xiv) Contribution to notified credit guarantee trust fund for small Public financial institution
industries
36(1)(xv) Securities Transaction Tax paid if corresponding income is All assessees
included as income under the head 'Profits and gains of
business or profession'
36(1)(xvi) Amount equal to commodities transaction tax paid by an All assessees
assessee in respect of taxable commodities transactions
entered into in the course of his business during the previous
year, if the income arising from such transactions is included
in the income computed under the head "Profits and gains of
business or profession"
36(1)(xvii) Amount of expenditure incurred by a co-operative society for Co-operative society engaged
purchase of sugarcane shall be allowed as deduction to the in business of manufacturing
extent of lower of following: sugar
a) Actual purchase price of sugarcane; or
b) Price of sugarcane fixed or approved by the Government
36(1)(xviii) Marked to market loss or other expected loss as computed in All Assessees
accordance with the ICDS notified under section 145(2)
37(1) Any other expenditure [not being personal or capital All assessees
expenditure and expenditure mentioned in sections 30 to 36]
laid out wholly and exclusively for purposes of business or
profession5
B. Non-deductible items
37(2B) Advertisement in souvenir, brochure, tract, pamphlet, etc., of All assessees
political party
40(a)(i) Interest, royalty, fees for technical services or other All assessees
chargeable sum payable outside India, or in India to a non-
resident or foreign company, on which tax has not been
deducted or after deduction, has not been paid on or before
the due date of filing of return under section 139(1). Where in
respect of any such sum, tax has been deducted in any
subsequent year or, has been deducted in the previous year
but paid in any subsequent year after the expiry of the time
prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 139, such sum
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shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the income of

the previous year in which such tax has been paid
However, where deductor has failed to deduct the tax and he
is not deemed to be an assessee in default under first proviso
to section 201(1), then it shall be deemed that the deductor
has deducted and paid the tax on the date on which the payee
has furnished his return of Income.
40(a)(ia) 30% of any interest, commission or brokerage, rent, royalty, All assessees
fees for professional services or fees for technical services
payable to a resident, or amounts payable to a contractor or
sub-contractor, being resident, for carrying out any work
(including supply of labour for carrying out any work), on
which tax is deductible at source under Chapter XVII-B and
such tax has not been deducted or, after deduction, has not
been paid on or before the due date specified in sub-section
(1) of section 139.
However, where in respect of any such sum, tax has been
deducted in any subsequent year, or has been deducted during
the previous year but paid after the due date specified in sub-
section (1) of section 139, such sum shall be allowed as a
deduction in computing the income of the previous year in
which such tax has been paid.
However, where deductor has failed to deduct the tax and he
is not deemed to be an assessee in default under first proviso
to section 201(1), then it shall be deemed that the deductor
has deducted and paid the tax on the date on which the payee
has furnished his return of Income.
40(a)(ib) Any sum paid or payable to a non-resident which is subject to All assessees
a deduction of Equalisation levy would attract disallowance if
such sum was paid without deduction of such levy or if it was
deducted but not deposited with the Central Government till
the due date of filing of return.
However, where in respect of any such sum, Equalisation
levy is deducted or deposited in subsequent year, as the case
may be, the expenditure so disallowed shall be allowed as
deduction in that year.
40(a)(ii) Rate or tax (including surcharge or cess) levied on the profits All assessees
or gains of any business or profession
40(a)(iib) Amount paid by way of royalty, licence fee, service fee, State Govt. undertakings
privilege fee, service charge or any other fee or charge, by
whatever name called, which is levied exclusively on, or any
amount which is appropriated, whether directly or indirectly,
from a State Government undertaking by the State
Government
40(a)(iii) Salaries payable outside India, or in India to a non-resident, All assessees as employers
on which tax has not been paid/deducted at source
40(a)(iv) Payments to provident fund/other funds for employees' All assessees as employers
benefit for which no effective arrangements are made to
secure that tax is deducted at source on payments made from
such funds which are chargeable to tax as 'salaries'
40(a)(v) Tax actually paid by an employer referred to in section All assessees as employers
10(10CC)

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40(b) Interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration paid to Firms

partners (subject to certain conditions and limits)
40(ba) Interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration paid to Association of persons or body
members (subject to certain conditions and limits) of individuals (except a
company or a co-operative
society, society registered
under Societies Registration
Act, etc.)
40A(2) Expenditure involving payment to All assessees
relative/director/partner/substantially interested person, etc.,
which, in the opinion of the Assessing Officer, is excessive or
unreasonable
40A(3) 100% of payments exceeding Rs. 10,000 (Rs. 35,000 in case All assessees
of payment made for plying, hiring or leasing goods
carriages) made to a person in a day otherwise than by
account payee cheque/bank draft or use of electronic clearing
system through a bank account or through such other electric
mode as may be prescribed (subject to certain conditions)
40A(7) Any provision for payment of gratuity to employees, other All assessees as employers
than a provision made for purposes of contribution to
approved gratuity fund or for payment of gratuity that has
become payable during the year (subject to specified
conditions)
40A(9) Any sum paid for setting up or formation of, or as All assessees as employers
contribution to, any fund, trust, company, AOP, BOI, Society
or other institution, other than recognised provident
fund/approved superannuation fund/pension scheme referred
to in section 80CCD/approved gratuity fund
40(A)(13) No deduction shall be allowed in respect of marked to market All assessee
loss or other unexpected loss except as allowable under
section 36(1)(xviii)
C. Other deductible items
42(1) Allowances specified in agreement entered into by Central Assessees engaged in
Government with any person (subject to certain conditions prospecting for or extraction or
and terms of agreement) production of mineral oils
42(2) Expenditure remaining unclaimed as reduced by proceeds of Assessee whose business
transfer consists of prospecting for or
extraction or production of
petroleum and natural gas and
who transfers any interest in
such business
43B Any sum which is actually paid, relating to (i) All assessees
tax/duty/cess/fee levied under any law, (ii) contribution to
provident fund/superannuation fund/gratuity fund/any fund
for employees' welfare, (iii) bonus/commission to employees,
(iv) interest on loan/borrowing from any public financial
institution, State Financial Corporation or State Industrial
Investment Corporation (v)interest payments to scheduled
banks/Co-operative banks (other than a primary agricultural
and development bank)/primary co-operative agricultural and
rural development bank on loans or advances, (vi) interest on
loan or borrowings from NBFC, (vii) sum payable by
employers by way of leave encashment to employees, (viii)
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sum payable to the Indian Railways for the use of railway

assets, and (ix) sum payable to a micro or small enterprise
beyond the time limit specified in section 15 of MSME Act.
Deduction will not be allowed in year in which liability to
pay is incurred unless actual payment is made in that year or
before the due date of furnishing of return of income for that
year
Note: However, payment made to micro or small enterprise
beyond the time limit shall be allowed as deduction only on
actual payment.
44A Expenditure in excess of subscription, etc., received from Trade, professional or similar
members (subject to certain conditions and limits) association
44C Head office expenditure (subject to certain conditions and Non-resident
limits)
Against 'capital gains'
48(i) Expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection All assessees
with transfer of capital asset
48(ii) Cost of acquisition of capital asset and of any improvement All assessees
thereto (indexed cost of acquisition and indexed cost of
improvement, in case of long-term capital assets).
Note :
(1) The cost of acquisition/improvement shall not include
the deductions claimed on the amount of interest under
Section 24(b) or Chapter VIA. [Subject to exceptions
contained in Explanation 1 and 2 to Section 48(iii)].
(2) The benefit of indexed cost of acquisition and indexed
cost of improvement shall be available if long-term
capital gain arises from the transfer which takes place
before 23-07-2024.
48(iii) Deduction in respect of the capital gains charged to tax under Firm, AOP or BOI
section 45(4), which is attributable to the capital asset
remaining with the firm
54 Long-term capital gains on sale of residential house and land Individual/HUF
appurtenant thereto invested in purchase/construction of
another residential house8 (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
54B Capital gains on transfer of land used for agricultural Individual/HUF
purposes, by an individual or his parents or a HUF, invested
in other land for agricultural purposes (subject to certain
conditions and limits)
54D Capital gains on compulsory acquisition of land or building Any assessee
forming part of an industrial undertaking invested in
purchase/construction of other land/building for shifting/re-
establishing said undertaking or setting up new industrial
undertaking (subject to certain conditions and limits)
54EC Long-term capital gains arising from transfer of land or Any assessee
building. The exemption9 is allowed if the amount of capital
gains is invested in bonds of NHAI, REC or any other
notified bond.
54EE Long-term capital gain invested in long-term specified assets All assesses
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Government to finance start-ups

54F Net consideration on transfer of long-term capital asset other Individual/HUF
than residential house invested in residential house10 (subject
to certain conditions and limits)
54G Capital gain on transfer of machinery, plant, land or building Any assessee
used for the purposes of the business of an industrial
undertaking situate in an urban area (transfer being effected
for shifting the undertaking to a non-urban area) invested in
new machinery, plant, building or land, in the said non-urban
area, expenses on shifting, etc. (subject to certain conditions
and limits)
54GA Exemption of capital gains on transfer of assets in cases of All assessees
shifting of industrial undertaking from urban area to any
Special Economic Zone (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Exemption in respect of capital gain arising from the transfer
of a long-term capital asset, being a residential property (a
house or a plot of land), owned by the eligible assessee, and
such assessee before the due date of furnishing of return of
income under sub-section (1) of section 139 utilises the net
54GB Individual/HUF
consideration for subscription in the equity shares of an
eligible company and such company has, within one year
from the date of subscription in equity shares by the assessee,
utilised this amount for purchase of specified new asset
(subject to certain conditions and limits).
W.e.f. April 1, 2017, eligible start-up is also included in
definition of eligible company.
Against 'income from other sources'
A. Deductible items
57(i) Deduction from dividend income on account of interest All assessees
expense, which shall not exceed 20% of the dividend income.
57(i) Any reasonable sum paid by way of commission or All assessees
remuneration for the purpose of realising interest on securities
57(ia) Contributions to any provident fund or superannuation fund All assessees
or any fund set up under Employees' State Insurance Act,
1948 or any other fund for welfare of employees, if the same
are credited to employees' accounts in relevant funds before
due date
57(ii) Repairs, insurance, and depreciation of building, plant and Assessees engaged in business
machinery and furniture of letting out of machinery,
plant and furniture and
buildings on hire
57(iia) In case of family pension, 331/3 per cent of such pension or Assessees in receipt of family
Rs. 15,000, whichever is less pension on death of employee
being member of assessee's
Note: the enhanced threshold of Rs. 25,000 shall be family
applicable if income-tax is computed under section
115BAC(1A)(ii).
57(iii) Any other expenditure (not being capital expenditure) All assessees
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57(iv) In case of interest received on compensation or on enhanced All assessees

compensation referred to in section 145A(2), a deduction of
50 per cent of such income (subject to certain conditions)
B. Non-deductible items
58(1)(a)(i) Personal expenses All assessees
58(1)(a)(ii) Interest chargeable to tax which is payable outside India on All assessees
which tax has not been paid or deducted at source
58(1)(a) 'Salaries' payable outside India on which no tax is paid or All assessees
(iii) deducted at source
58(1A) Disallowance due to TDS default All assessees
(Covered by section 40(a)(ia) and 40(a)(iia))
58(2) Expenditure of the nature specified in section 40A All assessees
58(4) Expenditure in connection with winnings from lotteries, All assessees
crossword puzzles, races, games, gambling or betting
For certain payments
80C ■ Life insurance premium for policy : Individual/HUF
- in case of individual, on life of assessee,
assessee's spouse and any child of assessee
- in case of HUF, on life of any member of the
HUF
■ Sum paid under a contract for a deferred annuity :
- in case of individual, on life of the individual,
individual's spouse and any child of the
individual (however, contract should not contain
an option to receive cash payment in lieu of
annuity)
- in case of HUF, on life of any member of the
HUF
■ Sum deducted from salary payable to Government
servant for securing deferred annuity or making
provision for his wife/children [qualifying amount
limited to 20% of salary]
■ Contributions by an individual made under Employees'
Provident Fund Scheme
■ Contribution to Public Provident Fund Account in the
name of:
- in case of individual, such individual or his
spouse or any child of such individual
- in case of HUF, any member of HUF
■ Contribution by an employee to a recognised provident
fund
■ Contribution by an employee to an approved
superannuation fund
■ Subscription to any notified security or notified deposit
scheme of the Central Government. For this purpose,
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme has been notified
vide Notification No. 9/2015, dated 21.01.2015. Any
sum deposited during the year in Sukanya Samriddhi
Account by an individual would be eligible for
deduction.
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■ Amount can be deposited by an individual or in the

name of girl child of an individual or in the name of the
girl child for whom such an individual is the legal
guardian.
■ Subscription to notified savings certificates [National
Savings Certificates (VIII Issue)]
■ Contribution for participation in unit-linked Insurance
Plan of UTI :
- in case of an individual, in the name of the
individual, his spouse or any child of such
individual
- in case of a HUF, in the name of any member
thereof
■ Contribution to notified unit-linked insurance plan of
LIC Mutual Fund [Dhanaraksha 1989]
- in the case of an individual, in the name of the
individual, his spouse or any child of such
individual
- in the case of a HUF, in the name of any member
thereof
■ Subscription to notified deposit scheme or notified
pension fund set up by National Housing Bank [Home
Loan Account Scheme/National Housing Banks (Tax
Saving) Term Deposit Scheme, 2008]
■ Tuition fees (excluding development fees, donations,
etc.) paid by an individual to any university, college,
school or other educational institution situated in India,
for full time education of any 2 of his/her children
■ Certain payments for purchase/construction of
residential house property
■ Subscription to notified schemes of (a) public sector
companies engaged in providing long-term finance for
purchase/construction of houses in India for residential
purposes/(b) authority constituted under any law for
satisfying need for housing accommodation or for
planning, development or improvement of cities, towns
and villages, or for both
■ Sum paid towards notified annuity plan of LIC (New
Jeevan Dhara/New Jeevan Dhara-I/New Jeevan
Akshay/New Jeevan Akshay-I/New Jeevan Akshay-
II/Jeewan Akshay-III plan of LIC) or other insurer
■ Subscription to any units of any notified [u/s 10(23D)]
Mutual Fund or the UTI (Equity Linked Saving
Scheme, 2005)
■ Contribution by an individual to any pension fund set up
by any mutual fund which is referred to in section
10(23D) or by the UTI (UTI Retirement Benefit
Pension Fund)
■ Subscription to equity shares or debentures forming part
of any approved eligible issue of capital made by a
public company or public financial institutions
■ Subscription to any units of any approved mutual fund
referred to in section 10(23D), provided amount of

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subscription to such units is subscribed only in 'eligible

issue of capital' referred to above.
■ Term deposits for a fixed period of not less than 5 years
with a scheduled bank, and which is in accordance with
a scheme11 framed and notified.
■ Subscription to notified bonds issued by the NABARD.
■ Deposit in an account under the Senior Citizen Savings
Scheme Rules, 2004 (subject to certain conditions)
■ 5-year term deposit in an account under the Post Office
Time Deposit Rules, 1981 (subject to certain
conditions)
■ Contribution to specified account of the pension scheme
referred to in 80CCD, in case of central Government
employee.

Notes:
1. Deduction is limited to whole of the amount paid or deposited subject to a maximum of Rs. 1,50,00012.
This maximum limit of Rs. 1,50,00012 is the aggregate of the deduction that may be claimed under
sections 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD.
2. The sums paid or deposited need not be out of income chargeable to tax of the previous year. Amount
may be paid or deposited any time during the previous year, but the deduction shall be available on so
much of the aggregate of sums as do not exceed the total income chargeable to tax during the previous
year.
3. Life Insurance premium is part of gross qualifying amount for the purpose of deduction under section
80C. Payment of premium which is in excess of 10 per cent (if policy is issued on or after 1-4-2013,
15% in case of insurance on life of person with disability referred to in section 80U or suffering from
disease or ailment specified in section 80DDB/rule 11DD) of actual capital sum assured shall not be
included in gross qualifying amount. The value of any premiums agreed to be returned or of any benefit
by way of bonus or otherwise, over and above the sum actually assured, which is to be or may be
received under the policy by any person, shall not be taken into account for the purpose of calculating
the actual capital sum assured.
The limit of 10 per cent will be applicable only in the case of policies issued on or after 1-4-2012. In
respect of policies issued prior to 1-4-2012, the old limit of 20 per cent of actual sum assured will be
applicable.
With effect from 1-4-2013, 'actual capital sum assured' in relation to a life insurance policy shall mean
the minimum amount assured under the policy on happening of the insured event at any time during the
term of the policy, not taking into account—
(i) the value of any premium agreed to be returned; or
(ii) any benefit by way of bonus or otherwise over and above the sum actually assured, which is to be
or may be received under the policy by any person.
4. Where, in any previous year, an assessee—
(i) terminates his contract of insurance, by notice to that effect or where the contract ceases to be in
force by reason of failure to pay any premium, by not reviving contract of insurance,—
(a) in case of any single premium policy, within two years after the date of commencement of
insurance; or
(b) in any other case, before premiums have been paid for two years; or
(ii) terminates his participation in any unit-linked insurance plan (ULIP), by notice to that effect or
where he ceases to participate by reason of failure to pay any contribution, by not reviving his
participation, before contributions in respect of such participation have been paid for five years;
or
(iii) transfers the house property before the expiry of five years from the end of the financial year in
which possession of such property is obtained by him, or receives back, whether by way of
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refund or otherwise, any sum specified in that clause,

then,—
(a) no deduction shall be allowed to the assessee with reference to any of such sums, paid in such
previous year; and
(b) the aggregate amount of the deductions of income so allowed in respect of the previous year or
years preceding such previous year, shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of such
previous year and shall be liable to tax in the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
If any equity shares or debentures, with reference to the cost of which a deduction is allowed, are sold
or otherwise transferred by the assessee to any person at any time within a period of three years from
the date of their acquisition, the aggregate amount of the deductions of income so allowed in respect of
such equity shares or debentures in the previous year or years preceding the previous year in which
such sale or transfer has taken place shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of such previous
year and shall be liable to tax in the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
A person shall be treated as having acquired any shares or debentures on the date on which his name is
entered in relation to those shares or debentures in the register of members or of debenture-holders, as
the case may be, of the public company.
5. If any amount, including interest accrued thereon, is withdrawn by the assessee from his deposit
account made under (a) Senior Citizen Saving Scheme or (b) Post Office Time Deposit Rules, before
the expiry of the period of five years from the date of its deposit, the amount so withdrawn shall be
deemed to be the income of the assessee of the previous year in which the amount is withdrawn and
shall be liable to tax in the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
The amount liable to tax shall not include the following amounts, namely:—
(i) any amount of interest, relating to deposits referred to above, which has been included in the
total income of the assessee of the previous year or years preceding such previous year; and
(ii) any amount received by the nominee or legal heir of the assessee, on the death of such assessee,
other than interest, if any, accrued thereon, which was not included in the total income of the
assessee for the previous year or years preceding such previous year.

Section Nature of deduction Who can claim

(1) (2) (3)
80CCC13 Contributions to certain pension funds of LIC or any other Individual
insurer (up to Rs. 1,50,000) (subject to certain conditions)14
1480CCD Contribution to pension scheme notified by Central Individual
Government up to 10% of salary (subject to certain
conditions and limits)15
Contribution made by employer shall also be allowed as
deduction under 80CCD(2) while computing total income of
the employee. However, amount of deduction could not
exceed 14% of salary where contribution is made by
central/state government and 10%* of salary, where
contribution is made by any other employee.
* 14% in case income of assessee is chargeable to tax under
section 115BAC(1A) (new tax regime).
80CCH Amount paid/deposited in Agniveer Corpus Fund by assessee Individual
and contribution made by Central Government to such fund
80D17 Amount paid (in any mode other than cash) by an individual Individual/HUF
or HUF to LIC or other insurer to effect or keep in force an
insurance on the health of specified person. An individual can
also make payment to the Central Government health scheme
and/or on account of preventive health check-up (subject to
limit)

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■ specified person means:

- In case of Individual - self, spouse, dependent
children or parents
- In case of HUF - Any member thereof
■ Deduction for preventive health check-up shall not
exceed in aggregate Rs. 5,000.
■ Payment on account of preventive health check-up may
be made in cash.
80DD Deduction of Rs. 75,000 (Rs. 1,25,000 in case of severe Resident Individual/HUF
disability) to a resident individual/HUF where (a) any
expenditure has been incurred for the medical treatment
(including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a
dependant, being a person with disability [as defined under
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995] (w.e.f. assessment
year 2005-06 including autism, cerebral palsy and multiple
disability as referred to in National Trust for Welfare of
Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation &
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999), or (b) any amount is paid or
deposited under an approved scheme framed in this behalf by
the LIC or any other insurer or the Administrator or the
specified company for the maintenance of a dependent, being
a person with disability (subject to certain conditions)
80DDB Expenses actually paid for medical treatment of specified Resident Individual/HUF
diseases and ailments subject to certain conditions18
80E Amount paid out of income chargeable to tax by way of Individual
payment of interest on loan taken from financial
institution/approved charitable institution for pursuing higher
education19 (subject to certain conditions) (maximum period :
8 years)
80EE Interest payable on loan taken by an individual from any Individual
financial institution for the purpose of acquisition of a
residential house property subject to certain condition.
(Maximum deduction 50,000)
80EEA Interest payable on loan taken by an individual, who is not Individual
eligible to claim deduction under 80EE, from any financial
institution for the purpose of acquisition of a residential house
property subject to certain condition. (Maximum deduction
1,50,000)
80EEB Interest payable on loan taken by an individual from any Individual
financial institution for the purpose of purchase of an electric
vehicle subject to certain condition. (Maximum deduction
1,50,000)
80G Donations to certain approved funds, trusts, charitable All assessees
institutions/donations for renovation or repairs of notified
temples, etc. [amount of deduction is 50 per cent of net
qualifying amount]. 100 per cent of qualifying donations to
National Defence Fund, Prime Minister's National Relief
Fund, Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in
Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES FUND) Prime
Minister's Armenia Earthquake Relief Fund, Africa (Public
Contributions - India) Fund, National Children's Fund (from
1-4-2014), Government or approved association for
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promoting family planning, universities and approved

educational institutions of national eminence, National
Foundation for Communal Harmony, Chief Minister's
Earthquake Relief Fund (Maharashtra), Zila Saksharta
Samitis, National or State Blood Transfusion Council, Fund
set up by State Government to provide medical relief to the
poor, Army Central Welfare Fund, Indian Naval Benevolent
Fund and Air Force Central Welfare Fund, Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister's Cyclone Relief Fund, National Illness
Assistance Fund, Chief Minister's Relief Fund or the Lt.
Governor's Relief Fund in respect of any State or Union
Territory, National Sports Fund, National Cultural Fund, Fund
for Technology Development and Application, Indian
Olympic Association, etc.20, fund set up by State Government
of Gujarat exclusively for providing relief to victims of
earthquake in Gujarat, National Trust for Welfare of Persons
with Autism, Cerebral palsy, Mental retardation and Multiple
Disabilities, and sums paid between 26-1-2001 and 30-9-2001
to any eligible trust, institution or fund for providing relief to
Gujarat earthquake victims21, the Swachh Bharat Kosh and
the Clean Ganga Fund (from assessment year 2015-16) and
National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse (from assessment
year 2016-17) [subject to certain conditions and limits]22
80GG Rent paid in excess of 10% of total income for Individuals not receiving any
furnished/unfurnished residential accommodation (subject to house rent allowance
maximum of Rs. 5,000 p.m. or 25% of total income,
whichever is less) (subject to certain conditions)
80GGA23 Certain donations for scientific, social or statistical research All assessees not having any
or rural development programme or for carrying out an income chargeable under the
eligible project or scheme or National Urban Poverty head 'Profits and gains of
Eradication Fund (subject to certain conditions) business or profession'
80GGB Sum contributed to any political party/electoral trust24 Indian company
80GGC Sum contributed to any political party/electoral trust24 All assessees, other than local
authority and artificial juridical
person wholly or partly funded
by Government
For certain incomes
80-IA Profits and gains from industrial undertakings engaged in All assessees
infrastructure facility, telecommunication services, industrial
park, development of Special Economic Zone, power
undertakings, etc. (subject to certain conditions and limits)25
No deduction under this section shall be available to an
enterprise which starts the development or operation and
maintenance of the infrastructure facility on or after the 1st
day of April, 2017.
80-IAB Profits and gains derived by undertaking/enterprise from Assessee being Developer of
business of developing a Special Economic Zone notified on SEZ
or after 1-4-2005 (subject to certain conditions and limits)
No deduction under this section shall be available to an
assessee, being a developer, where the development of
Special Economic Zone begins on or after the 1st day of
April, 2017.

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80-IAC Profit and gains derived by an eligible start-up from specified Company and LLP
business (subject to certain conditions)27
80-IB Profits and gains from industrial undertakings, cold storage All assessees
plant, hotel, scientific research & development, mineral oil No deduction shall be
concern, housing projects, cold chain facility, multiplex available to an enterprise
theatres, convention centres, ships, etc. (subject to certain which commence the business
conditions and limits) activity on or after 1-4-2017.
80-IBA Profits and gains derived by assessee from the business of All assessees
developing and building affordable housing projects. (subject
to certain conditions)
80-IC Profits and gains derived by an undertaking or an enterprise All assessees
in special category States (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Tripura) (subject to certain limits, time limits
and conditions),
(a) which has begun or begins to manufacture or produce
any article or thing, not being any article or thing
specified in the Thirteenth Schedule, or which
manufactures or produces any article or thing, not being
any article or thing specified in the Thirteenth Schedule
and undertakes substantial expansion during the
specified period.
(b) which has begun or begins to manufacture or produce
any article or thing specified in the Fourteenth Schedule
or commences any operation specified in that Schedule,
or which manufactures or produces any article or thing,
specified in the Fourteenth Schedule or commences any
operation specified in that Schedule and undertakes
substantial expansion during the specified period
80-ID Profits and gains from business of hotels and convention All assessees
centres in specified areas (subject to certain conditions).
80-IE Deduction in respect of certain undertakings in North Eastern All assessees
States.
80JJA Entire income from business of collecting and processing or All assessees
treating of bio-degradable waste for generating power, or
producing bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides or other biological
agents or for producing bio-gas, making pellets or briquettes
for fuel or organic manure (for 5 consecutive assessment
years)
80JJAA Deduction of 30% of additional employee cost in respect of Assessee to whom section
employment of new employees. 44AB applies
Additional employee cost means total emoluments paid or
payable to additional employees employed during the
previous year.
Deduction shall be allowed for first three Assessment Years
including the Assessment Year relevant to previous year in
which such employment is provided.
(Subject to certain other condition)

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80LA Certain incomes of Scheduled banks/banks incorporated Scheduled Banks/banks

outside India having Offshore Banking Units in a Special incorporated outside
Economic Zone/Units of International Financial Services India/Units of International
Centre (subject to certain conditions and limits) Financial Services Centre
80M Inter-corporate dividend shall be allowed to be reduced from Domestic Company
total income of company receiving the dividend if same is
further distributed to shareholders within the prescribed
period.
80P Specified incomes [subject to varying limits specified in sub- Co-operative societies
section (2)]
80PA Profit derived from processing or marketing of agricultural Producer Company
produce.
80QQB Royalty income of author of certain specified category of Resident Individual - Author
books (up to Rs. 3,00,000) (subject to certain conditions)
80RRB Royalty on patents up to Rs. 3,00,000 in the case of a resident Resident individuals
individual who is a patentee and is in receipt of income by
way of royalty in respect of a patent registered on or after 1-
4-2003 (subject to certain conditions).
80TTA Interest on deposits in savings bank accounts (up to Rs. Individuals/HUFs (except
10,000 per year) Senior Citizen)
80TTB Interest on deposit in saving account or fixed deposit (upto Senior citizen
Rs. 50,000 per year)
80U Deduction of Rs. 75,000 to a resident individual who, at any Resident individuals
time during the previous year, is certified by the medical
authority to be a person with disability [as defined under
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995] [w.e.f. assessment
year 2005-06 including autism, cerebral palsy, and multiple
disabilities as defined under National Trust for Welfare of
Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation &
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999] [in the case of a person with
severe disability, allowable deduction is Rs. 1,25,000]
(subject to certain conditions).
Rebates
87A Tax rebate in case of individual resident in India, whose total Resident Individual
income does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000. Quantum of rebate
shall be an amount equal to hundred per cent of such income-
tax or an amount of Rs. 12,500, whichever is less.
Further, a maximum rebate of Rs. 25,000 is allowed under
87A from the amount of income tax on total income, which is
chargeable to tax under section 115BAC(1A). However, this
rebate is allowed if the total income of assessee chargeable to
tax under section 115BAC(1A) is up to Rs. 7,00,000.

1. Provisions of section 32 shall apply whether or not the assessee has claimed depreciation.
2. If sum is borrowed for acquiring a capital asset, interest thereon pertaining to the period before asset is
first put to use shall not be allowed as deduction.

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3. W.e.f. assessment year 2016-17, bad-debts shall be allowed as deduction even if they are not written-off
from books of accounts. Such deduction shall be allowed if amount of debt or part thereof has been
taken into account in computing income on the basis of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards
notified under section 145(2) without recording the same in the accounts.
4. With effect from assessment year 2018-19 business of developing or maintaining and operating or
developing, maintaining and operating a new infrastructure facility, has been included.
♦ Section 35AD was amended by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 with effect from assessment year
2015-16 :
With a view to ensure that the capital asset on which investment linked deduction has been
claimed is used for the purposes of the specified business, sub-section (7A) has been inserted in
section 35AD to provide that any asset in respect of which a deduction is claimed and allowed
shall be used only for the specified business for a period of 8 years beginning with the previous
year in which such asset is acquired or constructed. Moreover, if such asset is used for any
purpose other than the specified business, the total amount of deduction so claimed and allowed
in any previous year in respect of such asset (as reduced by the amount of depreciation
allowable in accordance with the provisions of section 32 as if no deduction had been allowed),
shall be deemed to be income of the assessee chargeable under the head "Profits and gains of
business or profession" of the previous year in which the asset is so used. However, this
provision will not apply to a company which has become a sick industrial company under
section 17(1) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act within the time period
of 8 years as stated above.
♦ Where any deduction under section 35AD has been availed of by the assessee on account of
capital expenditure incurred for the purposes of specified business in any assessment year, no
deduction under section 10AA shall be available to the assessee in the same or any other
assessment year in respect of such specified business.
5. With effect from assessment year 2015-16 a new Explanation 2 has been inserted in section 37(1) to
clarify that expenditure incurred by the assessee on Corporate Social Responsibility activities in
accordance with section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 will not be considered as expenditure incurred
by the assessee for the purposes of the business or profession.
Further, with effect from assessment year 2022-23, a new Explanation 3 has been inserted in section 37(1) to
clarify that expenditure incurred to provide perquisite, in whatever form to any person, irrespective of
whether the recipient is engaged in any business or profession, where the acceptance of such benefit or
perquisite is a violation of any rule, law or regulation, which governs the recipient, shall be deemed to have
not been incurred for business or profession and accordingly, the deduction for the same shall not be
available. Furthermore, the expenditure, whether constituting an offence as per the prevailing laws in India or
outside India, or prohibited by any law in force – whether in India or outside India, shall not be eligible for
deduction under section 37(1) .
8. One residential house in India with effect from assessment year 2015-16. With effect from Assessment
Year 2020-21, a taxpayer has an option to make investment in two residential house properties in India.
This option can be exercised by the taxpayer only once in his lifetime provided the amount of long-
term capital gain does not exceed Rs. 2 crores. With effect from Assessment Year 2023-24, the
exemption shall be limited to Rs. 10 crores.
9. With effect from assessment year 2015-16 limit of Rs. 50 lakhs applies to total amount invested during
financial year in which original asset is transferred and in subsequent financial year.
10. One residential house in India with effect from assessment year 2015-16. With effect from Assessment
Year 2023-24, the aggregate of amount invested in new house property and deposited in capital gain
account scheme shall be considered as eligible investment to the extent of Rs. 10 crores.
11. See Bank Term Deposits Scheme, 2006.
12. with effect from assessment year 2015-16.
13. Where deduction is claimed under this section, deduction in relation to same amount cannot be
claimed under section 80C.
14. section 80CCE provides that the aggregate amount of deductions under section 80C, section 80CCC
and section 80CCD(1) shall not, in any case, exceed Rs. 1,50,000
With effect from assessment year 2015-16, amended sub-section (1) has clarified that a non-
government employee can claim deduction under section 80CCD even if his date of joining is prior to
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January 1, 2004.
15. With effect from the assessment year 2012-13 section 80CCE is amended so as to provide that
contribution made by the Central Government or any other employer to a pension scheme under sub-
section (2) of section 80CCD shall not be included in the limit of deduction of Rs. 1,50,000 provided
under section 80CCE.
With effect from assessment year 2016-17, sub-section (1A) of section 80CCD which laid down
maximum deduction limit of Rs. 1,00,000 (under sub-section (1)) has been deleted.
Further, a new sub-section (1B) is inserted to provide for additional deduction to the extent of Rs.
50,000. The additional deduction is not subject to ceiling limit of Rs. 1,50,000 as provided under
section 80CCE.
However, it is to be noted that additional deduction of Rs. 50,000 shall not be allowed in respect of
contribution which is considered for deduction under section 80CCD(1), i.e., within limit of 10% of
salary/gross total income
Any payment from NPS to an employee because of closure or his opting out of the pension scheme is
chargeable to tax. However, with effect from the assessment year 2017-18, the whole amount received
by the nominee from NPS on death of the assessee shall be exempt from tax.
17. The deduction under Section 80D will be available as per the limit specified below:
Individual HUF
For self, spouse and dependent children : Rs. Premium up to Rs. 25,000 (Rs. 50,000 if member
25,000 (Rs. 50,000 if person insured is a senior insured is a senior citizen) paid to insure any
citizen*); member of the family.
For parents of the assessee : (Additional) Rs. NA
25,000 (Rs. 50,000 if person insured is a senior
citizen)
Medical expenditure if no amount is paid in Medical expenditure if no amount is paid in
respect of health insurance-Rs.50,000 (only in respect of health insurance-Rs.50,000 (only in case
case of senior citizen) of senior citizen)
Aggregate amount of deduction cannot exceed Aggregate amount of deduction cannot exceed
Rs.1,00,000 in any case Rs.50,000 in any case.
*‘Senior citizen’ means an individual resident in India who is of the age of sixty years or more at any
time during the relevant previous year.
18. Maximum deduction is Rs. 40,000 (Rs. 1,00,000 where expenditure is incurred for a senior citizen
[w.e.f assessment year 2019-20])
With effect from assessment year 2016-17, the taxpayer shall be required to obtain a prescription from
a specialist doctor (not necessarily from a doctor working in a Government hospital) for availing this
deduction.
19. Scope of 'higher education' is enlarged with effect from assessment year 2010-11 to cover any course
of study pursued after passing the Senior Secondary Examination or its equivalent from any school,
Board or university recognised by the Central Government or State Government or local authority or by
any other authority authorized by the Central Government or State Government or local authority to do
so.
With effect from 1-4-2010 the scope of expression 'relative' has also been enlarged to cover the student
for whom the taxpayer is the legal guardian.
20. Donation of any sums paid by the assessee, being a company, in the previous year as donations to the
Indian Olympic Association or to any other association or institution established in India, as the Central
Government may, having regard to the prescribed guidelines, by notification in the Official Gazette,
specify in this behalf for—
(i) the development of infrastructure for sports and games; or
(ii) the sponsorship of sports and games,
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is eligible for the purpose of deduction under section 80G [this is in consequence of omission of section
10(23)].
21. Donation made to an authority constituted in India by or under any law enacted either for the purpose
of dealing with and satisfying the need for housing accommodation or for the purpose of planning,
development or improvement of cities, towns and villages, or for both is also eligible for the purpose of
deduction under section 80G from the assessment year 2003-04 [this is in consequence of omission of
section 10(20A)].
22. With effect from 1-4-2013 no deduction shall be allowed in respect of donation of any sum exceeding
two thousand rupees unless such sum is paid by any mode other than cash.
23. With effect from 1-4-2013 no deduction shall be allowed under this section in respect of any sum
exceeding ten thousand rupees unless such sum is paid by any mode other than cash.
24. With effect from 1-4-2014 deduction will not be allowed if sum is contributed in cash.
25. Time limits stated under section 80-IA(4)(iv) have been extended from 31-3-2014 to 31-3-2017.
26. 100% deduction shall be allowed from the AY beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2021.
27. With effect from Assessment Year 2018-19:
i. 'Eligible business' means a business carried out by an eligible start up engaged in innovation,
development or improvement of products or processes or services or a scalable business model
with a high potential of employment generation or wealth creation.
ii. "Eligible start-up" means a company or a limited liability partnership engaged in eligible
business which fulfils the following conditions, namely:
a. it is incorporated on or after the 1st day of April, 2016 but before the 1st day of April,
2025
b. the total turnover of its business does not exceed 100 crore rupees in the previous years in
which deduction is claimed; and
c. it holds a certificate of eligible business from the Inter-Ministerial Board of Certification
as notified in the Official Gazette by the Central Government

[As amended by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024]

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