Analyzing Microsoft Engineer's Take-Home Pay After Taxes: New Tax Regime Breakdown

Unlocking the secrets of India's new tax regime: how much can a Microsoft engineer like Kamala Gita Raman take home each month, and what does it mean for your career?

Here are 23 clean bullet points summarizing the video:
* Engineers can earn money, and the example used is a Microsoft Engineer with a CTC of 51 LPA.
* The engineer's compensation breakdown includes:
+ Stocks worth $35,000 (adding up to ₹28 lakhs vested over 4 periods)
+ Relocation benefit: ₹3 lakhs
* Total one-year compensation is ₹30 lakhs.
* The new tax regime allows for no tax on salaries up to ₹12 LPA.
* Assuming the engineer joined Microsoft on April 1st, a new financial year:
+ Tax would be applied only on ₹29,25,000 (remaining amount after applying no tax on first ₹75,000).
- 4-8 lakhs: 5% tax (₹20,000)
- 8-12 lakhs: 10% tax (₹40,000)
- 12-16 lakhs: 15% tax (₹60,000)
- 16-20 lakhs: 20% tax (₹80,000)
- 20-24 lakhs: 25% tax (₹1 lakh)
- Over ₹24 lakhs: 30% tax (₹1,57,500)
* Total tax would be approximately ₹4.57 lakhs.
* The remaining amount after taxes is approximately ₹25 lakhs.
* Stocks worth ₹7 lakhs will not be sent to the bank immediately.
* After one year of working, the engineer can sell the stocks and receive the amount vested.
* The video highlights that when deducting tax from salary, it's treated as a part of the salary, whereas long-term investments have different tax implications.
* The engineer would get approximately ₹1.5 lakhs at the end of the month (₹18 lakhs - 7 lakhs stock vesting).
* After deductions, the engineer's monthly take-home pay is around ₹1.3-1.4 lakhs.
Note: These bullet points focus on the main points discussed in the video, excluding the introduction and promotional content.

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