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Marginal Tax Rate Calculator

Knowing your income tax rate can help you calculate your tax liability for unexpected income, retirement planning or investment income. This calculator helps you estimate your average tax rate, your tax bracket, and your marginal tax rate for the current tax year.
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Marginal Tax Rate Calculator for 2020
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Your taxes are estimated at LINE_56_TOTAL_TAX.
This is AVERAGE_TAX_RATE of your total income of LINE_7_WAGES_SALARIES_TIPS_ETC. AVERAGE_TAX_RATE would also be your average tax rate. Your income puts you in the BRACKET_TAX_RATE tax bracket. At higher incomes many deductions and many credits are phased out. This increases your tax bill and your marginal tax rate. With these phase outs, adding MARGINAL_TAX_INCREMENT to your income would result in a MARGINAL_TAX_RATE marginal tax rate.

Definitions

Federal Income Tax Rates

Use the ‘Filing Status and Federal Income Tax Rates’ table to assist you in estimating your federal tax rate.

Filing Status and Federal Income Tax Rates 2020*
Tax RateMarried Filing Jointly or Qualified Widow(er)SingleHead of HouseholdMarried Filing Separately
*Caution: Do not use these tax rate schedules to figure 2019 taxes. Use only to figure 2020 estimates. Source: Rev. Proc. 2019-44
10%$0 - $19,750$0 - $9,875$0 - $14,100$0 - $9,875
12%$19,750 - $80,250$9,875 - $40,125$14,100 - $53,700$9,875 - $40,125
22%$80,250 - $171,050$40,125 - $85,525$53,700 - $85,500$40,125 - $85,525
24%$171,050 - $326,600$85,525 - $163,300$85,500 - $163,300$85,525 - $163,300
32%$326,600 - $414,700$163,300 - $207,350$163,300 - $207,350$163,300 - $207,350
35%$414,700 - $622,050$207,350 - $518,400$207,350 - $518,400$207,350 - $311,025
37%Over  $622,050Over  $518,400Over  $518,400Over  $311,025

Wages, salaries, tips, etc.

This is your total taxable income for the year after deductions for retirement contributions such as 401(k)s, IRAs, etc. For tax filing purposes this would be the same as your Adjusted Gross Income (however the calculator is unable to take lower capital gains taxes into consideration).

Filing status

Choose your filing status. Your filing status determines the income levels for your Federal tax bracket. It is also important for calculating your standard deduction, personal exemptions, and deduction phase out incomes. The table below summarizes the five possible filing status choices. It is important to understand that your marital status as of the last day of the year determines your filing status.

Filing Status
Married Filing Jointly If you are married, you are able to file a joint return with your spouse. If your spouse died during the tax year, you are still able to file a joint return for that year. You may also choose to file separately under the status "Married Filing Separately".
Qualified Widow(er) Generally, you qualify for this status if your spouse died during the previous tax year (not the current tax year) and you and your spouse filed a joint tax return in the year immediately prior to their death. You are also required to have at least one dependent child or stepchild for whom you are the primary provider.
Single If you are divorced, legally separated or unmarried as of the last day of the year you should use this status.
Head of Household This is the status for unmarried individuals that pay for more than half of the cost to keep up a home. This home needs to be the main home for the income tax filer and at least one qualifying relative. You can also choose this status if you are married, but didn't live with your spouse at anytime during the last six months of the year. You also need to provide more than half of the cost to keep up your home and have at least one dependent child living with you.
Married Filing Separately If you are married, you have the choice to file separate returns. The filing status for this option is "Married Filing Separately".

Are you someone's dependent?

Choose 'no' if no one can claim you or your spouse as a dependent. Choose 'yes' if someone can claim you as a dependent. Choose "Both you and your spouse" if you both are dependents. (You are a dependent if someone supports you and can claim a dependency exemption for you.)

Dependents qualifying for child tax credit

You may be entitled to a child tax credit for each qualifying child who was under age 17 at the end of the year if you claimed an exemption for that child. The credit is, however, phased out at higher incomes.

Standard deduction

Your standard deduction is used to reduce your taxable income if you do not use Schedule A to itemize your deductions, or if your Schedule A itemized deduction is less than your standard deduction. Your standard deduction is based on your filing status. For 2020, the standard deductions are:

Standard Deduction for 2020 Federal Income Tax
Filing StatusStandard Deduction
Married Filing Joint$24,800
Qualified Widow(er)$24,800
Single$12,400
Heads of Household$18,650
Married Filing Separately$12,400

Medical and dental expenses

Enter your qualified medical and dental expenses for the year. This can include your health insurance premiums if you paid for them yourself (not through an employer sponsored plan) and you have not deducted them elsewhere. Your actual deduction is only for the amount that exceeds 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). Enter your total expenses and we will calculate the actual deduction based on your AGI.

Taxes paid (generally state and local)

Enter the total of your 1) state and local property taxes and 2) state and local income taxes. If your state does not have an income tax (or you have paid more sales tax than income tax during the year) you can choose to include state local sales taxes instead of state and local income taxes.

Interest paid

Taxpayers can deduct the interest paid on qualified residences for up to $750,000 in mortgage debt (the limit is $375,000 if married and filing separately). For mortgages that were originated before December 15, 2017, the limit is $1 million in total mortgage debt. This includes refinancing these mortgages as long as the amount owed is not increased as part of the refinancing.

Any interest paid on first, second or home equity mortgages over the limit is not tax-deductible. Only home equity loans that are used to buy, build or substantially improve the home that secures the loan are included. All other home equity loans do not have an interest deduction. Mortgage interest is reported on form 1098.

You can also include the amount you paid for "points" (which reduces your mortgage interest rate). Mortgage insurance premiums paid are no longer deductible.

Gifts to charity

Enter your total gifts of cash and non-cash to qualified charitable organizations.

Itemized deduction

Your total itemized deductions from Schedule A.

Standard or itemized deduction

This is the higher of your Standard Deduction or your Itemized Deduction.


Information and interactive calculators are made available to you only as self-help tools for your independent use and are not intended to provide investment or tax advice. We cannot and do not guarantee their applicability or accuracy in regards to your individual circumstances. All examples are hypothetical and are for illustrative purposes. We encourage you to seek personalized advice from qualified professionals regarding all personal finance issues.