One of our employees badly injured during accident on the road and company has paid interm hospital bill of Rs.452368/-. Still employees in ICU in hospital. He is not cover with ESIC.
Pls advise us Hospital expenses allowable to company or not.
31 August 2011
Proviso to Sec. 17(2)): Value of medical treatment in any hospital maintained by the Government or any local authority or approved by the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax. Besides, any sum paid by the employer towards medical reimbursement other than as discussed above is exempt upto Rs.15,000/-.