Tax year 2026-27 (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027), new tax regime

Your salary as a skyscraper

Each floor is a slice of your yearly salary with its own tax rate. Blue is what you keep from that floor; red goes to tax and yellow to contributions. Your marginal rate applies only to the top floor, the next slice of pay you earn. A raise adds floors on top, and the floors below keep their rates.

Yearly amounts. Hover or tap a floor for its numbers. Very thin slices are merged into the floor below; the Marginal rate tab lists every threshold.

Breakdown by pay period

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How this is calculated

Rules, rate tables, what's not included, and official sources
  1. A standard deduction of ₹75,000 is subtracted from salary to get taxable income, and the new-regime slabs below are applied.
  2. If taxable income is ₹12,00,000 or less, the section 87A rebate (up to ₹60,000) cancels the tax. Just above ₹12,00,000, marginal relief caps tax at the amount by which income exceeds ₹12,00,000.
  3. A surcharge of 10% (income above ₹50 lakh), 15% (above ₹1 crore) or 25% (above ₹2 crore) is added, with marginal relief at each threshold.
  4. Health and education cess of 4% is charged on tax plus surcharge.
  5. The employee EPF contribution is 12% of basic wages; it is deducted from pay but gives no tax deduction under the new regime.
Income tax rates, 2026-27
Taxable incomeRate
Up to ₹4,00,0000%
₹4,00,000 – ₹8,00,0005%
₹8,00,000 – ₹12,00,00010%
₹12,00,000 – ₹16,00,00015%
₹16,00,000 – ₹20,00,00020%
₹20,00,000 – ₹24,00,00025%
Over ₹24,00,00030%

Not included

  • The old tax regime and its deductions (section 80C, HRA, home-loan interest).
  • State professional tax (up to ₹2,500 a year, depending on the state).
  • Employer NPS contributions and other exempt allowances.

Salary here is gross salary, not cost-to-company (CTC): the employer's own PF contribution and gratuity are not included.

Sources

Rates last checked against these sources on 2026-09-30.