Tax Computation — Old vs New Regime
Tax Year 2026-27 · Income-tax Act, 2025Computation sheet header
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Salary and pension
Sec 15 to 19 · Schedule IIIStandard deduction u/s 19 is applied automatically — ₹75,000 in the new regime and ₹50,000 in the old, restricted to salary income.
HRA exemption — least of three
Allowances at Sl. No. 12 of Schedule III read with Rule 280(1)(a) to (d), together with the retirement benefits in the Sec 19(1) Table, survive the default regime. Everything marked Old only sits in the negative list under Sec 202 and is taxable if the option under Sec 202(4) is not exercised. Statutory ceilings are applied on entry.
Income from house property
Sec 20 to 22The 30% standard deduction on net annual value is applied automatically. Set-off of house property loss against other heads is capped at ₹2,00,000 in the old regime and is barred entirely in the new.
Profits and gains of business or profession
Sec 26 to 66Capital gains
Sec 67 to 99 · Sec 196 to 198For a resident, any basic exemption left unused by slab-rate income is set off against special-rate gains, applied first against the 20% gains.
Income from other sources
Sec 100 to 104Deductions
Chapter VIII · Sec 122 to 154Everything in the first two columns requires the option out of the default regime under Sec 202(4), exercised in the return u/s 263.