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Donations under the new tax regime
One question, answered properly: if you are on the new tax regime, does an 80G donation reduce your tax? The answer is no, and almost every page telling you otherwise was written before the rules changed.
So who still gets it
Four situations where a donation is still deductible
You opt out of the new regime
An individual or HUF who positively chooses the old regime keeps the 80G deduction in full. One trap: the option must be exercised in a return filed by the due date. A belated return kills the claim silently — nothing warns you.
You are a firm or an LLP
No alternative regime applies to firms and LLPs, so the deduction survives intact. This is the quietest and most reliable 80G audience there is.
You are a company on normal rates
A company taxed at normal rates keeps the deduction. A company that has opted into the 22% concessional rate does not — the same exclusion applies there.
You are giving for reasons other than tax
Which, for what it is worth, is most people. The donation does everything it was going to do. It simply will not appear on your return.
Why we put this on our own donation site. It costs us donations to say it. But an NGO that lets someone give on a false expectation about their own tax return has bought a single contribution at the price of the relationship — and the donor finds out anyway, in July, from their accountant.
Questions
Verified September 2026 against Section 115BAC of the Income-tax Act 1961, Section 202 of the Income-tax Act 2025 (in force from 1 April 2026, which renumbers 80G as Section 133), and CBDT's own ITR validation rules. General information, not tax advice — confirm your own position with a chartered accountant. The full 80G guide is here.