Advance Tax Calculator
Advance tax instalments due on 15 June, 15 September, 15 December and 15 March from your estimated tax for the year.
How to use the Advance Tax calculator
- Enter estimated tax for the year, tDS/TCS already deducted and taxed under presumptive scheme (44AD/44ADA)?.
- Read the advance tax to pay at the top of the result, with by 15 June (15%), by 15 September (45%), by 15 December (75%) underneath. It updates as you type.
- Change one input at a time to see what moves the answer most, then save the result with Copy link or Download PDF.
About this tool
Advance tax is due if your tax after TDS is ₹10,000 or more. Instalments are cumulative: by each date, that share of the year's tax should have been paid. Presumptive-scheme taxpayers pay it all by 15 March.
Worked example
With estimated tax for the year of ₹1,20,000, tds/tcs already deducted of ₹20,000 and taxed under presumptive scheme (44ad/44ada)? of No:
| Advance tax to pay | ₹1,00,000 |
| By 15 June (15%) | ₹15,000 |
| By 15 September (45%) | ₹45,000 |
| By 15 December (75%) | ₹75,000 |
| By 15 March (100%) | ₹1,00,000 |
Amounts are cumulative: the total paid by each date.
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Questions people ask
Who has to pay advance tax?
Anyone whose tax for the year, after TDS, is ₹10,000 or more. Resident senior citizens without business income are exempt.
What if I miss an instalment?
Interest under Section 234C at 1% a month on the shortfall for each instalment, and under 234B if less than 90% is paid by 31 March.