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Old vs New Tax Regime Calculator · Tax Year 2026–27

Compare salary-only estimates for a resident individual below age 60. Select when the income was earned; the calculation includes standard deduction, eligible entered claims, rebate and 4% cess.

Calculator rules checked 1 October 2026 · By Ash

1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027 · Income-tax Act, 2025. The basic salary-model rates match across these two periods; the law and section references differ.

Your income

₹15.0L

Enter amounts you have confirmed are eligible under the old regime

Caps are simplified and do not check supporting conditions, age, income type or overlap. Do not enter total premiums, rent or loan interest unless you have verified the eligible claim for the applicable year.

The health input combines the eligible family and parents claims. Each group has its own conditions and ₹25,000 or ₹50,000 limit; ₹1 lakh is an outer combined ceiling, not an automatic entitlement.

₹1.2L
₹1.5L
₹25,000
₹50,000
₹0
Total deductions (old regime): ₹4.0L
Lower estimate in this simplified scenario
New Regime
Estimated difference: ₹52,260
Old regime
Taxable income
₹11.1L
Total tax + cess
₹1,49,760
New regime ✓
Taxable income
₹14.3L
Total tax + cess
₹97,500
Scope and limitations
This model covers ordinary salary up to ₹50 lakh, a resident individual below age 60, and only the claims entered here. It excludes capital gains, other special-rate income, employer NPS contributions, agricultural income, arrears relief, TDS and filing adjustments. Deduction eligibility is not inferred from a slider amount. For filing, use the applicable official return computation; amounts here are indicative, rounded to whole rupees.

How this estimate is calculated

Salary standard deduction: up to ₹50,000 under the old regime and ₹75,000 under the new regime. Enter only eligible old-regime claims, without double-counting. The model uses section 202 for the new regime and section 156 for the resident rebate.

New-regime marginal slab rates

  • Up to ₹4 lakh: 0% on income within the band
  • ₹4–8 lakh: 5% on income within the band
  • ₹8–12 lakh: 10% on income within the band
  • ₹12–16 lakh: 15% on income within the band
  • ₹16–20 lakh: 20% on income within the band
  • ₹20–24 lakh: 25% on income within the band
  • Above ₹24 lakh: 30% on income within the band

For this ordinary-income model, the new-regime rebate makes tax zero at taxable income up to ₹12 lakh. Above that threshold, marginal relief can limit pre-cess tax to the excess income. It is not a flat ₹60,000 deduction from every higher-income tax bill. Under the old regime, the rebate threshold is ₹5 lakh. Cess is then added.

Official basis for Tax Year 2026–27