Certificate for claiming deduction under Section 80DDB
Taxpayers who have dependants with specified diseases write to us to ask how to get a certificate for claiming deduction under section 80DDB in their income tax return. The income tax department has recently released a notification for this purpose.
How and from Whom to take this certificate.
- Certificate can be taken from a Specialist as per the table below.
- Patients getting treated in a private hospital are not required to take the certificate from a government hospital.
- Patients receiving treatment in a government hospital have to take certificate from any specialist working full-time in that hospital. Such specialist must have a post-graduate degree in General or Internal Medicine or any equivalent degree, which is recognised by the Medical Council of India.
- Certificate in Form 10I is no longer required.
- The certificate must have
- name and age of the patient
- name of the disease or ailment
- name, address, registration number and the qualification of the specialist issuing the prescription
- If the patient is receiving the treatment in a Government hospital, it should also have name and address of the Government hospital.
Certificate for claiming deduction under Section 80DDB

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