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Leave Encashment Calculator

Leave encashment, the part exempt under s.10(10AA) with the ₹25 lakh limit, and the tax on the rest

Salary and leave

0 if your salary has no dearness allowance
Days your employer counts in a month
When is it paid?
The limit is for a lifetime
For the tax on the taxable part, with cess

Leave encashment

₹50,000

Per day
₹1,667
Exempt
₹50,000
Taxable
₹0
Tax at 30% + cess
₹0
In hand after tax
₹50,000

On leaving service: the least of four amounts is exempt.

Exempt: the least of four

Limit (₹25,00,000 less earlier claims)
₹25,00,000
Amount received (applies)
₹50,000
Ten months’ salary
₹5,00,000
Leave to credit, at most 30 days a year of service (applies)
₹50,000
Exempt
₹50,000

Rates as per Union Budget 2026 (no change to rates) · Income-tax Act, 2025 · verified 2026-08-13. Figures apply to tax year 2026-27. The Income-tax Act, 2025 replaced the 1961 Act on 1 April 2026 and renumbers sections; rates are unchanged. This tool is an estimate, not tax advice.

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How this is calculated

Formula

encashment = (basic + DA) ÷ days in month × leave days

With your numbers

  1. 1Salarybasic × (1 + DA%)₹50,000 × (1 + 0%) = ₹50,000
  2. 2Per daysalary ÷ 30₹1,667
  3. 3Encashmentper day × days₹1,667 × 30 = ₹50,000
  4. 4Exempt₹50,000 (on leaving service: the least of four amounts is exempt.)
  • This month’s salary stands in for the ten-month average.
  • Tax uses the slab rate you pick plus cess; surcharge is not included.

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