Employeeâs contribution â Section 80CCD (1) Allowed to an Individual who makes deposits to his/her Pension account. Maximum deduction allowed is 10% of salary (in case of taxpayer being an employee) or 10% of gross total income (in case of tax payer being self-employed) or Rs 1, 50,000 whichever less is.
This applies to current, former and retired employees. Premiums you pay for employees' group life insurance that is not group term insurance or optional dependent life insurance are also a taxable benefit.
Generally speaking, benefits paid by a qualified long term care insurance policy are not taxable as income to the recipient, but benefits from a long term care insurance policy that is not qualified may be taxable as income. The government has yet to clarify this area of the law.