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Estimated Tax Refund Calculator
Estimate how W-2 income, business profit or loss, filing status, deductions, credits and withholding may flow through to AGI, taxable income and your federal refund or amount owed.
Enter your annual tax information
Use the annual totals from your W-2 and add business activity only when it is legitimately reportable. This is an estimate, not a filed tax return.
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Estimated gross income$0.00
Estimated AGI$0.00
AGI as % of gross0%
Standard deduction$0.00
Estimated taxable income$0.00
Estimated federal income tax$0.00
Estimated self employment tax$0.00
Estimated child and other dependent credits$0.00
Federal withholding and payments$0.00
Estimated federal refund or amount owed$0.00Positive means estimated refund. Negative means estimated amount owed.
Estimated state refund or amount owed$0.00Uses your entered state liability, not a full state return calculation.
W-2 payroll taxes withheld$0.00Social Security plus Medicare withholding. These are not the same as federal income tax withholding.
Your tax outcome is a flow: gross income → allowable adjustments → AGI → deduction → taxable income → tax → credits → withholding and payments → estimated refund or amount owed.
2026 federal standard deductions and tax brackets are based on IRS 2026 guidance. The calculator models the federal Child Tax Credit in a simplified way and does not automatically calculate EITC, education credits, itemized deductions, AMT, capital gains tax, every business deduction, every state return rule, or every local tax.
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