What is this calculator?
Compare joint and separate tax using bracket tables you supply.
What can you use it for?
Use this tool to compare a financial scenario using the assumptions you control. Compare joint and separate tax using bracket tables you supply.
How to use it
- Enter person a taxable income.
- Enter person b taxable income.
- Enter single brackets: upper limit : percent.
- Enter joint brackets: upper limit : percent.
- Select Calculate (or Generate for random tools).
- Read the answer and any additional results below the form. Check the units and the limits of the method.
Formula and method
Both tables are entered by you. Positive means a higher joint liability under those tables.
Worked example
Person A taxable income: 60000, Person B taxable income: 40000, Single brackets: upper limit : percent: 20000:10; 50000:20; Infinity:30, Joint brackets: upper limit : percent: 40000:10; 100000:20; Infinity:30. The result is -1,000 (joint tax minus separate tax).
Assumptions and limits
User-defined tax rules, not current US filing advice. Use taxable income after applicable deductions.
Frequently asked questions
What inputs does the Marriage Tax Calculator need?
Use person a taxable income, person b taxable income, single brackets: upper limit : percent, joint brackets: upper limit : percent. Read the answer and any additional results below the form. Check the units and the limits of the method.
What assumptions apply to the Marriage Tax Calculator?
User-defined tax rules, not current US filing advice. Use taxable income after applicable deductions.