Income Tax

Excel Old vs New Tax Regime Calculator for AY 2025-26 u/s 115BAC. rates for AY 2025-26

Excel Old vs New Tax Regime Calculator to compare Tax under old and new Personal Tax Regime u/s 115BAC for AY 2025-26. Old vs new tax regime calculator in excel.

Release of excel tax calculator for New Tax Regime for AY 2025-26. This Excel Calculator utility has been made to compare Tax under existing old and new Personal Tax Regime u/s 115BAC. The scheme of New Tax Regime was introduced by the Union Budget 2023-24 when everybody was expecting tax benefits in the form of substantial increase in basic threshold of income tax exemption and increase in deductions particularly in Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 

Income Tax slabs for AY 2025-26 (FY 2026-27) as announced by Finance Minister in her Budget Speech as as under:

Upto Rs 4.00 lakhs Nil
Income more than Rs. 4 lakhs up to 8 lakh  5%
Income more than Rs. 8 lakhs up to 12 lakh  10%
Income more than 12 lakhs upto 16 lakhs  15%
Income more than 16 lakhs up to 20 lakhs 20%
Income more than 20 lakhs up to 24 lakhs 25%
Income more than 24 lakhs 30%

No tax is payable under New Tax Regime up to total income of Rs. 12 lakhs after Section 87A rebate. Click here to know more >>

From AY 2024-25  the new tax regime has been made the default one. For the AY 2024-25, the tax slabs and rate of taxes under New Simplified Personal Income Tax Regime was as under:

Up to Rs. 3 lakhs Nil
Income more than Rs. 3 lakhs up to 6 lakh  5%
Income more than Rs. 6 lakhs up to 9 lakh  10%
Income more than 9 lakhs upto 12 lakhs  15%
Income more than 12 lakhs up to 15 lakhs 20%
Income above Rs. 15 Lkahs 30%

The Union Budget 2024 slightly amended the above tax slabs and rates for the AY 2025-26 as under:

Up to Rs. 3 lakhs Nil
Income more than Rs. 3 lakhs up to 7 lakh  5%
Income more than Rs. 7 lakhs up to 10 lakh  10%
Income more than 10 lakhs upto 12 lakhs  15%
Income more than 12 lakhs up to 15 lakhs 20%
Income above Rs. 15 Lkahs 30%

Also, a higher Standard Deduction of Rs. 75000/- was made available for salaried employees under New Tax Regime as against the limit of Rs. 50000/- for those choosing old tax regime.

Unlike the existing tax regime consisting of three taxable slabs with minimum tax rate of 5% and highest being 30%, the New Tax Regime consists of five taxable brackets with minimum tax rate of 5% with 5% incremental rise for each higher tax brackets except for fifth slab where incremental rise is 10%..

A comparative chart of the tax brackets and rates under both Regime is as under:

Tax Brackets Tax rate (Existing Regime) Tax Rate (New Regime)
Upto Rs 2.50 Lakhs Nil Nil
From > Rs. 2.50 lakhs to Rs. 3.00 lakhs Nil 5%
From > Rs 3 Lakhs to Rs 5 Lakhs 5% 5%
From > Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 7 lakhs 5% 20%
From >Rs. 7 lakhs to Rs. 10 Lakhs 10% 20%
From > Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 12 Lakhs 15% 30%
From Rs 12 Lakhs to Rs 15 Lakh 20% 30%
Above Rs 15 Lakhs 30% 30%

Under the New Tax Regime, the assessee shall not be entitled to most of the exemptions and deductions that a common taxpayers has relied upon extensively not only to make investments but also to plan and reduce his tax. The notable deductions/exemptions that would be unavailable in the new Tax Regime include standard deduction on salaries, housing loan interest, section 80C deductions (for insurance premium, P.F., tuition fees, etc.) etc.

The decision to choose New Tax Regime or not is totally at the wisdom of the assessee.

Excel Old vs. New Tax Regime calculator for AY 2025-26 

The ABCAUS Excel calculator compares tax incidence under the old tax regime and the New Simplified Personal Tax Regime and attempts to provide a handy tool to the taxpayers to choose their course of action in future.

If the users get a security risk message like the following:

Right click on the excel file icon and check the box as under:

Personal Tax Regime is now default one. Consequence & precautions for tax payers Read More >>

Download Excel New Tax Regime Calculator for AY 2025-26 Click Here >>

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