US Federal Income Tax

Tax year 2026 — projected brackets across 4 filing statuses. Standard deduction applied automatically. Federal only — no state, FICA, AMT, or NIIT.

Inputs

Gross annual income

Total wages + salaries + reportable income before deductions.

Filing status

Result

Federal tax owed

$8,114

Effective rate 10.82% · Marginal rate 22%

Breakdown

Gross income$75,000

Standard deduction−$15,000

Taxable income$60,000

Take-home (after federal tax)$66,886

Bracket-by-bracket breakdown

Rate	Income in band	Tax in band
10%	$11,925	$1,192.5
12%	$36,550	$4,386
22%	$11,525	$2,535.5

Federal tax only. Excludes state/local income tax, FICA (Social Security + Medicare), AMT, NIIT, and itemized deductions. 2026 brackets are projected from 2025 + ~3% inflation; IRS publishes final figures late 2025.

Same deterministic math runs as a Python package, an MCP server for AI agents, and on this page. No API keys, no network — pure stdlib.

$ pip install calcnook $ uvx calcnook-mcp

>>> from calcnook.countries.us.income_tax import calculate
>>> r = calculate(75_000, "single")
>>> round(r.tax_owed, 2)
8961.5