About

Go Home Early India is a small set of free calculators for employees: monthly in-hand pay from a CTC or gross salary, with the EPF and the income tax under the new and the old regime. It is an independent project. It is not run by, endorsed by or connected with the Income Tax Department, the Ministry of Finance, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) or any other government body.

Why this exists

The operator has handled pay, tax and payroll calculations for a small team firsthand. The calculators available gave different numbers for the same inputs and did not say where the numbers came from, so the figures had to be worked out again from the official pages. This site publishes that working, with the source and the check date next to each number.

Rates come from the source

Income tax slabs, the rebate, surcharge and cess come from the Ministry of Finance and the Income Tax Department. The EPF rate and wage ceiling come from the Ministry of Labour and EPFO. The Sources and rates page lists each value, where it came from and the date it was last checked, and what could not be confirmed.

Checked against official figures

The calculations are tested against the figures printed on the official pages, hand calculations from the published slabs, and an independent second implementation that agrees to the rupee on every test case. The site is not released with a failing test.

Updates

Slabs, the rebate and the wage ceiling can change with the Budget or by notification. When they do, the values and the checked dates are updated together. If you find an error, tell us.

Your numbers

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