⌖  Income Tax & TDS

Income Tax Calculator.

FY 2025-26 — Old and New regime, side by side.

⌖ Inputs

Calculations use FY 2025-26 slabs (Budget 2025). Standard deduction of ₹75,000 (New) / ₹50,000 (Old) is applied automatically for salaried assessees. 4% Health & Education Cess is added to the tax + surcharge.

⌖ Result

New regime — total tax

97,500

Lower by ₹1,13,100

Old regime — total tax

2,10,600

New regime — recommended

97,500

Saves ₹1,13,100 vs. the other regime.

⌖ New regime breakdown

Taxable income (post std. deduction)

14,25,000

Income tax at slabs

93,750

Surcharge

0

Health & Education Cess (4%)

3,750

Total tax payable

97,500

⌖ Old regime breakdown

Taxable income (after deductions)

13,00,000

Income tax at slabs

2,02,500

Surcharge

0

Health & Education Cess (4%)

8,100

Total tax payable

2,10,600

⌖ §I  /  Formula

The math,
in the open.

Indian income tax for individuals runs on two parallel regimes for FY 2025-26. The New Regime, default from AY 2024-25 onwards, runs on broader slabs with a higher standard deduction (₹75,000) and a generous §87A rebate (up to ₹60,000 of tax for taxable income ≤ ₹12L), but disallows most chapter-VI-A deductions like 80C, 80D and HRA. The Old Regime keeps the historical slabs (basic exemption ₹2.5L / ₹3L / ₹5L depending on age), allows the full deduction stack, and gives a smaller §87A rebate (up to ₹12,500 for taxable income ≤ ₹5L).

Total tax = Slab tax − §87A rebate
     + Surcharge × (10% / 15% / 25% / 37%)
     + 4% Health & Education Cess

Surcharge kicks in at the ₹50L / ₹1Cr / ₹2Cr / ₹5Cr thresholds. The New Regime caps the surcharge at 25% even above ₹5Cr; the Old Regime goes up to 37%. Marginal relief applies when an additional rupee of income would push tax up by more than the rupee itself — CBDT does the arithmetic automatically in the return filing software, and we don't model it here.

Edge cases the calculator does not currently handle: AMT under §115JC, capital gains taxed at special rates (LTCG/STCG, 112A, 111A), agricultural income aggregation, foreign tax credit. For anything beyond the slab + cess + surcharge structure, book a consultation.