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Yes. Preventive health check-up up to ₹5,000 is allowed within the 80D limits, and it is the one item that can be paid in cash.
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Preventive health check-up under 80D
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Provisions
Sec 80D, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 126)
Analysis
If your premium is already ₹25,000, the check-up does not add more, because ₹5,000 is inside the ₹25,000 limit. If your premium is ₹18,000, a ₹4,000 check-up raises the claim to ₹22,000. Keep the lab bill.
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- Keep the check-up bill.
- Add it to the premium within the limit.
- Cap the total at the 80D limit.
- Claim under the old regime.
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