Updates

Updates and corrections

Tax rates change, and mistakes get found. Every change to the figures on this site is listed here.

October 11, 2026

A full review of every state against official state sources, and a rebuilt calculator.

Added

• The federal deductions for tips and for overtime premium pay (2025 through 2028).
• The child tax credit and the credit for other dependents, from the number of children you enter.
• “Show the math” for the federal and state calculation behind every result.
• All 92 Indiana counties, Frederick County in Maryland, Denver's occupational privilege tax and Pittsburgh's Local Services Tax.
• Employee payroll deductions in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
• New calculators: salary needed for a target take-home pay, salary to hourly, tips, and take-home pay by state.

Corrected

• Head of household now uses each state's own rate schedule and deduction, not the single schedule.
• Philadelphia's wage tax uses the rates in effect from July 1, 2026.
• Ohio city taxes are charged on pay before a 401(k) contribution; Michigan city taxes, Kansas City and St. Louis on pay after it; Pittsburgh on Pennsylvania wages. Detroit's $600 exemption is applied.
• Maryland and Indiana county taxes follow the county you live in.

State by state

• Alabama: Standard deduction chart, federal income tax deduction and the new $1,000 overtime premium deduction are now calculated.
• Arizona: Standard deduction corrected from $8,350 / $16,700 to $15,750 / $31,500 ($23,625 head of household); dependent credit raised to $125.
• Arkansas: Top rate corrected from 3.9% to 3.7% and the 2026 bracket table replaced.
• California: Updated to the Franchise Tax Board's 2026 brackets, standard deduction ($5,900 / $11,800) and credits; head-of-household schedule added; dependent credit corrected to $491; HSA contributions kept in California wages.
• Colorado: State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Connecticut: Now calculates the personal tax credit, the 2% phase-out add-back and the benefit recapture; head-of-household exemption and brackets added.
• Georgia: Rate corrected from 5.19% to 4.99%; standard deduction $15,000 / $30,000 and dependent deduction $5,000 (House Bill 463). State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Hawaii: Standard deduction corrected from $4,400 / $8,800 to the 2026 amounts of $8,000 / $16,000 ($12,000 head of household); head-of-household schedule added.
• Idaho: State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Indiana: Dependent children now receive the additional $1,500 exemption; all 92 county rates added. State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Iowa: State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Louisiana: Head of household now uses the $25,750 standard deduction.
• Maine: Standard deduction corrected from $8,350 / $16,700 to $15,700 / $31,400 ($23,550 head of household); head-of-household schedule, the phaseouts and the new 2% surcharge added.
• Maryland: Standard deduction updated to $3,400 / $6,800; head of household now uses the joint schedule and deduction; exemption reduction now follows the official steps.
• Massachusetts: Surtax threshold updated to the 2026 amount ($1,107,750); head-of-household exemption added.
• Michigan: State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Minnesota: Head-of-household and married-filing-separately schedules added; Minnesota Paid Leave premium added.
• Mississippi: Head-of-family exemption ($8,000) and standard deduction ($3,400) added.
• Missouri: Partial federal income tax deduction is now calculated.
• Montana: Head-of-household bracket added. State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• New Jersey: 401(k) contributions now reduce New Jersey wages (they were wrongly kept in); health premiums and HSA dollars are kept in; head of household now uses the joint table; unemployment, disability and family leave insurance added.
• New Mexico: Head of household now uses the joint brackets; the dependent deduction now skips the first dependent as the law does.
• New York: Head-of-household schedule added, and the tax-benefit recapture that applies above $107,650 of income is now calculated.
• North Carolina: Head-of-household standard deduction ($19,125) added.
• North Dakota: Brackets updated from 2025 thresholds to the 2026 schedule; head-of-household and separate schedules added. State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Ohio: The $332 base amount that applies once income passes $26,050 is now included.
• Oklahoma: Head of household now uses the joint brackets and its own $9,350 deduction.
• Oregon: The federal income tax subtraction (up to $8,750) is now calculated; exemption credit updated to $263; head of household uses the joint brackets; Paid Leave Oregon added. State treatment of the federal tips and overtime deductions added.
• Pennsylvania: Employee unemployment compensation withholding (0.07%) added.
• Rhode Island: Head-of-household deduction ($16,800) and the high-income phaseout added; temporary disability insurance added.
• South Carolina: Rewritten for Act 110 of 2026: 1.99% and 5.21% rates and the new income-adjusted deduction replace the 0% / 3% / 6% schedule.
• Utah: Rate corrected from 4.5% to 4.45% (Senate Bill 60); credit thresholds updated to 2026.
• Vermont: Brackets and exemption updated from 2025 to 2026 amounts.
• West Virginia: Rates updated for Senate Bill 392: 2.11% to 4.58% (were 2.22% to 4.82%).
• Wisconsin: The sliding standard deduction is now calculated (the full deduction was being given at every income); head-of-household deduction and separate schedule added.

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