FY 2026-27 (AY 2027-28) · Section 44ADA
Freelancer Tax Calculator
If you're a freelancer or consultant in a specified profession, Section 44ADA lets you declare exactly 50% of your gross receipts as taxable income — no books, no expense receipts, no tax audit. This works out your presumptive income, checks you're within the eligibility limit, and runs the result through the same slab logic as everywhere else on this site.
Exclude any GST charged to clients — only the taxable value of your fees counts.
If you also have a day job, this combines with your presumptive income on the same ITR-4.
Raises your eligibility limit from ₹50,00,000 to ₹75,00,000 — bank transfer, UPI, cheque, card, and similar count; cash doesn't.
Same slab, rebate, and cess logic as the regime comparator.
Presumptive Tax
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Enter your gross receipts above to compute.
Once you're on Section 44ADA, no separate deduction is allowed for laptop, internet, office rent, or any other business expense — the 50% figure is deemed to already cover all of that.
Frequently asked questions
What happens if I declare less than 50% as income?
You're allowed to declare more than 50% if you want, but declaring less is a trap: if your declared income falls below 50% of gross receipts and your total income still exceeds the basic exemption limit, you lose the presumptive scheme's simplicity entirely — you're required to maintain full books of account under Section 44AA and get a tax audit done under Section 44AB, the exact bureaucracy 44ADA exists to avoid. Only declare less than 50% if you've actually got the books to back it up.
Can LLPs use this scheme?
No — this is a common mix-up. Section 44ADA is explicitly limited to resident individuals and resident partnership firms; LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships) are specifically excluded by definition, even though an ordinary partnership firm qualifies. If you've incorporated as an LLP, this scheme isn't available to you regardless of profession or receipt size.
I have a day job AND freelance income — can I still use this?
Yes. Your salary and your 44ADA presumptive income are reported together on the same ITR-4, which is exactly what this calculator does — enter your freelance receipts for the presumptive computation and your salary (or other income) separately, and it combines them before working out your total tax.
Is Section 44ADA being renamed?
Yes, eventually — under the Income Tax Act 2025, presumptive taxation for professionals is consolidated into a new Section 58, effective from FY 2026-27 (AY 2027-28) onward, which is the filing year this page (and the rest of this site) is framed around. The underlying rules — the 50% presumptive income figure, and the ₹50/75 lakh limits — carry over unchanged into the new numbering. This page uses "Section 44ADA" throughout since that's still the term most people search for and the one your last few years of returns used; treat it as interchangeable with "Section 58" for this filing year.
What's my next step after this?
If your tax payable here is more than ₹10,000 for the year, you'll likely owe advance tax in installments. Freelancers under presumptive taxation get a simpler single-installment schedule (100% by 15 March) instead of the usual four-part one — the advance tax calculator has a dedicated toggle for exactly this case.