Your pre-purchase reality check

Buying a laptop?
Check the tax benefit
BEFORE you pay.

For freelancers, creators, and small businesses. Tikdam helps you see what might qualify, what it might mean, and what proof to keep.

Check my purchase See how it works

No loginSource-backedMuse Spark architecture

Tikdam checkExample only

JurisdictionIndiaItemPhone, 60% work use

You

Can I buy a phone and use it 60% for work?

tikdam.

Mixed business and personal use needs a separate attribution review. What is the invoice tax, and how will you document work use?

Conditional

No amount

Current calculator does not cover this case

A question before
a purchase.

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The check

Three answers.
One less expensive guess.

Start before checkout. Leave with a clearer question for your books or adviser.

01

Could it qualify?

See the conditions that matter for your purchase and jurisdiction.

Eligibility

02

What might it mean?

Get a bounded estimate only where a reviewed rule and your facts allow one.

Estimate

03

What should you keep?

Know which bill, record, or follow-up detail may be needed later.

Evidence

Try a case

See the check.
Keep the receipts.

Choose an example to see the kind of answer Tikdam gives. These are fixed illustrations, not live checks.

Choose an example

More examples 3

Tikdam checkExample only

India / Office stationery

I bought office stationery for ₹1,180. The invoice shows ₹180 GST. It's all for my business.

Conditional

₹180

Illustrative candidate input tax, not cash saved

What the preview says

Got it. Are you GST registered, and do you have a valid tax invoice in your business name?

See the checks and source

The bill's stated GST may be a candidate input tax credit if every applicable condition is met. Tikdam has not verified your registration, supplier, return, or invoice.

Assumptions

₹180 GST is shown on the example invoice
100% business use is asserted
Ordinary office stationery only

Check before claiming

Confirm GST registration and taxable activity
Confirm recipient details and valid tax invoice
Review receipt, supplier reporting, payment, time limits and blocked credits

Keep this proof

Tax invoice
Proof of receipt and payment
Business-use record

Read source: CBIC, CGST Act sections 16 and 17 (2021 text; check amendments)

Under the hood

A little chat.
A lot of checking.

1

Muse Spark understands

It asks for the purchase facts that are missing.

2

Inputs get structured

Your answers become fields the rule engine can validate.

3

Calculator decides

Versioned, country-specific code owns the rules and arithmetic.

4

Sources explain

The result shows assumptions, limits, and source links.

AI explains. Calculator calculates.
AI never invents tax rates.

That’s the deal.

Coverage

Different countries.
Different rules.

The picker is a route, not a promise of coverage. Tikdam names the boundary before it gives a number.

IndiaNarrow active route

Current numerical candidate checks cover ordinary office stationery under specific GST conditions. A phone or laptop needs separate review.

Explore the India example

United KingdomPreview

A narrow laptop allowance example illustrates the second jurisdiction. It is static and does not represent the current app’s calculation scope.

Explore the UK preview

ElsewhereUnsupported case

When no reviewed rule fits, the result says unsupported. No Indian rule gets reused for another country.

See an unsupported route

Built for the Meta Hackathon

A smarter question
before a costly click.

Tikdam combines conversational intake with controlled tax logic. The landing preview shows the idea; the existing application has its own documented coverage and limits.

Meta Model APIMuse SparkVersioned rulesSource links

Existing app

Indian prototype, now broader but still bounded

The current checker offers a narrow India GST amount route and general preparation across 250 locations. Public chat requires consent and verification; invoice reading is paused.

Hackathon work

Routing, review, and Meta integration

Country routing, a bounded Meta adapter, evidence checks, and explicit unsupported outcomes are part of the event-period application work.

Open the full checker

Good to ask

Small print.
Big clarity.

These are the questions a tax product should answer before it earns your trust.

Does Tikdam file or approve a claim?+

No. It helps you prepare an estimate and evidence for review. A tax authority or professional has not approved the result.

Does the AI calculate the tax benefit?+

No. The intended architecture uses Muse Spark to clarify and explain. Validated, versioned application rules decide whether a calculation is possible and do the arithmetic.

Why do some results show no amount?+

A missing fact, unsupported purchase, or unreviewed country rule can make a number misleading. The result explains which detail or rule is missing.

Is this landing demo connected to my tax records?+

No. It is a fixed front-end preview. The example buttons change local UI state and send nothing to a tax authority or Meta.