Privacy

Privacy policy

Your salary stays in your browser. Last updated October 11, 2026.

localtakehome.com is owned and operated by LocalTakehome (“LocalTakehome,” “we,” or “us”). This policy explains what information LocalTakehome handles, what is stored on your device, and how advertising on the site works.

Paycheck inputs stay on your device

The calculator runs in your browser. Your income, filing status, deductions, and location are not sent to a LocalTakehome server to produce a result. The tax tables are static files that your browser downloads, and the arithmetic happens on your device. There are no accounts and no sign-up forms. LocalTakehome does not pass your calculation inputs to advertisers, analytics services, or anyone else.

What may be stored in your browser

• lth-last: the inputs from your most recent calculation, so they are still there when you come back. The calculator shows a “Clear them” link when it restores them, and “Start over” removes them.
• lth-scenarios: named estimates you choose to save in the calculator. Nothing is saved here unless you click Save.

Both stay on your device and are never sent to LocalTakehome. Clearing site data for localtakehome.com in your browser removes them. When you use “Copy a link to this estimate”, the link holds your inputs in the web address. Only share that link with people and services you trust.

Hosting and server logs

The site is hosted on Cloudflare. Like most web hosts, Cloudflare processes technical information such as IP addresses, browser type, and the pages requested, so that it can deliver pages and protect the site from abuse. If you open a share link, the address you request can include the inputs in that link. Fonts are self-hosted.

Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

LocalTakehome uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site, such as which pages are viewed, roughly where visits come from, and what kind of device and browser are used. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (for example _ga and _ga_<ID>, which can last up to about two years) and collects usage data such as the page address, the referring page, approximate location, and device information. We use this data only in aggregate to measure traffic and improve the site, not to identify you. A link you copy to share an estimate holds the inputs in the web address, but the site sends Google Analytics only the page path (for example /ohio-paycheck-calculator/), never the part of the address that holds your inputs. Your salary, deductions, and other calculator inputs are not sent to Google Analytics.

Google processes this data under its own policies. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt out by blocking cookies in your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising and cookies

LocalTakehome uses Google AdSense to show ads. These ads help keep the site free.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices, or, in the European Union, at www.youronlinechoices.eu.
• Google explains how it uses information from sites that show its ads at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Where the law requires consent before advertising cookies are used, such as in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, you may see a consent message. You can choose non-personalized ads there. Non-personalized ads still use cookies or similar technology for frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and fraud prevention. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Ads are labeled and are kept separate from the calculator results. Advertising does not change any estimate. Authorized sellers of ads on this site are listed in ads.txt.

Your choices and rights

Because LocalTakehome does not have accounts and does not keep your paycheck inputs, it usually holds no personal information that it could look up or delete for you. Data collected by Google for advertising is controlled by Google and can be managed with the tools above. Depending on where you live, privacy laws may give you rights over personal information, including a right to opt out of targeted advertising. To ask a question or make a request, email support@localtakehome.com.

Children

LocalTakehome is meant for adults working in the United States. It is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Links to other sites

Pages link to the IRS, state tax agencies, and other sources. Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new “last updated” date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: support@localtakehome.com. See also the terms of use and the contact page.