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Chair-level salon revenue, consumables and commission costs, break-even clients, GST thresholds and income tax on the profit.
A salon's profit is decided at the chair: service revenue is chairs multiplied by clients per chair per day, open days and average ticket, and what survives consumables, stylist commission, retail cost and rent is the taxable profit. This calculator builds that chain, works out contribution per client and the number of clients per chair per day needed to break even, then taxes the profit under both FY 2025-26 regimes and shows the section 44AD presumptive alternative at 6% of digital and 8% of cash turnover. GST registration at 20 lakh of service turnover and the 6% composition option up to 50 lakh are checked from the same numbers.
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Revenue is derived from real capacity, so occupancy and ticket size can be tested separately.
The answer is expressed as clients per chair per day, which is a number a salon manager can actually act on.
Presumptive income sits next to real profit, each taxed with slabs, the 87A rebate, surcharge and cess.
Divide the fixed costs the salon must cover by the contribution each client leaves behind. Contribution per client is the average ticket minus consumables and commission — at a 700 ticket with 12% consumables and 20% commission that is 476. Against 22.8 lakh of annual fixed cost, less retail gross profit, the salon needs roughly 4,450 clients a year, about 3.7 per chair per day on four chairs.
Yes, once aggregate turnover crosses 20 lakh in a financial year — 10 lakh in the special category states. Beauty and physical well-being services were moved to 5% without input tax credit by the 56th GST Council with effect from 22 September 2025, so a registered salon charges that rate on services while retail cosmetics it resells carry their own goods rate. Confirm the current rate for your services before you invoice.
Yes. A salon is a business, not one of the professions listed in section 44AA(1), so section 44AD applies rather than 44ADA. Declare at least 6% of turnover received through banking or electronic modes and 8% of cash turnover, while turnover stays within 2 crore — 3 crore where cash receipts are at most 5%.
Section 10(2A) of the CGST Act lets a service provider with aggregate turnover up to 50 lakh pay 6% of turnover — 3% CGST plus 3% SGST — with quarterly payment and one annual return. You cannot collect GST from clients or claim input tax credit on products and equipment, so it usually suits a small salon with few taxable purchases. Compare both options with a GST practitioner before opting in, since the choice is made for a whole financial year.
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