Calculators
Tax & Income
Pay, brackets, paychecks, and a plain federal tax estimate. Each calculator computes from the numbers you enter. Press Calculate on the page.
How to use the Tax & Income calculators
Pay, brackets, paychecks, and a plain federal tax estimate.
There are 11 calculators in Tax & Income. Each one has its own fields and its own formula. They are listed on this page so you can pick the question you actually have. Open the tool, replace the example, and press Calculate. The result stays in the browser.
Do not treat this index as a single worksheet. A payment, a payoff date, and a tax estimate answer different questions. Adding the headlines together mixes kinds of dollars. Read one result, then open the next tool if the question changed.
What each calculator is for
Income Tax Calculator — Estimate 2026 US federal income tax from ordinary brackets and the standard or itemized deduction. The form includes Filing status, Gross income, Deduction, Itemized deductions. 2026 federal brackets, without pretending to be a tax return.
Tax Bracket Calculator — See which 2026 federal bracket a taxable income falls in and how much tax each slice creates. The form includes Filing status, Taxable income. Marginal rate, and the tax inside each slice.
Salary Calculator — Convert an hourly wage, weekly hours, and weeks worked into annual, monthly, and weekly pay. The form includes Hourly wage, Hours per week, Weeks per year. Hourly wage times the hours you actually work.
Hourly to Salary Calculator — Convert an annual salary into an hourly equivalent using your real weekly hours. The form includes Annual salary, Hours per week, Weeks per year. The hourly rate hiding inside a salary.
Take-Home Paycheck Calculator — Estimate take-home pay with 2026 federal tax, Social Security, Medicare, a state rate you enter, and a 401(k) deferral. The form includes Gross pay per paycheck, Pay frequency, Filing status, 401(k) deferral. Gross check to estimated take-home.
Marriage Tax Calculator — Compare two single 2026 federal tax bills with one joint bill on the same two incomes. The form includes First person’s gross income, Second person’s gross income. Two single bills versus one joint bill.
The rest of this set
Estate Tax Calculator — Apply a 40% top rate to the part of an estate above an exemption you can edit. The form includes Taxable estate, Exemption. A rough federal estate tax above the exemption.
Overtime Calculator — Add straight-time pay and overtime pay for a single week. The form includes Hourly rate, Straight-time hours, Overtime hours, Overtime multiplier. Straight time plus a premium on the extra hours.
Capital Gains Calculator — Estimate tax on a gain using the long-term bracket you select, with optional 3.8% NIIT. The form includes Cost basis, Sale proceeds, Long-term rate, Add 3.8% net investment income tax. A gain, a bracket you choose, and an optional surtax.
Sales Tax Calculator — Add sales tax to a price or remove sales tax from a total. The form includes Amount, Sales tax, What to do. Add the tax, or pull it back out of a total.
Commission Calculator — Add a percent of sales to a base pay amount. The form includes Sales, Commission rate, Base pay for the period. Base pay plus a percent of sales.
What this category will not do
Tax & Income pages on this desk are educational. They do not apply for a loan, file a return, or move money. Where a 2026 public figure is used, the methodology names the limit and the page says what it leaves out.
If a result looks wrong, check the field that does not match your paperwork before you blame the formula. A payment that includes tax and insurance will not match a quote that is principal and interest only. A contribution above a legal limit will still compound on this desk if you type it, which is why the retirement pages tell you to type only what you are allowed to add.
A session on this page
Pick one question in Tax & Income and open only that calculator. Income Tax, Tax Bracket, Salary, Hourly to Salary, Take-Home Paycheck, Marriage Tax, Estate Tax, Overtime, Capital Gains, Sales Tax, Commission are the choices. Read the blurb under the name. If the blurb is not your question, go back and choose again. Running three tools “just in case” produces three headlines that were never meant to be added.
On the tool you chose, leave the example long enough to press Calculate once. You are checking that a result appears and that the labels match the story in the heading. Then replace every field. Pay, brackets, paychecks, and a plain federal tax estimate. The example numbers on each form are there so the formula can be demonstrated. They are not a suggestion that your price, payment, or income should look like the default.
Write down the headline and the two lines under it that you might quote later. If you cannot say which input produced them, you are not ready to use them. Change the input you are least sure about and press Calculate a second time. The size of the move tells you whether to go find a better source for that input before you decide.
After you press Calculate
Tax & Income stays inside finance math. It does not collect an application and it does not rank products. When the result is an estimate of tax, a retirement limit, or a payment a lender could quote differently, the page says so. The disclaimer and the methodology apply to every link on this index, including Income Tax Calculator and Commission Calculator.
In one line each, the set is: Income Tax Calculator (2026 federal brackets, without pretending to be a tax return.); Tax Bracket Calculator (Marginal rate, and the tax inside each slice.); Salary Calculator (Hourly wage times the hours you actually work.); Hourly to Salary Calculator (The hourly rate hiding inside a salary.); Take-Home Paycheck Calculator (Gross check to estimated take-home.); Marriage Tax Calculator (Two single bills versus one joint bill.); Estate Tax Calculator (A rough federal estate tax above the exemption.); Overtime Calculator (Straight time plus a premium on the extra hours.); Capital Gains Calculator (A gain, a bracket you choose, and an optional surtax.); Sales Tax Calculator (Add the tax, or pull it back out of a total.); Commission Calculator (Base pay plus a percent of sales.). Open the one whose line matches the paper in front of you.
FAQs
How many Tax & Income calculators are on this page?
11. Income Tax, Tax Bracket, Salary are among them. Each link opens a form with its own Calculate button.
Do these tools share one formula?
No. Pay, brackets, paychecks, and a plain federal tax estimate. The shared part is the way you use them: type the figures, press Calculate, and read the lines under the headline.
Will the page save what I type?
No. The calculation runs in your browser. Closing the page clears it. Do not type account numbers into a balance field.
Which result should I trust if two calculators disagree?
Check that they were asked the same question. Different fields produce different headlines on purpose. Match the labels to the document in front of you, then trust the page whose inputs you actually filled.
Is this financial, tax, or legal advice?
No. The figures are estimates from the inputs and the formula on each page. A lender, a custodian, or a filing form can apply a rule this index does not see.