# calculate_surcharge

A read tool on the Mcp India Stack MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `calculate_surcharge`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-surcharge

## Facts

- Tool: `calculate_surcharge`
- Server: Mcp India Stack (`rehan1020/mcp-india-stack`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/rehan1020/MCP-India-Stack
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "calculate_surcharge",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why calculate_surcharge is rated Low

The tool performs tax calculation operations typical of financial computation APIs. Even in tax and financial domains, calculation and lookup tools are classified as Read operations since they retrieve or compute values without creating, modifying, or destroying data.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'calculate_surcharge' with empty description. Based on sibling tools on this server (calculate_advance_tax, calculate_capital_gains, calculate_emi, calculate_epf_esic, calculate_fd_maturity), this appears to be a calculation/lookup tool that…"

## Use case

AI agents call calculate_surcharge to retrieve information from Mcp India Stack without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp India Stack:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "calculate_surcharge": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp India Stack (59)

- `build_aa_consent_request` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/build-aa-consent-request.md
- `calculate_advance_tax` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-advance-tax.md
- `calculate_emi` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-emi.md
- `calculate_gratuity` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-gratuity.md
- `calculate_income_tax` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-income-tax.md
- `calculate_income_tax_interest` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-income-tax-interest.md
- `calculate_salary_restructuring` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-salary-restructuring.md
- `calculate_tds` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-tds.md
- `bulk_validate_aadhaar` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/bulk-validate-aadhaar.md
- `bulk_validate_gstin` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/bulk-validate-gstin.md
- `bulk_validate_ifsc` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/bulk-validate-ifsc.md
- `bulk_validate_pan` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/bulk-validate-pan.md
- `calculate_capital_gains` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-capital-gains.md
- `calculate_epf_esic` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-epf-esic.md
- `calculate_fd_maturity` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-fd-maturity.md
- `calculate_gst` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-gst.md
- `calculate_gst_late_fee` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-gst-late-fee.md
- `calculate_home_vs_rent` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-home-vs-rent.md
- `calculate_hra_exemption` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-hra-exemption.md
- `calculate_leave_encashment_tax` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-leave-encashment-tax.md
- `calculate_neft_rtgs_imps_charges` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-neft-rtgs-imps-charges.md
- `calculate_nps_projection` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-nps-projection.md
- `calculate_ppf_maturity` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-ppf-maturity.md
- `calculate_presumptive_tax` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-presumptive-tax.md
- `calculate_professional_tax` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-professional-tax.md
- `calculate_rd_maturity` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-rd-maturity.md
- `calculate_sip_returns` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-sip-returns.md
- `calculate_step_up_sip` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-step-up-sip.md
- `calculate_sukanya_samriddhi` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/calculate-sukanya-samriddhi.md
- `decode_aa_fi_type` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack/decode-aa-fi-type.md
- …and 29 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=rehan1020-mcp-india-stack · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/rehan1020-mcp-india-stack
