Capital Gains Tax Calculator (LTCG / STCG)
Calculate Long Term and Short Term Capital Gains tax for Equity, Debt, and Real Estate assets.
Capital Gains Details
Income-tax Act, 2025 sections 196–198 · Tax Year 2026–27
Enter the rate applicable to your total-income scenario. Statutory caps can vary by gain type.
Estimate includes the surcharge rate you enter, but excludes marginal relief, unused basic-exemption adjustment, grandfathered fair-market-value rules for equity, and loss set-off. Specified debt funds require acquisition/fund-composition classification; the selected debt option assumes the deemed short-term rule applies.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Under the Income-tax Act, 2025, Section 198 generally taxes qualifying long-term equity gains at 12.5% above the annual ₹1.25 lakh threshold and Section 196 generally taxes qualifying short-term equity gains at 20%. Other assets use different holding periods and rules; some immovable-property cases retain a grandfathered comparison for resident individuals/HUFs.