Medical bills amount exemption claim in itr

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Querist : Anonymous

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19 June 2018 Hi,

I am salaried individual & receive Fixed Allowance for Medical Reimbursement

How to claim exemption in ITR for medical bills amount

pls guide

Expert : Anonymous

Expert : Anonymous (Expert)

19 June 2018 exemption cannot be claimed for Fixed medical allowance. medical allowance only be claimed if it is given by your employer in form 16

Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

19 June 2018 dear sir ,

it is shown in form16 by employer

but i m confused where to show exempt amount in ITR . which section is applicable under sec 10

Ashiwini Ballodia

Ashiwini Ballodia (Expert)
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19 June 2018 Show the net amount in ITR
For eg- Salary excluding medical allowance100000
Medical allowance - 10000

Show 100000 as salary

Note: Maximum medical allowance of 15000 is allowed

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Bhaskaran Chackrapani Warrier

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20 June 2018 Reimbursement by employer towards medical expenditure incurred by the employee upto Rs.15,000 is an exempted perquisite as per section 17(2)(v) of the IT Act,1961. There is no specific column in form ITR-1 to show this amount.

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