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HRA exemption calculator

How much of your house rent allowance is free of tax under section 10(13A).

About this tool

The exemption is the least of three: the HRA received, the rent paid minus 10% of basic, and 50% of basic in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata or Chennai (40% elsewhere). It applies only in the old regime.

Developers: this page runs on the Money calculators API (GET /v1/calc/hra). Free, open source, no key for most of it.