Authenticity: How HeyArtha Keeps Itself Honest

Do it yourself

Check any number in five steps

1. 1. Open the tool Read the inputs and the steps under the result.
2. 2. Read its Methodology See the order of calculation and the limits.
3. 3. Check the Sources Find the section numbers and read the current text.
4. 4. Look at Test records See the cases compared and the last run date.
5. 5. Tell us if it differs Send a note through Feedback.

Sources

A statutory sources index

The Sources directory is an index of Income-tax Act sections, Finance Act 2026 schedules, rules, and CBDT notifications mapped across HeyArtha tools. It lists provisions with their section numbers and asks readers to check the current text before they rely on it, so visitors can look at the source material themselves.

Methodology

Documented calculation steps

The Methodology pages set out the order of calculation for each tool they cover, who the tool is for and who it is not for, and its limits, assumptions and open interpretation points. A tool whose page is not written yet is marked as in preparation on the Methodology hub, so readers can see which tools have a page and which do not.

Test records

Public test records

The Test records page publishes public test cases comparing HeyArtha calculations against independent reference methods and statutory authorities, tool by tool. For each published record it shows the cases compared, the differences listed, the run log and the last run date. Test records for newer personal finance, loan, and investing tools are in preparation.

The Changelog is candid about limits. Its Bank Reconciliation entry says the run on 48 test cases did not print a list of differences, so no claim of agreement is made, and that both calculations were written from the same specification, so a shared misreading is possible.

Corrections

Changelog and feedback

The public Changelog lists dated releases. Anyone who notices a discrepancy can send it through the Feedback page, which says every note is read, and the Editorial Standards page describes how corrections are handled. Learn about the platform in What is Artha and read creator details on About.

Chartered accountants have their own door: a public review form at /ca-review for comments and corrections on statutory logic. Grievances can also go to grievance@heyartha.com, the address printed on the About page.

Worked example

What a check looks like

Take the Presumptive Tax Calculator. Its Changelog entry says that when gross receipts are above the Section 58(2) ceiling for your cash ratio, the result shows a not-eligible explanation instead of ₹0 figures, and that profit is then worked out from regular books of account. A reader can open the tool, enter receipts above the ceiling, and see that message. They can then open the Methodology page to read how the ceiling is applied and the Sources page to find the section, and read the current text of the Act before relying on it.

The Changelog also records corrections in plain terms: health insurance under 80D is now entered for self and family and for parents separately, a deemed rate of 7.225% is shown as 7.23%, and long-term gains on property are taxed at 12.5% as a special-rate gain. A public record of fixes is the clearest sign that the numbers are open to challenge.

The Editorial Standards page says statutory figures come from the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Income-tax Act, 2025 and CBDT and CBIC notifications rather than secondary summaries, and that where wording is ambiguous or courts differ, the page notes the tension instead of asserting a single opinion.

Limits

What HeyArtha does not claim

HeyArtha is solo-built, independent and self-funded by Shivam Kushwaha, a CA Intermediate student from Madhya Pradesh. There are no investors, no sponsors and no paid tier. Everything on the site is open to use at no charge, with no subscription and no sign-up, and advertising pays for it. Advertising never changes a number, a formula or a score. AI tools do most of the building here, and the site says so plainly. What it says just as plainly is who answers for it: Shivam Kushwaha decides what exists, checks what ships, and owns every figure published here. The platform does not claim institutional affiliation, corporate backing, or official endorsement. Tools run in the browser and inputs are not sent to servers; core tools require no sign-up.

Not reviewed by a Chartered Accountant. Not legal or tax advice. Tax tools implement Indian law at present.

Where to go next

• Vision

  Why the work is shown at all.

• Goals

  Where the documentation is still in progress.

• Value

  What a visitor receives.