Tax Benefits with Life Insurance Plans

1. Benefit is available to Individual assessee and Hindu Undivided Family assessee.

a. In case of individual assessee - Himself/herself, spouse, children of such individual

b. In case of HUF assessee - any member of HUF

2. If the amount of premium paid in a financial year for a policy is in excess of 20% of the actual capital sum assured, then deduction will be allowed only for premiums upto 20% of the sum assured.

3. For insurance policies issued on or after April 01 2012, deduction is allowed for only so much of the premium payable as does not exceed 10% of the actual capital sum assured.(15% of actual capital sum assured in case of person with severe disability or specified ailment).

4. Above benefits shall be reversed if the policy is terminated/cease to be in force within 2 years for traditional products and 5 years for ULIP products after the date of commencement of policy.

5. Sec 80CCE - Maximum amount of deduction that an assessee can claim under Sections 80C, 80CCC will be limited to Rs. 150,000.

1. Benefit is available to Individual assessee and Hindu Undivided Family assessee.

a. In case of individual assessee - Himself/herself, spouse, dependent children and parents of such individual

b. In case of HUF assessee - any member of HUF

2. The qualifying amounts under Section 80D for self, spouse and dependent children is upto Rs. 25,000/- and additional deduction upto Rs. 25,000/- for the parents. However, a higher amount of upto Rs. 25,000/- is permitted for parents, if they are senior citizens. Assessee is allowed to make any payment on account of preventive health checkups upto Rs. 5,000 within prescribed overall limit.

Premiums paid for disabled dependent are eligible for deduction up to Rs. 75,000 every year. A higher deduction of Rs. 1,00,000 shall be allowed, where such dependent is a person with severe disability.

Any sum received under a life insurance policy, including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy will be exempt from tax. However, this rule does not apply to following amounts:

1. Sum received under Section 80DD(3), or

2. A sum received under a Keyman Insurance Policy, or

3. Any sum received other than as death benefit under an insurance policy which has been issued on or after April 1 2003 but on or before March 31 2012 and if the premium payable in any of the years during the term of the policy does not exceed 20% of the sum assured. For insurance policies issued on or after April 01 2012, exemption would be available for policies where the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy does not exceed 10% of the actual capital sum assured. (for policies issued on or after 01 April 2013,15% of actual capital sum assured in case of person with severe disability or specified ailment).

The above are extracts from the Income Tax Act’1961. Please note that tax laws are subject to change and hence before placing reliance on the above, the latest version of the relevant sections should be checked. It should also be noted that the change in tax laws could have retrospective effect also. This information should not be construed as expert tax, legal or investment opinion from Axis Max Life Insurance Limited. Axis Max Life Insurance Limited would not be responsible in any manner for decisions made on the basis of above information. Please consult your tax advisor for claiming tax benefits on insurance products. Sec 194DA of Income Tax Act 1961 provides for deducting tax (TDS) on policyholders payout under life insurance policy w.e.f. 01 Oct 2014. TDS, if applicable, will be deducted at 2% if valid PAN is available upto 31st May 2016. W.e.f. 01st June 2016, TDS rates has been reduced to 1%. Policyholders can furnish forms 15G/15H for non deduction of TDS where total income /estimated total income during financial year does not exceed maximum amount not chargeable to tax. Further in case valid PAN is not available, rate of TDS would be 20%. Get Income tax saving benefits by investing in life insurance policies under section 80C/80CCC & 80D/80DDD. Policy holder is eligible for tax benefits under the Income Tax Act 1961.