Calculate the actual amount saved and the final price after a percentage discount. Use it for sale items, festival offers, end-of-season sales and any 'X% off' deal - quickly check if the math advertised on the tag is correct.
Quick discount
You save
₹599.80
At 20.0% off
Final price
₹2,399.20
After discount
Original price
₹2,999.00
MRP
Final price vs. discount
On most retail goods in India, GST is applied on the post-discount price. To check the after-tax final price, run the result through the Sales Tax or GST calculator.
Discount math sounds trivial - multiply the price by the discount percentage - but festival season pricing in India makes it deceptively easy to fool yourself. 'Flat 50% off, plus extra 10% with HDFC card, plus 5% cashback through the app' is a stack that no human can compute in their head, and retailers exploit this. This calculator handles the basic case cleanly, and the FAQ below shows how to chain multiple discounts correctly (hint: 20% + 10% is not 30% off).
The biggest practical use of a discount calculator in India isn't 'what's the final price' - that's printed on the tag - it's 'is this deal actually good'. Compare the discounted price to the typical price you've seen the item at over the last few months. A 40% discount on a price that was hiked 20% last week is really a 28% discount on the genuine baseline. The calculator helps you do the math; the discipline of checking the baseline is yours.
Enter the original / MRP price.
Enter the discount percentage being offered.
Read the discount amount, the final selling price, and the total savings.
Discount amount = price × discount percent. Final price = price minus the discount. The same formula handles any percentage from 1% to 100% - at 100% the item is free.
Discount = Price × D% / 100 ; FinalPrice = Price − Discount ; Savings = Discount
The basic discount formula is straightforward - multiply price by discount percent to get the amount saved, subtract from price to get the final selling price. Cumulative discounts (e.g., 20% + 10%) compound multiplicatively, not additively: total discount = 1 − (1 − 0.20) × (1 − 0.10) = 1 − 0.72 = 28%. A 40% + 30% stack is actually 58%, not 70%.
GST treatment matters in India. Most retail invoices apply GST on the discounted price (the 'transaction value'), not on the MRP. So '20% off + GST' on a ₹1,000 MRP item at 18% GST: discounted price ₹800, GST ₹144, total ₹944. If you see GST applied on MRP first then discount, the retailer is doing it wrong - flag it.
Cashback and rewards are usually applied after the discounted price. A '10% cashback' on a ₹944 transaction is ₹94.40 cashback, not 10% of MRP. Stack the effects sequentially: discount first, GST on discounted price, then cashback on the post-tax total.
Discount: ₹800. Discounted price: ₹1,200. GST on ₹1,200 = ₹216. Final payable: ₹1,416. Effective saving vs original MRP-plus-GST (₹2,360): ₹944, which is 40% of MRP - discount applies as expected once GST is consistently applied.
Item ₹1,000. After 30% off: ₹700. After 10% card discount: ₹630. After 5% cashback: net cost ₹598.50 (₹31.50 returned). Total effective discount: 40.15%, not 45% (which is the naive additive total). The order matters; the multiplicative stack is the honest number.
On most retail items, GST is calculated after the discount. So '20% off + GST' means the GST applies to the post-discount price, not the MRP. For a tax-inclusive view, use the GST or Sales Tax calculator on the discounted price.
Two sequential discounts of 20% and 10% don't equal 30% off - they equal 1 − (0.8 × 0.9) = 28% off. Run this calculator twice - first with 20%, then take that result and apply 10%.
33.33% - you pay for 3 items but get 4 (no, wait, you pay for 2 and get 3 items, so you save 1/3 = 33.33% on the per-item basis).
Yes. Under the Legal Metrology Act, MRP is the maximum a retailer can charge inclusive of all taxes. Any 'discount on MRP' is a genuine reduction below that ceiling.
Original = Final / (1 − D%/100). For example, if a final price of ₹800 came after a 20% discount, original = 800 / 0.8 = ₹1000.
Often retailers raise the 'original' price before applying the discount. Track the typical price for a month before the sale to verify the actual saving.
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