🚀 TaxPilot - Your Smart Indian Tax Calculator

TaxPilot is a sleek, intuitive, and powerful web application designed to help users seamlessly calculate their tax liability for the financial year 2024-25 under both the Old and New tax regimes.

Say goodbye to manual tax calculations—TaxPilot simplifies the process and even provides smart tax-saving suggestions! 🎯

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🌟 Key Features

✅ Dual Tax Regime Support – Calculate taxes for both Old & New regimes effortlessly.

✅ Side-by-Side Tax Comparison – Instantly compare which regime benefits you the most.

✅ Interactive Tax Breakdown – Visualize your tax calculations with beautiful charts.

✅ Smart Tax-Saving Tips – Get personalized recommendations to reduce your tax liability.

✅ Print & Share – Generate a professional tax summary in one click.

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⚡ Quick Start Guide

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/CrazyArpan/TaxPilot.git
cd taxpilot

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Set Up Environment Variables

Create a .env.local file in the root directory and add:

MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

4️⃣ Start the Development Server

npm run dev

5️⃣ Open TaxPilot in Your Browser 🌍

http://localhost:3000

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📌 API Endpoints

🎯 Calculate Tax

Endpoint: /api/calculate-tax

Method: POST

Content-Type: application/json

🔹 Request Body

Field	Type	Description
annualIncome	number	Your total annual income
investments	number	Investments under 80C, 80D, etc. (Old Regime)
otherDeductions	number	Additional deductions like HRA, LTA (Old Regime)
otherIncome	number	Income from other sources
regime	string	Tax regime (old or new)

🔹 Example Request

{
  "annualIncome": 1000000,
  "investments": 150000,
  "otherDeductions": 50000,
  "otherIncome": 50000,
  "regime": "old"
}

🔹 Example Response

{
  "totalIncome": 1050000,
  "taxableIncome": 850000,
  "taxPayable": 82500,
  "taxSavings": [
    "Consider NPS contribution up to ₹50,000 under Section 80CCD(1B)"
  ],
  "slabwiseTax": [
    { "slab": { "start": 0, "end": 250000, "rate": 0 }, "tax": 0 },
    { "slab": { "start": 250000, "end": 500000, "rate": 0.05 }, "tax": 12500 },
    { "slab": { "start": 500000, "end": 750000, "rate": 0.1 }, "tax": 25000 },
    { "slab": { "start": 750000, "end": 1000000, "rate": 0.15 }, "tax": 45000 }
  ]
}

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🎯 How to Use TaxPilot

1️⃣ Enter Your Details – Fill in your annual income, deductions, and other applicable fields.

2️⃣ Choose Your Regime – Select between Old and New tax regimes.

3️⃣ Calculate Tax – Hit the Calculate button and let TaxPilot do the magic! ✨

4️⃣ Visualize & Compare – View an interactive tax breakdown and see which regime is better.

5️⃣ Save & Share – Print or download your tax summary for future reference.

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🔧 Built With

🚀 Next.js – Fast, modern, and scalable web framework.

🎨 React + TypeScript – Type-safe and dynamic user experience.

💅 Tailwind CSS – Clean, responsive, and sleek UI.

📊 Recharts – Interactive tax visualization graphs.

🖥️ shadcn/ui – Beautiful, ready-to-use UI components.

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🤝 Contribute & Collaborate

🚀 We welcome contributions! If you'd like to improve TaxPilot, feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Have suggestions or feedback? Open an issue on GitHub! 💡