Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Income tax calculation as per "Budget 08"

Budget provides a savings of Rs.44,000 for individuals having taxable income of Rs.5Lacs and above

Existing Slab

Amount

Tax Rate

Tax amount

Proposed Slab

Amount

Tax Rate

Tax amount

1.1 Lacs to 1.5 Lacs

40000

10%

4000

Til 1.5 Lacs

Nil

0.00

1.5 Lacs to 2.5 Lacs

100000

20%

20000

1.5 Lacs to 2.5 Lacs

10%

100000

10000.00

2.5 Lacs to 3Lacs

50000

30%

15000

2.5 Lacs to 3 Lacs

10%

50000

5000.00

3Lacs to 5 Lacs

200000

30%

60000

3 Lacs to 5 Lacs

20%

200000

40000.00

5 Lacs and above

30%

5 Lacs and above

30%

Total Tax Payable

99000

55000.00

Savings

44000.00

Women Assessee

1.40 Lacs to 1.5 Lacs

10000

10%

1000

0.00

1.5 Lacs to 1.8 Lacs

30000

20%

6000

Till 1.8 Lacs

Nil

0.00

1.8 Lacs to 2.5 Lacs

70000

20%

14000

1.8 Lacs to 2.5 Lacs

10%

70000

7000.00

2.5 Lacs to 3Lacs

50000

30%

15000

2.5 Lacs to 3 Lacs

10%

50000

5000.00

3Lacs to 5 Lacs

200000

30%

60000

3 Lacs to 5 Lacs

20%

200000

40000.00

5 Lacs and above

30%

5 Lacs and above

30%

Total Tax Payable

96000

52000.00

Savings

44000.00

4 comments:

Rajat said...

Very good initiative... a nice addition would be to add the effect of education cess as lesser tax liabilty would mean lesser cess and more savings

Anonymous said...

Mr.KRS VERY NICE COMPARATIVE - NICE AND USEFUL BLOG ALL THE BEST

K R S said...

Hi rajat, I will try to post abt education cess later on...Thanks for your comments...
Senthil thanks for your comments...keep visiting my blog....

Deepak Vasudevan said...

@Srini,

There is also a tool called Tax Calculator by Y Nithyanand which helps you achieve good tax calculations. Check this out:

http://www.ynithya.com/taxcalc/

I have also written a brief review and linked to a few other tools here:

http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/03/tax-and-investment-guide.html