Can I availl tex exemption under sec 80 DD and section 80DDB

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sandeeprp

s/w engineer

24 Points Posted on 25 July 2010

Hi All,

I am sandeeprp from Bangalore.I am new to this forum. I registered myself in this forum for sharing of knowledge and clarification. My question as follows.

I have one elder brother who is mentally retarded and fully depend on me .I got the certificate from the govt Hospital from my state .I ve submitted a copy of my brother certificate at my office for getting exempt from tax .I got my Form 16 few days before . But in my company they deducted 40000 only under section 80DDB where i am eligible to clam for sec 80dd and sec 80DDB . i submitted 50000 medical bills against my brother treatment but my company denied that. can any one help me ? what i ve to do ? and i s there any rules mention one can not assess sec 80DD and sec 80DDb same time?please send ur reply to my mail id sandeeprp_786 @ yahoo.in. Hope u all can understand my problem and show me right path .and exact answers .so that i can fight for my right. waiting for ur responses .Thanks in Advance.

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Priyanka

Chartered accountant

371 Points Posted on 25 July 2010

Sec 80DD gives deduction for medical treatment of dependant DISABLE family member

sec 80DDB gives ded for medical treatment of any dependant family member . NEED NOT BE DISABLE.

in u r case, u have taken certificate from government hospital regarding treatment for u r brother which is the req for 80ddb and so u have given ded of 40000 as per rule by u r company. U SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY of u r brother to get benigit of 80DD. u r prob is coz of wrong certification. it should mentioned DISABILITY AND ALSO DEGREE OF DIS ABILITY. if u got that certificate, u will get deduction of 50000. and if degree of disbility is more than 80% , u will get whole 100000 deduction.

so my suggestion is u should fetch disability certificate from doctor as u r bro is mentally retired. if u dont get that one, u will have to take benifit of 80DDB only.