United States Salary Tax Calculator

what is United States Salary Tax Calculator

The United States Salary Tax Calculator is a tool used to estimate the amount of federal income tax that an individual may owe based on their salary or wages. It takes into account factors such as filing status, exemptions, deductions, and credits to calculate the tax liability. The calculator considers the current tax rates and thresholds set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide an estimate of the federal income tax payable. However, please note that state and local taxes are not included in this calculation. It's always advisable to consult with a tax professional or use official IRS resources for accurate and up-to-date information regarding your specific tax situation.

Using the United States Tax Calculator

Using the United States Tax Calculator is fairly simple.

• First, enter your 'Gross Salary' amount where shown.
• Next, select the 'Filing Status' drop down menu and choose which option applies to you. If you are filing taxes and are married, you have the option to file your taxes along with your partner.
• Next, select the 'State' drop down menu and choose whichever state you live in. This section allows for state tax to be calculated, although the option to not consider state tax is given.
• Next, enter the number of dependents that you will be declaring in the box marked 'No. Dependents'.
• Finally, if there are any other deductions that you would like to apply then enter them in the 'Monthly Deductions' box. This includes any retirement plan contributions that you may be putting aside each month.

After completing the above steps and assuring yourself that you have entered all of the correct information, click on the 'Calculate' button which will then display an annual, monthly, weekly, and daily breakdown of your taxes, along with providing you a graphical representation of these analytics. All of the taxes that are take into account, and that you are able to see, when using this calculator include:

• - Gross Income
• - Taxable Income
• - Federal Tax
• - State Tax
• - Social Security
• - Medicare
• - Total FICA Costs (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)

How is the Tax Calculation Done?

The calculator takes your gross income, along with the other information you provided it with, and uses it to calculate the final amount that you take home. For example, if you are filing your taxes as 'single', have no children, are below the age of 65, and you are not blind, with the consideration of the standard tax deduction your calculation would look like this:

• Starting with your salary of $40,000, your standard deduction of $12,950 is deducted (the personal exemption of $4,050 is eliminated for 2018–2025). This makes your total taxable income amount $27,050.
• Given that the first tax bracket is 10%, you will pay 10% tax on $10,275 of your income. This comes to $1,027.50.
• Given that the second tax bracket is 12%, once we have taken the previously taxes $10,275 away from $27,050 we are left with a total taxable amount of $16,775.
• After taking 12% tax from that $16,775 we are left with $2,013 of tax.
• Overall, the total amount of tax you will be paying is $3,040.50 ($1,027.50 + $2,013).

While income tax is the largest of the costs, many others (listed above) are taken into account in the calculation. For example, FICA taxes are calculated as such:

• Starting with your gross income of $40,000, 6.2% of that is taken for Social Security costs, taking $2,480 from you.
• 1.45% of your gross income is taken for your Medicare costs, taking $580 from you.
• Your employer pays FICA tax, with is $3,060 (the addition of both your Social Security costs and your Medicare costs).
• The total federal tax that you would pay is $6,100.50 (equal to your income tax, on top of your Medicare and Social Security costs).

With all this in mind, the total amount that you would take home is $33,899.50.