# ClearTax review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Indian income tax filing, with self-filing and CA-assisted plans Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. ClearTax is an Indian tax platform for individuals, built around income tax return filing. Taxpayers can file themselves from documents such as Form 16, or hire a chartered accountant to file for them. The same company also sells GST, e-invoicing and TDS software to businesses under the Clear name. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** Defmacro Software Pvt. Ltd. (Clear) - **Website:** https://cleartax.in - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you're outside India, as it's rupees and Indian tax rules only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, ClearTax is a paid product, starting at ₹1,299 and up for CA-assisted filing of salary income. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | CA-assisted: salary and house rent | ₹1,299 per return and up | Expert-assisted filing for salary and house rent income; the pricing FAQ says plans start from this figure. | | CA-assisted: crypto traders | ₹2,999 per return and up | Expert-assisted plan for people with cryptocurrency income. | | CA-assisted: capital gains | ₹3,999 per return and up | Expert-assisted plan for people with capital gains income. | | CA-assisted: self-employed | ₹3,999 per return and up | Expert-assisted plan for self-employed people and professionals. | Read from https://cleartax.in/s/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ClearTax before buying. ## Key features - **Self ITR filing:** Upload Form 16 or other documents and the return is pre-filled, with old and new tax regimes compared. - **CA-assisted filing:** A tax expert files the return for salaried people, investors, traders, freelancers, NRIs and people with RSUs or ESOPs. - **Capital gains import:** Imports capital gains from more than 80 brokers, according to the homepage, for investors and traders. - **Year-round tax support:** An annual subscription to a personal tax expert is sold for people who want help beyond the filing. - **Business tax products:** Separate Clear products cover GST, e-invoicing, TDS compliance, vendor management and input tax credit for companies. ## Good for - Salaried people in India filing an income tax return - Investors and traders who need capital gains handled - People with complex income who want a chartered accountant to file ## Worth knowing - It serves Indian taxpayers and Indian tax rules only, and prices are in rupees. - The price of each plan is shown only inside the checkout flow; the pricing page's FAQ gives starting prices. - Audit fees, where an audit is required, are not part of the plan price and are paid to the auditor separately. - It is a tax-filing product, not general bookkeeping or accounting software. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. ClearTax files Indian income tax returns, by yourself or with a chartered accountant, from ₹1,299 a return for salary income and ₹3,999 for capital gains or self-employed work. Each plan's price shows only inside checkout, nothing free is listed, and it isn't bookkeeping software. - **Value for money: C.** ₹1,299 a return and up for CA-assisted salary filing, ₹3,999 for capital gains or self-employed work. A per-return service doesn't compare cleanly with monthly plans, so this is the middle grade. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial on record, and each plan's price shows only inside the checkout flow. - **Features: C.** Self-filing, CA-assisted filing, capital gains import and year-round support. It files tax and does nothing else: no invoices, no ledger. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Which plan you need depends on what kinds of income you have. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and Indian tax rules only. No integrations are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ClearTax's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - ClearTax's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 65 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 13 of 65) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace ClearTax you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 59 of the 65 other accounting and invoicing tools grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Reports, AI features, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Vyapar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vyapar): GST billing and inventory software for Indian small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleartax-vs-vyapar) - [Refrens](https://toolgpa.com/tools/refrens): GST invoicing, accounting and lead tracking for Indian firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleartax-vs-refrens) - [Zoho Books](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-books): Online accounting from Zoho, with a free plan and six paid tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleartax-vs-zoho-books) - [QuickBooks Online](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quickbooks): Cloud accounting from Intuit, from a free plan to 25-user Advanced. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleartax-vs-quickbooks) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://cleartax.in/ - https://cleartax.in/s/pricing - https://cleartax.in/income-tax-efiling - https://www.clear.in/s/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cleartax Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).