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Financial Planner - Answered on Feb 05, 2023

Anil Rego is the founder of Right Horizons, a financial and wealth management firm. He has 20 years of experience in the field of personal finance.
He’s an expert in income tax and wealth management.
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Asked by Anonymous - Feb 01, 2023Hindi

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Hi Anil, how would the tax on insurance/mediclaim premium affect taxpayers? Who is liable to pay tax on insurance premium? What is the maximum limit beyond which mediclaim premium is taxable? Will there be any tax benefit of paying the tax on the premium?

Ans: I think you have misunderstood the tax change. This is applicable for new policies that you invest into from the next financial year(FY). This budget changes the taxation on the returns from the policies if premiums on the new policies from the next FY is above Rs 5 lakh.
Detailing this change- If aggregate of premium for insurance policies (other than ULIP) issued on or after 1st April 2023, is above Rs 5 lakh, income from only those policies with aggregate premium up to Rs 5 lakh shall be exempt.
Note that the deductions for insurance premiums (investment) under Section 80C and Section 80D are still available under the old tax regime.

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This is Bobby here and have a few questions related to your article (enclosed), Mediclaim: What You Must Know Would like to know, with your experience in this field, as to: 1. Which mediclaim policy or policies, currently in INDIA and especially Mumbai has all the required coverage as mentioned in your article 2. We are a family of 3 with a school going child and both of us are aged 45 3. Have acquired diabetes a few months ago and have hepatitis B and kidney stones 4. What should be the approximate premium, per annum to cover all that is mentioned in your article and keep us safe from the issues arising out if and when we really require hospitalisation and save us from rejected claims. 5. Presently we are covered under Mediclaim policy from Star Health Would be highly obliged should you guide us on the above to make our lives easier.

Ans: Hi Bhupesh, there is no ‘one size fits all’ concept with health insurance. Health insurance is based on preferences of the customer and then the premium quotes are generated based on those factors. You can use insurance broking websites to compare the offerings on the mentioned 5 factors and the premiums for various policies that will help you to compare their benefits and make an informed choice. Depending on your priorities, weigh out the factors and decide accordingly.

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