Brokerage Calculator
Every charge on a trade — brokerage, STT, stamp duty, exchange and SEBI fees, GST — plus your net profit and breakeven.
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Enter your figures — the result on the right updates as you type.
Charge-by-charge breakdown
| Charge | Rate applied | Amount |
|---|
Trading gains have to be reported correctly in your ITR
Intraday is speculative business income, F&O is non-speculative business income, delivery is capital gains — and each has its own return form, audit trigger and set-off rules.
Disclaimer: Statutory rates used here are the NSE equity and F&O rates commonly applied to resident individual clients. Exchange transaction charges differ between NSE and BSE and are revised by circular; stamp duty is levied by the buyer's state at uniform rates notified under the Indian Stamp Act; DP charges vary by depository participant. Your contract note is the authoritative record — reconcile against it.
What you actually pay on every trade
Brokerage is the smallest part of the bill for most retail traders. The rest is statutory: securities transaction tax (STT) under the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, stamp duty at uniform rates notified under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, the exchange's own transaction charge, the SEBI turnover fee of ₹10 per crore, and 18% GST on the brokerage and the exchange and SEBI fees. On a ₹20-brokerage intraday trade of ₹5 lakh, brokerage is about ₹40 while the statutory charges are close to ₹190 — which is why cutting brokerage alone rarely moves the needle.
Rate card by segment
The statutory charges applied on NSE for a resident individual.
| Charge | Delivery | Intraday | Futures | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STT | 0.1% buy + sell | 0.025% sell | 0.02% sell | 0.1% sell (premium) |
| Exchange transaction charge | 0.00297% | 0.00297% | 0.00173% | 0.03503% (premium) |
| Stamp duty (buy side only) | 0.015% | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.003% |
| SEBI turnover fee | ₹10 / crore | ₹10 / crore | ₹10 / crore | ₹10 / crore |
| IPFT (investor protection fund) | 0.0001% | 0.0001% | 0.0001% | 0.0005% |
| GST | 18% on brokerage + transaction charge + SEBI fee + IPFT | |||
| DP charges | ₹13.50 + GST per scrip on sell | — | — | — |
Worked example
An intraday trade: buy 500 shares at ₹1,000, sell at ₹1,010, on a ₹20-or-0.03% plan.
What traders miss
STT is not creditable, but it is deductible
Since 2008, STT cannot be claimed as a rebate against tax. Where the gains are taxed as business income — intraday and F&O — the STT paid is an allowable business expense. Against capital gains, it is not deductible from the sale consideration.
Stamp duty is charged only on the buy
It is levied on the buyer at rates uniform across India since 1 July 2020, collected by the exchange or clearing corporation and passed to your state. Selling attracts none — so a round trip pays it once.
DP charges are per scrip, per day
Roughly ₹13.50 + GST every time shares leave your demat account, regardless of quantity. Selling 10 shares costs the same as selling 10,000 — so selling a small delivery holding in dribs and drabs is expensive.
Options charges are on premium, not contract value
STT, exchange charges and stamp duty on options all apply to the premium turnover, not the notional value of the contract. But the exchange charge on options is over ten times the equity rate, so it dominates option costs.
Three segments, three heads of income
Delivery is capital gains, intraday is speculative business income, and F&O is non-speculative business income. Speculative losses can only be set off against speculative profits, and carry forward for four years.
Turnover for audit is not your trade value
For F&O, turnover under the ICAI guidance is the sum of favourable and unfavourable differences, plus premium received on options written — not the notional contract value. Getting this wrong is what pushes people into an unnecessary s.44AB audit.
How the Brokerage Calculator works
4 steps, start to finish — the same order the tool follows.
- 01Choose the segment — delivery, intraday, futures or options.
- 02Enter the buy price, sell price and quantity.
- 03Set your broker's plan — a flat fee per order, a percentage, or the lower of the two.
- 04Read every charge line by line, your net P&L and the breakeven move.
Questions people ask
Short answers on Brokerage Calculator. Tap a question to open it.
01What charges apply on a stock market trade?
Brokerage, securities transaction tax (STT), the exchange transaction charge, stamp duty on the buy side, the SEBI turnover fee of ₹10 per crore, the investor protection fund contribution, 18% GST on the brokerage and exchange fees, and — for delivery sells — DP charges of about ₹13.50 plus GST per scrip.
02How much is STT on delivery and intraday trades?
Equity delivery attracts 0.1% on both the buy and the sell. Intraday attracts 0.025% on the sell leg only. Futures are 0.02% and option premium 0.1% on the sell side, both raised with effect from 1 October 2024.
03Is STT deductible from my taxable income?
Where trading gains are taxed as business income — intraday and F&O — STT is an allowable business expense. Where the gains are capital gains, STT is not deductible from the sale consideration and no rebate is available for it.
04How is trading income taxed in India?
Delivery trading is capital gains, intraday is speculative business income, and F&O is non-speculative business income. Each has its own set-off rules — a speculative loss can only be set off against speculative profit and carries forward four years — and business income may attract a tax audit under s.44AB.
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Disclaimer: This tool gives indicative results for general guidance only and is not professional advice. Please verify with a qualified CA before acting on the numbers.