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Optimiser · FY 1969-70

Restructure your CTC, pay less tax.

HRA · NPS · LTA · Meal vouchers · Home loan interest

Most salaried employees pay more tax than they should because their salary structure isn't optimised. Enter your CTC and a few details — the tool redesigns your salary breakup to legally maximise your take-home pay using HRA exemption, NPS deduction, meal vouchers, and LTA. Works for both old and new tax regime.

Your details
Tax comparison · New regime
Current tax
₹1,50,800
Optimised tax
₹1,50,800
You save
₹0 per year
₹0 per month
Optimised — Old regime₹1,93,627
Optimised — New regime₹1,50,800
Optimised salary breakup
ComponentMonthlyAnnual
Basic₹60,000₹7,20,000
HRA₹30,000₹3,60,000
LTA₹2,083₹25,000
Meal Vouchers₹2,200₹26,400
Special Allowance₹55,717₹6,68,600
Gross CTC₹1,50,000₹18,00,000

Plus: Employer NPS contribution of ₹72,000/yr (10% of basic) deductible under Sec 80CCD(2) — over and above CTC, applies in both regimes.

Disclaimer: This is an estimate. Actual tax depends on investments made and employer flexibility.

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How this is computed
  • ·Standard deduction: ₹75,000 (both regimes, FY 1969-70).
  • ·HRA exemption (old regime only) = min of: actual HRA · rent − 10% basic · 50%/40% of basic (metro/non-metro).
  • ·LTA exemption assumed at ₹25,000/yr (twice in a block of four calendar years, on actual travel bills).
  • ·Meal vouchers (Sodexo/Zeta/Sugmya) ₹50/meal × 22 days × 24 = ~₹26,400/yr tax free under old regime.
  • ·NPS 80CCD(1B): up to ₹50,000 extra over the ₹1.5L 80C ceiling.
  • ·NPS employer 80CCD(2): up to 10% of basic, deductible in both regimes; treated as over-and-above CTC here.
  • ·Home loan interest under Section 24(b): up to ₹2,00,000 on self-occupied property (old regime only).
  • ·80C assumption: ₹1,50,000 fully utilised via EPF, ELSS, PPF, LIC etc.

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