Show HN: A Tax Calculator for India

There is a software&#x2F;framework&#x2F;library named OpenFisca[1] that helps you turn law (for taxes) in software. They modeled some countries like Senegal, Tunisia or France. I know that they also use it to build easy to use web interfaces or to create visualization and better understand how a tax applies to a population. You can take a look at their documentation[2] too.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openfisca.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openfisca.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openfisca.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;openfisca.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;index.html</a>

I built this command-line tax calculator as a side project.<p>This script determines:<p>- When you&#x27;re made an offer for a given CTC, how much will you take home every month?<p>- If you want a certain amount of take-home pay every month, what CTC should you ask for? This is for Indians.<p>This script handles:<p>- Differing tax treatments for employees and consultants. The latter are eligible for presumptive taxation under section 44AD.<p>- Health and education cess<p>- Surcharge<p>- GST<p>- PF and pension<p>- Section 80C investments<p>- Professional tax

Excel sheet <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ynithya.com&#x2F;taxcalc&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ynithya.com&#x2F;taxcalc&#x2F;</a>

I started freelancing and did something similar for the UK, wanna start a collection of tax calculators per country?

In a similar vein, I developed a search engine for sales taxes in Canada (works for all provinces and territories). It was a much, much bigger undertaking than I initially thought, but here it is: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;isittaxed.ca&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;isittaxed.ca&#x2F;</a><p>I am considering open sourcing this project so that there could be a search engine like this for other countries.

The french government provides a similar tool, from what I&#x27;ve understood of the indian model. It is of course open source.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mycompanyinfrance.fr&#x2F;social-security&#x2F;salaried" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mycompanyinfrance.fr&#x2F;social-security&#x2F;salaried</a>

This is awesome! I have similar thing in google docs file. Also with addition for home loan repayment schedule.<p>One suggestion: could you separate the code and tax slab configuration, different files.

Thanks. I&#x27;ll try to make a spreadsheet out of this when I find time. I&#x27;ve got quite a few non programmers who&#x27;d benefit from something like this.

You should host it somewhere.

This is nice, I was actually looking for something like this.