Your marginal tax rate is the highest income tax rate you’ll pay on your income. Because the U.S. has a progressive tax system, different tiers of your income are taxed at different rates. The ...

The Internal Revenue Service has released its new marginal tax rates for next year. For 2025, tax adjustments will generally apply to income tax returns to be filed starting in the 2026 tax season.

Federal income taxes are quietly shifting for 2026, and the changes are big enough that many households will see their top ...

Karla Dennis, EA, MST, is CFO/CEO of the award-winning tax accounting firm KDA Inc.—specializing in tax planning. Taxes can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to tax brackets. In this article ...

Congress is placing greater reliance on Stealth Taxes to raise revenue, as I’ve warned taxpayers for years. That makes the tax code more confusing and causes taxpayers to fall into expensive traps.

Effective tax rate is your average tax rate as a percentage of total income. Marginal tax rate is the tax on your highest dollar earned, not your total income. Historically, top marginal rates have ...

Many workers face a familiar fork in the road this year: pretax or Roth 401(k). What sounds simple can shape lifetime taxes. A lesser-known calculation, the break-even tax rate, is emerging as a ...