Tax Estimator

Property Tax Calculator

Get an indicative estimate of your annual and monthly property tax based on market value, property type, city tier, age and usage.

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Property Tax Calculator
Estimate annual property tax based on market value and municipal rates
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Property Tax = Market Value × Tax Rate × Usage Factor × Age Depreciation

Disclaimer. This is an indicative estimate only, not an official assessment — actual property tax depends on your local municipal corporation's specific rules, assessed value and any applicable rebates, so verify the exact amount with your municipality. Read full disclaimer →

How Property Tax Is Estimated

Formula: Property Tax = Market Value × Tax Rate × Usage Factor × Age Depreciation. The base tax rate depends on your municipal tier — Metro cities use 0.15%, Tier-2 cities 0.10%, and Tier-3 cities 0.06% of market value, reflecting typically higher municipal levies in larger metros. A property-type multiplier then adjusts the rate: Residential is the baseline (1×), Commercial is taxed much more heavily (2.5×), Industrial at 2×, and Vacant land gets a discount (0.5×).

A rented property carries a 20% usage surcharge (1.2× factor) over self-occupied use, since many municipalities tax let-out property more heavily. An age depreciation factor reduces the effective tax by 1% per year of building age, floored at a minimum of 60% of the base rate (so very old buildings don't depreciate below that floor).

Worked Example

A ₹80,00,000 residential property in a Metro city, 5 years old, self-occupied: age factor = 1 − (5 × 0.01) = 0.95. Annual tax = ₹80,00,000 × 0.0015 × 1 × 1.0 × 0.95 = ₹11,400/year (about ₹950/month), an effective rate of 0.1425%.

Frequently Asked Questions

Metro cities generally have higher municipal service costs and property values, so they apply higher base tax rates (0.15% here) than Tier-2 (0.10%) or Tier-3 (0.06%) cities. This mirrors how most Indian municipal corporations structure property tax slabs by city classification.
Commercial properties generate business income and place higher demands on municipal infrastructure (roads, utilities, waste management), so most municipalities apply a substantially higher multiplier to commercial and industrial usage compared to residential property, which enjoys the baseline rate.
Many municipalities apply a surcharge to let-out (rented) property compared to self-occupied use, partly because rented property is treated as generating income. This calculator applies a 20% usage surcharge (1.2x factor) when you select 'rented'.
Generally yes in this model — the age depreciation factor reduces the effective rate by 1% per year, reflecting typical depreciation-based municipal valuation methods. However, it's capped at a 40% maximum reduction (floored at 60% of the base rate), so very old buildings don't depreciate indefinitely, and location/redevelopment value can offset this in practice.
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