Income Tax Calculator

Estimate your federal income tax, effective rate, and marginal bracket.

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Tax Estimator

Enter your income and filing status.

Estimated federal tax
$0
Effective rate: 0%
Taxable income after deduction
$0
Marginal tax rate
0%
Effective tax rate
0%
Total tax
$0
Take-home pay
$0
Monthly take-home
$0

Worked example

With the default inputs shown below, this calculator returns the following results:

InputValue
Annual taxable income ($)$100,000
Filing statusSingle
Standard deduction ($)$14,600
ResultValue
Estimated federal tax$13,841
Taxable income after deduction$85,400
Marginal tax rate22%
Effective tax rate13.8%
Total tax$13,841
Take-home pay$86,159

Values shown are produced by this page in your browser; change any input to update them.

How to use the Tax Estimator

  1. Annual taxable income ($) — default $100,000
  2. Filing status — default Single
  3. Standard deduction ($) — default $14,600
  4. Press Calculate to update the results instantly.

Frequently asked questions

Subtract deductions from gross income to get taxable income, then apply the bracket rates progressively and subtract any credits.
The marginal rate applies to your next dollar of income. The effective rate is total tax divided by total income and is always lower.
Because of credits, local taxes, self-employment tax, investment income and changes during the year. Use the estimate as a planning figure.

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