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Section 80D Health Insurance Calculator

Work out your health insurance deduction across two independent brackets — self/family and parents — each with its own senior citizen limit. Old tax regime only.

Self & family premium
₹ / year
Parents' premium
₹ / year

Estimated tax saved

₹15,912

Self/family limit: ₹25,000
Self/family eligible₹21,000
Parents limit: ₹50,000
Parents eligible₹30,000
Total 80D deduction₹51,000

Why 80D has two separate brackets

Section 80D treats your own family and your parents as two independent deduction buckets — each with its own limit based on whether anyone covered in that bracket is a senior citizen:

Total 80D = Self/family bracket (₹25k or ₹50k) + Parents bracket (₹25k or ₹50k)

This is why someone with young parents can still claim up to ₹75,000 combined if they themselves are a senior citizen, or up to ₹1,00,000 if both they and their parents are 60+ — the two brackets are genuinely independent, not a single shared limit.

The ₹5,000 preventive checkup deduction isn't extra money on top — it's counted within whichever bracket has room, so it only helps if you haven't already maxed out that bracket's premium-based limit.

Frequently asked questions

No — the 'parents' bracket under Section 80D covers only your biological or adoptive parents, not your spouse's parents. In-laws' premiums aren't eligible under this section.