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1040 (and
                     1040-SR)
TAX YEAR                                                                                                                 R
2025

                   INSTRUCTIONS                                             Including the instructions for
                                                                            Schedules 1 through 3




                                                     2025 Changes
                                          See What’s New in these instructions.


                                                Future Developments
     See IRS.gov and IRS.gov/Forms, and for the latest information about developments related to Forms 1040 and
     1040-SR and their instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form1040.




                     Free File is the fast, safe, and free way to prepare and e-file your taxes. See IRS.gov/FreeFile.


                          Pay Online. It’s fast, simple, and secure. Go to IRS.gov/Payments.



                                    Instructions for Form 1040 (2025) Catalog Number 24811V
Feb 25, 2026                     Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
    Table of Contents
    Contents                                           Page        Contents                                           Page
    What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6   Assemble Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
    Filing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8      2025 Tax Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
         Do You Have To File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
                                                                   General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
         When and Where Should You File? . . . . . 8
                                                                   How To Get Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
    Line Instructions for Forms 1040 and
        1040-SR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12     Refund Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
        Name and Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                                                                   Instructions for Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
        Social Security Number (SSN) . . . . . . . 12
        Filing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13     Instructions for Schedule 1-A . . . . . . . . . . 101
        Dependents, Qualifying Child for
                                                                   Instructions for Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
           Child Tax Credit, and Credit for
           Other Dependents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17         Instructions for Schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
        Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
        Total Income and Adjusted Gross                            Tax Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
           Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33     Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork
        Tax and Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33           Reduction Act Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
        Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
                                                                   Major Categories of Federal Income and
        Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
                                                                      Outlays for Fiscal Year 2024 . . . . . . . . 122
        Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
        Sign Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65        Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123




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             Form 1040 and 1040-SR
             Helpful Hints
For 2025, you will use Form 1040 or, if you were born before January 2, 1961, you have the option to use
Form 1040-SR.
You may only need to file Form 1040 or 1040-SR and none of the numbered schedules, Schedules 1 through
3. However, if your return is more complicated (for example, you claim certain deductions or credits or owe
additional taxes), you will need to complete one or more of the numbered schedules. Below is a general guide
to which schedule(s) you will need to file based on your circumstances. See the instructions for the schedules
for more information.
If you e-file your return, the software you use will generally determine which schedules you need.



         IF YOU...                                                              THEN USE...
        Have additional income, such as business or farm income or
        loss, unemployment compensation, or prize or award money.               Schedule 1, Part I
         Have any adjustments to income, such as student loan interest,
         self-employment tax, or educator expenses.                             Schedule 1, Part II
         Can claim a deduction for qualified cash tips, qualified overtime,
         qualified vehicle loan interest, or the enhanced deduction for         Schedule 1-A
         seniors.

         Owe alternative minimum tax (AMT) or need to make an excess
         advance premium tax credit repayment.
                                                                                Schedule 2, Part I
         Owe other taxes, such as self-employment tax, household
         employment taxes, additional tax on IRAs or other qualified            Schedule 2, Part II
         retirement plans and tax-favored accounts.

         Can claim a nonrefundable credit (other than the child tax credit
         or the credit for other dependents), such as the foreign tax credit,   Schedule 3, Part I
         education credits, or general business credit.

         Can claim a refundable credit (other than the earned income
         credit, American opportunity credit, refundable adoption credit,or
         additional child tax credit), such as the net premium tax credit.
                                                                                Schedule 3, Part II
         Have other payments, such as an amount paid with a request for
         an extension to file or excess social security tax withheld.




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                                     The Taxpayer Advocate Service Is Here To Help You


What is the Taxpayer Advocate Service?
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that helps
taxpayers and protects taxpayer rights. TAS strives to ensure that every taxpayer is treated fairly and that you know and
understand your rights under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

What can TAS do for you?
TAS can help you if your tax problem is causing a financial difficulty, you’ve tried and been unable to resolve your issue with
the IRS, or you believe an IRS system, process, or procedure just isn’t working as it should. And the service is free. If you
qualify for TAS assistance, you will be assigned to one advocate who will work with you throughout the process and will do
everything possible to resolve your issue. TAS can help you if:
   • Your problem is causing a financial difficulty for you, your family, or your business.
   • You face (or your business is facing) an immediate threat of adverse action.
   • You’ve tried to contact the IRS but no one has responded, or the IRS hasn’t responded by the date promised.
How can you reach TAS?
TAS has offices in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To find your advocate’s number:
   • Go to TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/Contact-Us;
   • Download Publication 1546, Taxpayer Advocate Service Is Your Voice at the IRS. If you do not have Internet access, you
can call the IRS toll free at 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676) and ask for a copy of Publication 1546;
   • Check your local directory; or
   • Call TAS toll free at 877-777-4778.
How can you learn about your taxpayer rights?
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights describes 10 basic rights that all taxpayers have when dealing with the IRS. The TAS website
TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov can help you understand what these rights mean to you and how they apply. These are your rights.
Know them. Use them.

How else does TAS help taxpayers?
TAS works to resolve large-scale problems that affect many taxpayers. If you know of one of these broad issues, please report it
to TAS at IRS.gov/SAMS. Be sure not to include any personal taxpayer information.


                                        Low Income Taxpayer Clinics Help Taxpayers

Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) are independent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Taxpayer Advocate
Service (TAS). LITCs represent individuals whose income is below a certain level and who need to resolve tax problems with
the IRS. LITCs can represent taxpayers in audits, appeals, and tax collection disputes before the IRS and in court. In addition,
LITCs can provide information about taxpayer rights and responsibilities in different languages for individuals who speak
English as a second language. Services are offered for free or a small fee. For more information or to find an LITC near you, see
the LITC page at TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/LITCmap or IRS Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List. This
publication is available online at IRS.gov/Forms-Pubs or by calling the IRS toll free at 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).



                                              Suggestions for Improving the IRS

                                                   Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

Taxpayers have an opportunity to provide direct feedback to the IRS through the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP). The TAP is a
Federal Advisory Committee comprised of an independent panel of citizen volunteers who listen to taxpayers, identify
taxpayers’ systemic issues, and make suggestions for improving IRS customer service. Contact TAP at ImproveIRS.org.




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Affordable Care Act — What You Need To Know
Requirement To Reconcile Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit
The premium tax credit helps pay premiums for health insurance purchased from the Health Insurance Marketplace
(the Marketplace). Eligible individuals may have advance payments of the premium tax credit made on their behalf
directly to the insurance company.

If you or a family member enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplace and advance payments of the
premium tax credit were made to your insurance company to reduce your monthly premium payment, you must attach
Form 8962 to your return to reconcile (compare) the advance payments with your premium tax credit for the year.

The Marketplace is required to send Form 1095-A by January 31, 2026, listing the advance payments and other
information you need to complete Form 8962.
       1. You will need Form 1095-A from the Marketplace.
       2. Complete Form 8962 to claim the credit and to reconcile your advance credit payments.
       3. Include Form 8962 with your Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR. (Don’t include Form 1095-A.)


                                    Health Coverage Reporting
If you or someone in your family was an employee in 2025, the employer may be required to send you Form
1095-C. Part II of Form 1095-C shows whether your employer offered you health insurance coverage and, if
so, information about the offer. You should receive Form 1095-C by early March 2026. This information may be
relevant if you purchased health insurance coverage for 2025 through the Marketplace and wish to claim the
premium tax credit on Schedule 3, line 9. However, you don’t need to wait to receive this form to file your return.
You may rely on other information received from your employer. If you don’t wish to claim the premium tax credit
for 2025, you don’t need the information in Part II of Form 1095-C. For more information on who is eligible for the
premium tax credit, see the Instructions for Form 8962.

Reminder: Health care coverage. If you need health care coverage, go to www.HealthCare.gov to learn about
health insurance options for you and your family, how to buy health insurance, and how you might qualify to get
financial assistance to buy health insurance.




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What’s New                                   For information about any additional changes to the 2025 tax law or any other devel-
                                             opments affecting Form 1040 or 1040-SR or the instructions, go to IRS.gov/
                                             Form1040.

Trump accounts and new Form 4547.            tion about you and your dependents.           you should use direct deposit for any re-
Recent legislation allows parents, guard-    This new information is being asked to        funds. The IRS recommends paying
ians, and other authorized individuals to    help the IRS determine your eligibility       electronically whenever possible. Op-
elect to establish a new type of individu-   for certain tax benefits, including the       tions to pay electronically include using
al retirement account, called a Trump        child tax credit, the credit for other de-    your bank account with Direct Pay, your
account, for the exclusive benefit of cer-   pendents, and the earned income credit.       debit or credit card, your digital wallet,
tain children. If the child was born after   Write-in information. Beginning in            or your online account. Go to IRS.gov/
2024 and before 2029, is a U.S. citizen,     2025, most of the words, codes, and/or        Payments to see all your payment op-
and meets certain other requirements,        dollar amounts that are used to explain       tions. Also, see ModernPayments.
the authorized individual may also elect     an item of income or deduction, and that      New deductions for itemizers and
to receive a $1,000 pilot program contri-    you previously had to enter next to a         non-itemizers. Recent legislation pro-
bution to the child’s Trump account.         specific line, now have a dedicated           vided for four new deductions that take
Both elections can be made on Form           checkbox or entry space.                      effect beginning in 2025. If you are eli-
4547, which can be filed at the same         Death of a taxpayer. If you need to file      gible, you can claim these deductions if
time as the authorized individual’s 2025     a return for someone who died before          you take the standard deduction or if
income tax return. For more information      filing a 2025 return, check the “De-          you itemize on Schedule A. For more in-
on Trump accounts, and to learn how to       ceased” box at the top of Form 1040 or        formation on these deductions, see the
make these elections, see Form 4547          1040-SR and enter the date of death. For      instructions for Schedule 1-A. The new
and its instructions.                        more information, see Death of a Tax-         deductions are as follows.
Standard deduction amount in-                payer.                                            • No tax on tips. You may be eligi-
creased. For 2025, the standard deduc-       Contributions to a governmental paid          ble to take a deduction for qualified tips
tion amount has been increased for all       family leave program. Beginning in            paid to you in 2025. You can’t deduct
filers. The amounts are:                     2025, if you made contributions to a          more than $25,000 of those tips. Your
    • $15,750–Single or Married filing       governmental paid family leave pro-           deduction will be limited if your modi-
separately.                                  gram, you will now include the full           fied adjusted gross income is more than
    • $31,500–Married filing jointly or      amount of those contributions in your         $150,000 ($300,000 if married filing
Qualifying surviving spouse.                 income. If you itemize your deductions        jointly). To be eligible, you and/or your
    • $23,625–Head of household.             on Schedule A, you can include the            spouse who received the tips must have
Higher catch-up contribution limit for       amounts contributed as part of the state      a valid SSN. If you are married, you
ages 60 to 63. If, at the end of 2025,       and local taxes that you paid.                must file a joint return.
you were at least age 60, but younger        Form 1099-DA. If, in 2025, you used a             • No tax on overtime. If you earned
than age 64, and you participated in a                                                     qualified overtime, you may be eligible
                                             broker to effect the sale of a digital as-
deferred compensation plan (including                                                      to deduct up to $12,500 ($25,000 if mar-
                                             set, your broker should send you a Form
most 401(k), 403(b), governmental 457                                                      ried filing jointly) of your qualified
                                             1099-DA that reports information re-
plans, and the governmental Thrift Sav-                                                    overtime compensation. Your deduction
                                             garding the transaction. In 2025, your
ings Plan), a higher catch-up contribu-                                                    will be limited if your modified adjusted
                                             broker has the option to report your ba-
tion limit may apply to you. For 2025,                                                     gross income is more than $150,000
                                             sis in the digital asset on Form 1099-DA
this higher catch-up contribution limit is                                                 ($300,000 if married filing jointly). To
                                             but is not required to do so. If your brok-
$11,250 ($5,250 for section 401(k)(11)                                                     be eligible, you and/or your spouse who
                                             er did not report your basis on Form
and SIMPLE plans). For more informa-                                                       received the overtime must have a valid
                                             1099-DA, you will need to use your own
tion, contact your plan administrator.                                                     SSN. If you are married, you must file a
                                             books and records to determine your ba-
                                                                                           joint return.
Main home was in the U.S. If your            sis. As a reminder, you must answer the
main home (and spouse if filing a joint      digital asset question on Form 1040               • No tax on car loan interest. If you
                                                                                           paid or accrued qualified passenger ve-
return) was in the U.S. for over half of     whether or not you received a Form
                                                                                           hicle loan interest on a vehicle you pur-
2025, check the box on the front of          1099-DA, and you must report gain or
                                                                                           chased in 2025 for personal use, you
Form 1040 or 1040-SR. Providing this         loss from the transaction with respect to
                                                                                           may be eligible to deduct up to $10,000
information will help the IRS determine      the digital assets (see line 7(a)). For
                                                                                           of that interest. Your deduction will be
your eligibility for certain tax benefits,   more information, see the Instructions
                                                                                           limited if your modified adjusted gross
including the earned income credit.          for Form 1099-DA.
                                                                                           income is more than $100,000
Changes to the Dependents section.           Electronic payments and direct depos-         ($200,000 if married filing jointly).
The Dependents section now has num-          it. If you have access to U.S. banking            • Enhanced deduction for seniors.
bered rows and asks for more informa-        services or electronic payments systems,      If you were born before January 2, 1961,



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you may be eligible for an enhanced de-       to $2,200 per qualifying child, of which     you sold or exchanged qualified farm-
duction for seniors. Your deduction will      $1,700 can be claimed for the ACTC. In       land to a qualified farmer after that date,
be limited if your modified adjusted          addition, beginning in 2025, to be eligi-    you can elect to pay the net income tax
gross income is more than $75,000             ble to claim the CTC or ACTC, you            liability on the sale or exchange in four
($150,000 if married filing jointly). To      must have a valid SSN, which means it        equal installments. For more informa-
be eligible, you and/or your spouse must      must be valid for employment and is-         tion, see the instructions for Schedule 3.
have a valid SSN. If you are married,         sued before the due date of your return      Also, see Form 1062 and its instructions.
you must file a joint return. The maxi-       (including extensions). If you are filing    Domestic research and experimental
mum amount of the deduction is $6,000         a joint return, only one spouse is re-       expenditures. Beginning in 2025, tax-
($12,000 if both spouses are eligible).       quired to have a valid SSN in order to be    payers are allowed to deduct domestic
New Schedule 1-A. A new schedule to           eligible for the CTC and ACTC. The           research or experimental expenditures.
Form 1040, Schedule 1-A, has been cre-        other spouse must have either an SSN or      Alternatively, taxpayers may elect to
ated for taxpayers to claim a deduction       ITIN, and it must have been issued on or     charge their domestic research or experi-
for the recently enacted deductions for       before the due date of the return (includ-   mental expenditures to a capital account
no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no        ing extensions).                             and deduct them ratably over a period of
tax on car loan interest, and the en-         Changes to the adoption credit. Re-          not less than 60 months (beginning with
hanced deduction for seniors. For more        cent legislation made changes to the         the month in which the taxpayers first
information, see the instructions for         adoption credit. Beginning in 2025:          realize the benefits from such expendi-
Schedule 1-A.                                    • Up to $5,000 of adoption credit is      tures).
State and local tax deduction limit in-       refundable. Up to $5,000 of your adop-       Updated reporting requirements for
creased. The overall limit on the deduc-      tion credit may be refundable. The           Form 1099-K. Payment card compa-
tion for state and local income, sales,       amount of the refundable portion is de-      nies, payment apps, and online market-
and property taxes has increased to           termined separately for each eligible        places will be required to send you a
$40,000 ($20,000 if married filing sepa-      child.                                       Form 1099-K only if the amount of your
rately). The overall limit is reduced if         • Parity for Indian tribal govern-        business transactions during the year is
your modified adjusted gross income is        ments. Tribal governments now have           more than $20,000 and the total number
more than $500,000 ($250,000 if mar-          parity for special needs adoption deter-     of your transactions is more than 200.
ried filing separately) but will not be re-   minations. This means that state govern-
                                                                                           New option for scheduled appoint-
duced below $10,000 ($5,000 if married        ment and Indian tribal government de-
                                                                                           ments at Taxpayer Assistance Centers
filing separately). For more information,     terminations of special needs are both
                                                                                           (TAC). Beginning in 2025, taxpayers
see the Instructions for Schedule A.          recognized for purposes of the adoption
                                                                                           with scheduled appointments at TACs
                                              credit.
Changes to the child tax credit and                                                        may choose to receive appointment con-
additional child tax credit. Recent leg-         For more information, see Form 8839       firmations, reminders, and cancellation
islation made permanent the increase to       and its instructions.                        notices directly via text message on their
the child tax credit (CTC) and additional     Election to pay tax on farmland sale         mobile devices.
child tax credit (ACTC) amount. For           or exchange in installments. If your
2025, the maximum CTC has increased           tax year began after July 4, 2025, and




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Filing                                         These rules apply to all U.S. citizens, regardless of where they live, and resident ali-
                                               ens.

Requirements                                      Have you tried IRS e-file? It’s the fastest way to get your refund and it’s free if you
                                               are eligible. Visit IRS.gov for details.

                                               age 24 at the end of 2025. To do so, use       tion, you may be able to file later. See

Do You Have To File?
                                               Form 8814. If you make this election,          Pub. 3 for details.
                                               your child doesn’t have to file a return.         If you e-file your return, there is no
                                               For details, use Tax Topic 553 or see          need to mail it. However, if you choose
Use Chart A, B, or C to see if you must
                                               Form 8814.                                     to mail it instead, filing instructions and
file a return. U.S. citizens who lived in
or had income from a U.S. territory               A child born on January 1, 2002, is         addresses are at the end of these instruc-
should see Pub. 570. Residents of Puerto       considered to be age 24 at the end of          tions.
Rico can use Tax Topic 901 to see if they      2025. Do not use Form 8814 for such a
                                               child.                                                  The chart at the end of these in-
must file.                                                                                      TIP structions provides the current
         Even if you do not otherwise          Resident aliens. These rules also apply                 address for mailing your re-
 TIP have to file a return, you should         if you were a resident alien. Also, you        turn. Use these addresses for Form 1040
          file one to get a refund of any      may qualify for certain tax treaty bene-       or 1040-SR filed in 2026. The address
federal income tax withheld. You should        fits. Generally, you are a resident alien if   for returns filed after 2026 may be dif-
also file if you are eligible for any of the   you meet either the green card test or the     ferent. See IRS.gov/Form1040 for any
following credits.                             substantial presence test for 2025. See        updates.
                                               Pub. 519 for details.
    • Earned income credit.                                                                   What if You Can’t File on
    • Additional child tax credit.             Nonresident aliens and dual-status ali-
    • American opportunity credit.             ens. These rules also apply if you were
                                                                                              Time?
    • Premium tax credit.                      a nonresident alien or a dual-status alien     You can get an automatic 6-month ex-
    • Refundable adoption credit.              and both of the following apply.               tension if, no later than the date your re-

    See Pub. 501 for details. Also, see
                                                  • You were married to a U.S. citizen        turn is due, you file Form 4868. If you
                                               or resident alien at the end of 2025.          want to apply for an extension electroni-
Pub. 501 if you do not have to file but
received a Form 1099-B or 1099-DA (or
                                                  • You elected to be taxed as a resi-        cally, see Form 4868 for details.
                                               dent alien.                                              An automatic 6-month exten-
substitute statement).                         For more information, see Nonresident
Requirement to reconcile advance               aliens and dual-status aliens, later, and
                                                                                                 !      sion to file doesn’t extend the
                                                                                               CAUTION time to pay your tax. If you
payments of the premium tax credit.            Pub. 519.                                      don’t pay your tax by the original due
If you, your spouse with whom you are                                                         date of your return, you will owe interest
                                                        Specific rules apply to deter-
filing a joint return, or a dependent was                                                     on the unpaid tax and may owe penal-
enrolled in coverage through the Mar-             !     mine if you are a resident alien,
                                                CAUTION nonresident alien, or dual-sta-       ties. See Form 4868.
ketplace for 2025 and advance payments         tus alien. Most nonresident aliens and
of the premium tax credit were made for                                                          If you are a U.S. citizen or resident
                                               dual-status aliens have different filing
this coverage, you must file a 2025 re-                                                       alien, you may qualify for an automatic
                                               requirements and may have to file Form
turn and attach Form 8962. You (or                                                            extension of time to file without filing
                                               1040-NR. Pub. 519 discusses these re-
whoever enrolled you) should have re-                                                         Form 4868. You qualify if, on the due
                                               quirements and other information to
ceived Form 1095-A from the Market-                                                           date of your return, you meet one of the
                                               help aliens comply with U.S. tax law.
place with information about your cov-                                                        following conditions.
erage and any advance payments.                                                                   • You live outside the United States
    You must attach Form 8962 even if                                                         and Puerto Rico and your main place of
someone else enrolled you, your spouse,        When and Where                                 business or post of duty is outside the

                                               Should You File?
or your dependent. If you are a depend-                                                       United States and Puerto Rico.
ent who is claimed on someone else’s                                                              • You are in military or naval service
2025 return, you do not have to attach                                                        on duty outside the United States and
                                               File Form 1040 or 1040-SR by April 15,         Puerto Rico.
Form 8962.
                                               2026. If you file after this date, you may
Exception for certain children under           have to pay interest and penalties. See           This extension gives you an extra 2
age 19 or full-time students. If certain       Interest and Penalties, later.                 months to file and pay the tax, but inter-
conditions apply, you can elect to in-                                                        est will be charged from the original due
clude on your return the income of a              If you were serving in, or in support       date of the return on any unpaid tax. You
child who was under age 19 at the end          of, the U.S. Armed Forces in a designa-        must include a statement showing that
of 2025 or was a full-time student under       ted combat zone or contingency opera-          you meet the requirements. If you are



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still unable to file your return by the end   press Worldwide, DHL Express Enve-             to IRS.gov/PDS. For the IRS mailing ad-
of the 2-month period, you can get an         lope, DHL Import Express 10:30, DHL            dress to use if you’re using a private de-
additional 4 months if, no later than June    Import Express 12:00, and DHL Import           livery service, go to IRS.gov/
15, 2026, you file Form 4868. This            Express Worldwide.                             PDSStreetAddresses.
4-month extension of time to file doesn’t        • UPS Next Day Air Early A.M.,                 The private delivery service can tell
extend the time to pay your tax. See          UPS Next Day Air, UPS Next Day Air
                                                                                             you how to get written proof of the mail-
Form 4868.                                    Saver, UPS 2nd Day Air, UPS 2nd Day
                                                                                             ing date.
                                              Air A.M., UPS Worldwide Express Plus,
Private Delivery Services                     and UPS Worldwide Express.                               Only the U.S. Postal Service
If you choose to mail your return, you           • FedEx First Overnight, FedEx Pri-            !      can deliver to P.O. boxes. You
can use certain private delivery services     ority Overnight, FedEx Standard Over-          CAUTION can’t use a private delivery

designated by the IRS to meet the “time-      night, FedEx 2 Day, FedEx International        service to make tax payments required to
ly mailing treated as timely filing/          Next Flight Out, FedEx International           be sent to a P.O. box.
paying” rule for tax returns and pay-         Priority, FedEx International First, and
ments. These private delivery services        FedEx International Economy.
include only the following.
   • DHL Express 9:00, DHL Express               To check for any updates to the list of
10:30, DHL Express 12:00, DHL Ex-             designated private delivery services, go


Chart A—For Most People
                                                 AND at the end of 2025                      THEN file a return if your gross
    IF your filing status is . . .               you were* . . .                             income** was at least . . .
                                                 under 65                                                 $15,750
    Single
                                                 65 or older                                               17,750
                                                 under 65 (both spouses)                                  $31,500
    Married filing jointly***                    65 or older (one spouse)                                  33,100
                                                 65 or older (both spouses)                                34,700
    Married filing separately                    any age                                                        $5
                                                 under 65                                                 $23,625
    Head of household
                                                 65 or older                                               25,625
                                                 under 65                                                 $31,500
    Qualifying surviving spouse
                                                 65 or older                                               33,100
    *If you were born on January 1, 1961, you are considered to be age 65 at the end of 2025. (If your spouse died in 2025 or
    if you are preparing a return for someone who died in 2025, see Pub. 501.)
    **Gross income means all income you received in the form of money, goods, property, and services that isn’t exempt from
    tax, including any income from sources outside the United States or from the sale of your main home (even if you can
    exclude part or all of it). Don’t include any social security benefits unless (a) you are married filing a separate return and
    you lived with your spouse at any time in 2025, or (b) one-half of your social security benefits plus your other gross
    income and any tax-exempt interest is more than $25,000 ($32,000 if married filing jointly). If (a) or (b) applies, see the
    instructions for lines 6a and 6b to figure the taxable part of social security benefits you must include in gross income.
    Gross income includes gains, but not losses, reported on Form 8949 or Schedule D. Gross income from a business means,
    for example, the amount on Schedule C, line 7, or Schedule F, line 9. But, in figuring gross income, don’t reduce your
    income by any losses, including any loss on Schedule C, line 7, or Schedule F, line 9.
    ***If you didn’t live with your spouse at the end of 2025 (or on the date your spouse died) and your gross income was at
    least $5, you must file a return regardless of your age.




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Chart B—For Children and Other Dependents (See Who Qualifies as Your Dependent, later.)
If your parent (or someone else) can claim you as a dependent, use this chart to see if you must file a return.
In this chart, unearned income includes taxable interest, ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions. It also includes
unemployment compensation, taxable social security benefits, pensions, annuities, and distributions of unearned income from a trust.
Earned income includes salaries, wages, tips, professional fees, and taxable scholarship and fellowship grants. Gross income is the
total of your unearned and earned income.

Single dependents. Were you either age 65 or older or blind?
       No. You must file a return if any of the following apply.
          • Your unearned income was over $1,350.
          • Your earned income was over $15,750.
          • Your gross income was more than the larger of—
             • $1,350, or
             • Your earned income (up to $15,300) plus $450.
       Yes. You must file a return if any of the following apply.
          • Your unearned income was over $3,350 ($5,350 if 65 or older and blind).
          • Your earned income was over $17,750 ($19,750 if 65 or older and blind).
          • Your gross income was more than the larger of—
             • $3,350 ($5,350 if 65 or older and blind), or
             • Your earned income (up to $15,300) plus $2,450 ($4,450 if 65 or older and blind).
Married dependents. Were you either age 65 or older or blind?
       No. You must file a return if any of the following apply.
          • Your unearned income was over $1,350.
          • Your earned income was over $15,750.
          • Your gross income was at least $5 and your spouse files a separate return and itemizes deductions.
          • Your gross income was more than the larger of—
             • $1,350, or
             • Your earned income (up to $15,300) plus $450.
       Yes. You must file a return if any of the following apply.
          • Your unearned income was over $2,950 ($4,550 if 65 or older and blind).
          • Your earned income was over $17,350 ($18,950 if 65 or older and blind).
          • Your gross income was at least $5 and your spouse files a separate return and itemizes deductions.
          • Your gross income was more than the larger of—
             • $2,950 ($4,550 if 65 or older and blind), or
             • Your earned income (up to $15,300) plus $2,050 ($3,650 if 65 or older and blind).




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Chart C—Other Situations When You Must File
You must file a return if any of the conditions below apply for 2025.

1.      You owe any special taxes, including any of the following (see the instructions for Schedule 2).
     a. Alternative minimum tax.
     b. Additional tax on a qualified plan, including an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), or other tax-favored account.
     c. Household employment taxes.
     d. Social security and Medicare tax on tips you didn’t report to your employer or on wages you received from an employer
        who didn’t withhold these taxes.
     e. Uncollected social security and Medicare or RRTA tax on tips you reported to your employer or on group-term life
        insurance and additional taxes on health savings accounts.
     f. Recapture taxes.
2.      You (or your spouse if filing jointly) received health savings account, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA
        distributions.
3.      You had net earnings from self-employment of at least $400.
4.      You had wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that is exempt from
        employer social security and Medicare taxes.
5.      Advance payments of the premium tax credit were made for you, your spouse, or a dependent who enrolled in coverage
        through the Marketplace. You or whoever enrolled you should have received Form(s) 1095-A showing the amount of the
        advance payments.
6.      You are required to include amounts in income under section 965 or you have a net tax liability under section 965 that you
        are paying in installments under section 965(h) or deferred by making an election under section 965(i).
7.      You purchased a new or used clean vehicle from a registered dealer and reduced the amount you paid at the time of sale by
        transferring the credit to the dealer. See Form 8936 and Schedule A (Form 8936).




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Line                                            !
                                                       Also see the instructions for Schedule 1 through Schedule 3 that follow the
                                                       Form 1040 and 1040-SR instructions.

Instructions
                                             CAUTION


                                             What form to file. Everyone can file Form 1040. Form 1040-SR is available to you if

for                                          you were born before January 2, 1961.
                                             Fiscal-year filers. If you are a fiscal-year filer using a tax year other than January 1

Forms 1040                                   through December 31, 2025, enter the beginning and ending months of your fiscal
                                             year in the entry space provided at the top of page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.

and 1040-SR                                  Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code.


                                             province/state/county, and Foreign post-      come earned by the taxpayer’s estate or

Name and Address
                                             al code).                                     heirs. A deceased taxpayer’s social se-
                                                                                           curity number shouldn’t be used for tax
                                                Don’t abbreviate the country name.
                                                                                           years after the year of death, except for
Print or type the information in the
spaces provided. If you are married fil-
                                             Death of a Taxpayer                           estate tax return purposes.
ing a separate return, enter your spouse’s   If a taxpayer died before filing a return
name in the entry space below the filing     for 2025, the taxpayer’s spouse or per-
status checkboxes instead of below your      sonal representative may have to file and     Social Security
name. If you are currently incarcerated,
enter your inmate identifying number
                                             sign a return for that taxpayer. A person-
                                             al representative can be an executor, ad-     Number (SSN)
near your last name.                         ministrator, or anyone who is in charge       An incorrect or missing SSN can in-
                                             of the deceased taxpayer’s property. If       crease your tax, reduce your refund, or
         If you filed a joint return for     the deceased taxpayer didn’t have to file     delay your refund. To apply for an SSN,
 TIP 2024 and you are filing a joint         a return but had tax withheld, a return
         return for 2025 with the same                                                     fill in Form SS-5 and return it, along
                                             must be filed to get a refund. The person     with the appropriate evidence docu-
spouse, be sure to enter your names and      who files the return must check the “De-      ments, to the Social Security Adminis-
SSNs in the same order as on your 2024       ceased” box at the top of page 1 of Form      tration (SSA). You can get Form SS-5
return.                                      1040 or 1040-SR. They must also enter         online at SSA.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf, from
                                             the date of death in the entry spaces. If a
Name Change                                  return is being filed for both spouses
                                                                                           your local SSA office, or by calling the
                                                                                           SSA at 800-772-1213. It usually takes
If you changed your name because of          who died in 2025, the person who files        about 2 weeks to get an SSN once the
marriage, divorce, etc., be sure to report   the return must check the “Deceased”          SSA has all the evidence and informa-
the change to the Social Security Ad-        box and enter the date of death for both      tion it needs.
ministration (SSA) before filing your re-    the primary taxpayer and the spouse.
turn. This prevents delays in processing                                                      Check that both the name and SSN
                                                If your spouse died in 2025 and you        on your Forms 1040 or 1040-SR, W-2,
your return and issuing refunds. It also
                                             didn’t remarry in 2025, or if your spouse     and 1099 agree with your social security
safeguards your future social security
                                             died in 2026 before filing a return for       card. If they don’t, certain deductions
benefits.
                                             2025, you can file a joint return. A joint    and credits on Form 1040 or 1040-SR
Address Change                               return should show your spouse’s 2025         may be reduced or disallowed and you
If you plan to move after filing your re-    income before death and your income           may not receive credit for your social
turn, use Form 8822 to notify the IRS of     for all of 2025. Check the “Deceased”         security earnings. If your Form W-2
your new address.                            box at the top of page 1 of Form 1040 or      shows an incorrect SSN or name, notify
                                             1040-SR and enter the date your spouse        your employer or the form-issuing agent
P.O. Box                                     died in the entry spaces after “Spouse.”      as soon as possible to make sure your
Enter your box number only if your post      Enter “Filing as surviving spouse” in the     earnings are credited to your social se-
office doesn’t deliver mail to your home.    area where you sign the return. If some-      curity record. If the name or SSN on
                                             one other than you is the personal repre-     your social security card is incorrect,
Foreign Address                              sentative, they must also sign the return.    call the SSA.
If you have a foreign address, enter the        Failure to complete this section may
city name on the appropriate line. Don’t                                                       Once you are issued an SSN, use it to
                                             delay the processing of the return.
enter any other information on that line,                                                  file your tax return. Use your SSN to file
but do complete the spaces below that           All payers of income, including fi-        your tax return even if your SSN does
line (Foreign country name, Foreign          nancial institutions, should be promptly      not authorize employment or if you have
                                             notified of the taxpayer’s death. This        been issued an SSN that authorizes em-
                                             will ensure the proper reporting of in-       ployment and you lose your employ-


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ment authorization. An ITIN won’t be         for certain tax benefits, including the      Married Filing Jointly
issued to you once you have been issued      earned income credit.
                                                                                          You can check the “Married filing joint-
an SSN. If you received your SSN after
previously using an ITIN, stop using         Presidential Election                        ly” box in the Filing Status section on
your ITIN. Use your SSN instead.             Campaign Fund                                page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR if any
                                                                                          of the following apply.
IRS Individual Taxpayer                      This fund helps pay for Presidential             • You were married at the end of
                                             election campaigns. The fund reduces
Identification Numbers                       candidates’ dependence on large contri-
                                                                                          2025, even if you didn’t live with your
                                                                                          spouse at the end of 2025.
(ITINs) for Aliens                           butions from individuals and groups and          • Your spouse died in 2025 and you
If you are a nonresident or resident alien   places candidates on an equal financial      didn’t remarry in 2025.
and you don’t have and aren’t eligible to    footing in the general election. The fund
                                             also helps pay for pediatric medical re-
                                                                                              • You were married at the end of
get an SSN, you must apply for an ITIN.                                                   2025 and your spouse died in 2026 be-
It takes about 7 weeks to get an ITIN.       search. If you want $3 to go to this fund,   fore filing a 2025 return.
                                             check the box. If you are filing a joint
   If you already have an ITIN, enter it     return, your spouse can also have $3 go          A married couple filing jointly report
wherever your SSN is requested on your       to the fund. If you check a box, your tax    their combined income and deduct their
tax return.                                  or refund won’t change.                      combined allowable expenses on one re-
   Some ITINs must be renewed. If you                                                     turn. They can file a joint return even if
haven’t used your ITIN on a federal tax                                                   only one had income or if they didn’t
return at least once for tax year 2022,      Filing Status                                live together all year. However, both
                                                                                          persons must sign the return. Once you
2023, or 2024, it has expired and must
be renewed if you need to file a federal     Check only the filing status that applies    file a joint return, you can’t choose to
tax return. You don’t need to renew your     to you. The ones that will usually give      file separate returns for that year after
ITIN if you don’t need to file a federal     you the lowest tax are listed last.          the due date of the return.
tax return. You can find more informa-          • Married filing separately.              Joint and several tax liability. If you
tion at IRS.gov/ITIN.                           • Single.                                 file a joint return, both you and your
   An ITIN is for tax use only. It doesn’t      • Head of household.                      spouse are generally responsible for the
entitle you to social security benefits or      • Married filing jointly.                 tax and interest or penalties due on the
change your employment or immigra-              • Qualifying surviving spouse.            return. This means that if one spouse
tion status under U.S. law.                  For information about marital status, see    doesn’t pay the tax due, the other may
                                             Pub. 501.                                    have to. Or, if one spouse doesn’t report
   For more information on ITINs, in-                                                     the correct tax, both spouses may be re-
cluding application, expiration, and re-              More than one filing status can
                                              TIP apply to you. You can choose            sponsible for any additional taxes as-
newal, see Form W-7 and its instruc-                                                      sessed by the IRS. You may want to file
tions.                                                 the one for which you qualify
                                             that will give you the lowest tax.           separately if:
   If you receive an SSN after previous-                                                      • You believe your spouse isn’t re-
ly using an ITIN, stop using your ITIN.      Single                                       porting all of their income, or
Use your SSN instead. Visit a local IRS
                                             You can check the “Single” box in the
                                                                                              • You don’t want to be responsible
office or write a letter to the IRS ex-                                                   for any taxes due if your spouse doesn’t
                                             Filing Status section on page 1 of Form      have enough tax withheld or doesn’t pay
plaining that you now have an SSN and
                                             1040 or 1040-SR if any of the following      enough estimated tax.
want all your tax records combined un-
                                             was true on December 31, 2025.               See the instructions for Married Filing
der your SSN. Details about what to in-
clude with the letter and where to mail it       • You were never married.                Separately. Also see Innocent Spouse
are at IRS.gov/ITIN.                             • You were legally separated accord-     Relief under General Information, later.
                                             ing to your state law under a decree of
Nonresident Alien Spouse                     divorce or separate maintenance. But if,     Nonresident aliens and dual-status ali-
If your spouse is a nonresident alien,       at the end of 2025, your divorce wasn’t      ens. Generally, a married couple can’t
your spouse must have either an SSN or       final (an interlocutory decree), you are     file a joint return if either spouse is a
an ITIN if:                                  considered married and can’t check the       nonresident alien at any time during the
                                             box.                                         year. However, you and your spouse can
   • You file a joint return, or                 • You were widowed before January        choose to be treated as U.S. residents for
   • Your spouse is filing a separate re-    1, 2025, and didn’t remarry before the       the entire year and file a joint return if
turn.
                                             end of 2025. But if you have a child,        one spouse was a nonresident alien at
2025 Residency                               you may be able to use the qualifying        the end of the tax year (the nonresident
If your main home, and your spouse’s if      surviving spouse filing status. See the      spouse) and the other was a U.S. citizen
filing a joint return, was in the United     instructions for Qualifying Surviving        or resident at the end of the tax year.
States for more than half of 2025, check     Spouse, later.                               This choice remains in effect in subse-
the box. Answering this question will                                                     quent years until terminated. You and
help the IRS determine your eligibility                                                   your spouse can also choose to file as



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U.S. residents for the entire year if both    separate return, you can’t take the de-      Test 2. You paid over half the cost of
of you are U.S. citizens or residents at      duction for qualified tips, the deduction    keeping up a home in which you lived
the end of the year and either (or both)      for qualified overtime, the enhanced se-     and in which one of the following also
of you were a nonresident at the begin-       nior deduction, the student loan interest    lived for more than half of the year (if
ning of the year (the dual-status             deduction, or the education credits, and     half or less, see Exception to time lived
spouse(s)). You can only make this            you will only be able to take the earned     with you, later).
choice for 1 year, and it does not apply      income credit and child and dependent
                                                                                              1. Any person whom you can claim
to any future years.                          care credit in very limited circumstan-
                                                                                           as a dependent. But don’t include:
   If you and your spouse are making ei-      ces. You also can’t take the standard de-
                                              duction if your spouse itemizes deduc-          a. Your child whom you claim as
ther of these choices to be treated as
                                              tions. For situations when you might         your dependent because of the rule for
U.S. residents for 2025, check the box in
                                              want to file separately, see Joint and       Children of divorced or separated pa-
the Filing Status section and enter the
                                              several tax liability, earlier.              rents under Who Qualifies as Your De-
name of the nonresident spouse or du-
                                                                                           pendent, later;
al-status spouse(s) (whichever applies to              You may be able to file as head
you) in the entry space. Also check the        TIP of household if you had a child            b. Any person who is your depend-
box and enter their name if you and your               living with you and you lived       ent only because the person lived with
nonresident spouse made the choice to         apart from your spouse during the last 6     you for all of 2025; or
be treated as residents in a prior year and   months of 2025. See Married persons             c. Any person you claimed as a de-
the choice remains in effect.                 who live apart, later.                       pendent under a multiple support agree-
          To make either choice for 2025,                                                  ment. See Who Qualifies as Your De-
     !    you and your spouse must file a     Head of Household                            pendent, later.
 CAUTION joint return and attach a state-     You can check the “Head of household”           2. Your unmarried qualifying child
ment, signed by both spouses, to your re-     box in the Filing Status section on          who isn’t your dependent.
turn. To find out what information must       page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR if you           3. Your married qualifying child
be included in the statement, as well as      are unmarried and provide a home for         who isn’t your dependent only because
more information on these choices, see        certain other persons. You are consid-       you can be claimed as a dependent on
Nonresident Spouse Treated as a Resi-         ered unmarried for this purpose if any of    someone else’s 2025 return.
dent for nonresident aliens and Choos-        the following applies.                          4. Your qualifying child who, even
ing Resident Alien Status for dual-status         • You were legally separated accord-     though you are the custodial parent, isn’t
aliens in Pub. 519.                           ing to your state law under a decree of      your dependent because of the rule for
                                              divorce or separate maintenance at the       Children of divorced or separated pa-
Married Filing Separately                     end of 2025. But if, at the end of 2025,     rents under Who Qualifies as Your De-
Check the “Married filing separately”         your divorce wasn’t final (an interlocu-     pendent, later.
box in the Filing Status section on           tory decree), you are considered mar-
                                                                                              If the child isn’t claimed as your de-
page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR if you         ried.
                                                                                           pendent, enter the child’s name in the
are married at the end of 2025 and file a         • You are married but lived apart        entry space below qualifying surviving
separate return. Enter your spouse’s          from your spouse for the last 6 months
                                                                                           spouse. If you don’t enter the name, it
name in the entry space. Be sure to enter     of 2025 and you meet the other rules un-
                                                                                           will take us longer to process your re-
your spouse’s SSN or ITIN in the space        der Married persons who live apart, lat-
                                                                                           turn.
for spouse’s SSN on Form 1040 or              er.
1040-SR. If your spouse doesn’t have              • You are married and your spouse        Qualifying child. To find out if some-
and isn’t required to have an SSN or          was a nonresident alien at any time dur-     one is your qualifying child, see Step 1
ITIN, enter “NRA” in the entry space.         ing the year and the election to treat the   under Who Qualifies as Your Dependent,
                                              alien spouse as a resident alien is not      later.
   For electronic filing, enter the spou-     made. See Nonresident aliens and du-
se’s name or “NRA” if the spouse              al-status aliens, earlier.                   Dependent. To find out if someone is
doesn’t have an SSN or ITIN in the en-        Check the “Head of household” box on-        your dependent, see Who Qualifies as
try space.                                    ly if you are unmarried (or considered       Your Dependent, later.
   If you are married and file a separate     unmarried) and either Test 1 or Test 2                The dependents you claim are
return, you generally report only your        applies.                                      TIP those you list by name and SSN
own income, deductions, and credits.          Test 1. You paid over half the cost of              in the Dependents section on
Generally, you are responsible only for       keeping up a home that was the main          Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
the tax on your own income. Different         home for all of 2025 of your parent
                                                                                           Exception to time lived with you.
rules apply to people in community            whom you can claim as a dependent, ex-
                                                                                           Temporary absences by you or the other
property states; see Pub. 555.                cept under a multiple support agreement
                                                                                           person for special circumstances, such
                                              (see Who Qualifies as Your Dependent,
   However, you will usually pay more                                                      as school, vacation, business, medical
                                              later). Your parent didn’t have to live
tax than if you use another filing status                                                  care, military service, or detention in a
                                              with you.
for which you qualify. Also, if you file a


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juvenile facility, count as time lived in        Foster child. A foster child is any                The dependents you claim are
the home. Also see Kidnapped child, lat-      child placed with you by an authorized        TIP those you list by name and SSN
er, under Who Qualifies as Your De-           placement agency or by judgment, de-                in the Dependents section on
pendent, if applicable.                       cree, or other order of any court of com-    Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
    If the person for whom you kept up a      petent jurisdiction.
                                                                                           Exception to time lived with you.
home was born or died in 2025, you still      Qualifying Surviving                         Temporary absences by you or the child
may be able to file as head of household.
If the person is your qualifying child, the   Spouse                                       for special circumstances, such as
                                                                                           school, vacation, business, medical care,
child must have lived with you for more       You can check the “Qualifying surviving
                                                                                           military service, or detention in a juve-
than half the part of the year the child      spouse” box in the Filing Status section
                                                                                           nile facility, count as time lived in the
was alive. If the person is anyone else,      on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR and
                                                                                           home. Also see Kidnapped child, later,
see Pub. 501. Similarly, if you adopted       use joint return tax rates for 2025 if all
                                                                                           under Who Qualifies as Your Dependent,
the person for whom you kept up a             of the following apply.
                                                                                           if applicable.
home in 2025, the person was lawfully            1. Your spouse died in 2023 or 2024
placed with you for legal adoption by                                                          A child is considered to have lived
                                              and you didn’t remarry before the end of
you in 2025, or the person was an eligi-                                                   with you for all of 2025 if the child was
                                              2025.
ble foster child placed with you during                                                    born or died in 2025 and your home was
                                                 2. You have a child or stepchild (not     the child’s home for the entire time the
2025, the person is considered to have
                                              a foster child) whom you can claim as a      child was alive. Similarly, if you adop-
lived with you for more than half of
                                              dependent or could claim as a dependent      ted the child in 2025, or the child was
2025 if your main home was this per-
                                              except that, for 2025:                       lawfully placed with you for legal adop-
son’s main home for more than half the
time since the person was adopted or             a. The child had gross income of          tion by you in 2025, the child is consid-
placed with you in 2025.                      $5,200 or more,                              ered to have lived with you for all of
                                                 b. The child filed a joint return, or     2025 if your main home was this child’s
Keeping up a home. To find out what
                                                                                           main home for the entire time since the
is included in the cost of keeping up a          c. You could be claimed as a de-
                                                                                           child was adopted or placed with you in
home, see Pub. 501.                           pendent on someone else’s return.
                                                                                           2025.
Married persons who live apart. Even              If the child isn’t claimed as your de-   Keeping up a home. To find out what
if you weren’t divorced or legally sepa-      pendent, enter the child’s name in the       is included in the cost of keeping up a
rated at the end of 2025, you are consid-     entry space. If you don’t enter the name,    home, see Pub. 501.
ered unmarried if all of the following        it will take us longer to process your re-
apply.                                        turn.                                        Digital Assets
    • You lived apart from your spouse            3. This child lived in your home for     Digital assets are any digital representa-
for the last 6 months of 2025. Tempora-       all of 2025. If the child didn’t live with   tions of value that are recorded on a
ry absences for special circumstances,        you for the required time, see Exception     cryptographically secured distributed
such as for business, medical care,           to time lived with you, later.               ledger or any similar technology. For ex-
school, or military service, count as time                                                 ample, digital assets include non-fungi-
                                                  4. You paid over half the cost of
lived in the home.                                                                         ble tokens (NFTs) and virtual currencies,
                                              keeping up your home.
    • You file a separate return from             5. You could have filed a joint re-
                                                                                           such as cryptocurrencies and stable-
your spouse.                                                                               coins. If a particular asset has the char-
                                              turn with your spouse the year your
    • You paid over half the cost of          spouse died, even if you didn’t actually
                                                                                           acteristics of a digital asset, it will be
keeping up your home for 2025.                                                             treated as a digital asset for federal in-
                                              do so.
    • Your home was the main home of                                                       come tax purposes.
your child, stepchild, or foster child for        If your spouse died in 2025, you can't      Check the “Yes” box next to the
more than half of 2025 (if half or less,      file as qualifying surviving spouse. In-     question on digital assets on page 1 of
see Exception to time lived with you,         stead, see the instructions for Married      Form 1040 or 1040-SR if at any time
earlier).                                     Filing Jointly, earlier.                     during 2025, you (a) received (as a re-
    • You can claim this child as your        Adopted child. An adopted child is al-       ward, award, or payment for property or
dependent or could claim the child ex-        ways treated as your own child. An           services); or (b) sold, exchanged, or oth-
cept that the child’s other parent can        adopted child includes a child lawfully      erwise disposed of a digital asset (or any
claim the child under the rule for Chil-      placed with you for legal adoption.          financial interest in any digital asset).
dren of divorced or separated parents
under Who Qualifies as Your Dependent,        Dependent. To find out if someone is            For example, check “Yes” if at any
later.                                        your dependent, see Who Qualifies as         time during 2025, you:
                                              Your Dependent, later.                          • Received digital assets as payment
   Adopted child. An adopted child is                                                      for property or services provided;
always treated as your own child. An
adopted child includes a child lawfully
                                                                                              • Received digital assets as a result
                                                                                           of a reward or award;
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    • Received new digital assets as a        through the use of electronic platforms       example, W-2 wages on Form 1040 or
result of mining, staking, and similar ac-    such as PayPal and Venmo.                     1040-SR, line 1a, or inventory or serv-
tivities;                                                                                   ices on Schedule C).
    • Received digital assets as a result        If you used a broker to effect the sale
                                                                                               If you received ordinary income in
of a hard fork;                               of a digital asset, your broker should
                                                                                            connection with digital assets that isn’t
    • Disposed of digital assets in ex-       send you Form 1099-DA. You must an-
                                                                                            reported elsewhere on your return, see
change for property or services;              swer the digital asset question on Form
                                                                                            the instructions for Schedule 1, line 8v.
    • Disposed of a digital asset in ex-      1040 whether or not you received a
                                                                                               If you disposed of any digital asset by
change or trade for another digital asset;    Form 1099-DA.
                                                                                            gift, you may be required to file Form
    • Sold a digital asset; or                         Do not leave the question un-        709. See Who Must File and Transfers
    • Otherwise disposed of any other fi-        !     answered. You must answer            Subject to the Gift Tax in the Instructions
nancial interest in a digital asset.          CAUTION “Yes” or “No” by checking the
                                                                                            for Form 709 for more information.
    You have a financial interest in a dig-   appropriate box. For more information,
ital asset if you are the owner of record     go to IRS.gov/VirtualCurrencyFAQs.

                                                                                            Dependents
of a digital asset, or have an ownership
stake in an account that holds one or
                                              How To Report Digital Asset
more digital assets, including the rights
and obligations to acquire a financial in-    Transactions                                  Use the Dependents section to list your
                                                                                            dependents. The flowchart and instruc-
terest, or you own a wallet that holds        If, in 2025, you disposed of any digital
                                                                                            tions in Who Qualifies as Your Depend-
digital assets.                               asset, which you held as a capital asset,
                                                                                            ent will help you determine who you
    The following actions or transactions     through a sale, trade, exchange, pay-
                                                                                            should list in this section. The informa-
in 2025, alone, generally don’t require       ment, or other transfer, check “Yes” and
                                                                                            tion provided in rows (5), (6), and (7),
you to check “Yes.”                           use Form 8949 to calculate your capital
                                                                                            and the question below row (7) in the
    • Holding a digital asset in a wallet     gain or loss and report that gain or loss
                                                                                            Dependents section, will help the IRS
or account;                                   on Schedule D.
                                                                                            determine your eligibility for certain tax
    • Transferring a digital asset from           If you received any digital asset as      benefits, including the child tax credit,
one wallet or account you own or con-         compensation for services or disposed of      the credit for other dependents, and the
trol to another wallet or account that you    any digital asset that you held for sale to   earned income credit. For more informa-
own or control; or                            customers in a trade or business, you         tion, see Who Qualifies as Your Depend-
    • Purchasing digital assets using         must report the income as you would re-       ent and the instructions for line 27a.
U.S. or other real currency, including        port other income of the same type (for




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Who Qualifies as Your
Dependent
                                                                         Step 1          Do You Have a Qualifying
                                                                                         Child?
Dependents, Qualifying Child for Child Tax
Credit, and Credit for Other Dependents                                                              A qualifying child is your...

Follow the steps in the following flowchart to find out if a per-         Son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half
son qualifies as your dependent and to find out if your depend-          brother, half sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, your grandchild,
ent qualifies you to take the child tax credit or the credit for oth-                                      niece, or nephew)
er dependents. If you have more than four dependents, check
the box under Dependents on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR
                                                                                                               AND
and include a statement showing the information requested in
the Dependents section.
                                                                                                                 was ...
         The dependents you claim are those you list by name
                                                                                       Under age 19 at the end of 2025 and younger than you
 TIP     and SSN in the Dependents section on Form 1040 or                                        (or your spouse if filing jointly)
         1040-SR.
                                                                                                                   or
Before you begin. See the definition of Social security num-              Under age 24 at the end of 2025, a full-time student (defined later), and younger
ber, later. If you want to claim the child tax credit, you must          than you (or your spouse if filing jointly). If the child is a full-time student, check
                                                                           the “Full-time student” box on row (6) of the Dependents section on page 1 of
have a valid SSN, which means it must be valid for employment                                          Form 1040 or 1040-SR
and issued before the due date of your return (including exten-
                                                                                                                or
sions). If you are filing a joint return, only one spouse is re-            Any age and permanently and totally disabled (defined later). If the child is
quired to have a valid SSN to be eligible for the CTC and                 permanently and totally disabled, check the “Permanently and totally disabled”
ACTC. The other spouse must have either an SSN or ITIN, and               box on row (6) of the Dependents section on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
it must have been issued on or before the due date of the return
(including extensions). If you want to claim the credit for other                                              AND
dependents, you, and your spouse if filing jointly, must have ei-
ther an SSN or ITIN issued on or before the due date of your
2025 return (including extensions).                                          Who didn't provide over half of their own support for 2025 (see Pub. 501)

                                                                                                               AND


                                                                                                  Who isn't filing a joint return for 2025
                                                                         or is filing a joint return for 2025 only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or
                                                                                       estimated tax paid (see Pub. 501 for details and examples)


                                                                                                               AND


                                                                          Who lived with you for more than half of 2025. If the child didn’t live with you
                                                                         for the required time, see Exception to time lived with you, later. If the child lived
                                                                         with you for more than half of 2025, check the “Yes” box (box (a)) on row (5) of
                                                                                    the Dependents section on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.


                                                                                         If the child meets the conditions to be a qualifying child of any
                                                                                         other person (other than your spouse if filing jointly) for 2025, see
                                                                             !
                                                                         CAUTION
                                                                                         Qualifying child of more than one person, later.




                                                                        1. Do you have a child who meets the conditions to be your
                                                                           qualifying child?
                                                                                 Yes. Go to Step 2.         No. Go to Step 4.




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 Step 2      Is Your Qualifying Child Your                             2. Was the child a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident
             Dependent?                                                   alien? (See Pub. 519 for the definition of a U.S. national or
                                                                          U.S. resident alien. If the child was adopted, see Exception
                                                                          to citizen test, later.)
1. Was the child a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident                    Yes. Continue                 No. STOP
   alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico? (See Pub. 519 for                                   䊲
   the definition of a U.S. national or U.S. resident alien. If the                                           You can’t claim the child
   child was adopted, see Exception to citizen test, later.)                                                  tax credit or the credit for
          Yes. Continue                 No. STOP                                                              other dependents for this
                           䊲                                                                                  child.
                                        You can’t claim this child
                                        as a dependent.
                                                                       3. Was the child under age 17 at the end of 2025?
                                                                               Yes. Continue                 No. You can claim the
2. Was the child married?                                                                       䊲            credit for other
        Yes. See Married                No. Continue                                                         dependents for this child.
        person, later.                                   䊲                                                   Check the “Credit for
                                                                                                             other dependents” box on
                                                                                                             row (7) of the
3. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?                                                                   Dependents section on
                                                                                                             page 1 of Form 1040 or
        Yes. You can claim this        No. Continue                                                          1040-SR for this person.
        child as a dependent.                       䊲
        Complete rows (1)
        through (4), (5)(a), and                                       4. Did you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, and this
        (6) of the Dependents                                             child have SSNs valid for employment and issued before the
        section on page 1 of                                              due date of your 2025 return (including extensions)? (See
        Form 1040 or 1040-SR                                              Social Security Number, later.)
        for this child. Then, go
        to Step 3.                                                              Yes. You can claim the        No. Go to Step 5.
                                                                                child tax credit for this
                                                                                person. Check the
4. Could you be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s                        “Child tax credit” box
   2025 tax return? (If the person who could claim you on their                 on row (7) of the
   2025 tax return is not required to file, and isn’t filing a 2025             Dependents section on
   tax return or is filing a 2025 return only to claim a refund of              page 1 of Form 1040 or
   withheld income tax or estimated tax paid, check “No.”)                      1040-SR for this
                                                                                person.
         Yes. STOP                      No. You can claim this
                                        child as a dependent.
         You can't claim any            Complete rows (1)
         dependents. Complete           through (4), (5)(a), and
         the rest of Form 1040 or       (6) of the Dependents
         1040-SR and any                section on page 1 of
         applicable schedules.          Form 1040 or 1040-SR
                                        for this child. Then, go to
                                        Step 3.

 Step 3      Does Your Qualifying Child
             Qualify You for the Child Tax
             Credit or Credit for Other
             Dependents?
1. Did the child have an SSN, ITIN, or adoption taxpayer
   identification number (ATIN) issued on or before the due
   date of your return (including extensions)? (Answer “Yes” if
   you are applying for an ITIN or ATIN for the child on or
   before the due date of your return (including extensions).)
         Yes. Continue                 No. STOP
                           䊲
                                        You can’t claim the child
                                        tax credit or the credit for
                                        other dependents for this
                                        child.




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 Step 4          Is Your Qualifying Relative                                             3. Was your qualifying relative married?
                 Your Dependent?                                                                 Yes. See Married             No. Continue
                                                                                                 person, later.                            䊲
                           A qualifying relative is your...

     Son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, or a descendant of any of them (for         4. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?
                             example, your grandchild)
                                                                                                 Yes. You can claim             No. Continue
                                           or
                                                                                                 this person as a                            䊲
  Brother, sister, half brother, half sister, or a son or daughter of any of them (for           dependent. Complete
                            example, your niece or nephew)                                       rows (1) through (4), (5)
                                           or                                                    (a), and (6) of the
                                                                                                 Dependents section on
   Father, mother, or an ancestor or sibling of either of them (for example, your                page 1 of Form 1040 or
                     grandmother, grandfather, aunt, or uncle)                                   1040-SR. Then, go to
                                                                                                 Step 5.
                                           or
    Stepbrother, stepsister, stepfather, stepmother, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
           father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law                5. Could you be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s
                                                                                            2025 tax return? (If the person who could claim you on their
                                           or                                               2025 tax return is not required to file, and isn’t filing a 2025
    Any other person (other than your spouse) who lived with you all year as a
                                                                                            tax return or is filing a 2025 return only to claim a refund of
   member of your household if your relationship didn’t violate local law. If the
                                                                                            withheld income tax or estimated tax paid, check “No.”)
 person didn’t live with you for the required time, see Exception to time lived with              Yes. STOP                      No. You can claim this
                                      you, later.                                                                                person as a dependent.
                                                                                                  You can’t claim any            Complete rows (1)
                                       AND                                                        dependents. Complete           through (4), (5)(a), and
                                                                                                  the rest of Form 1040 or       (6) of the Dependents
                                                                                                  1040-SR and any                section on page 1 of
                                                                                                  applicable schedules.          Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
   Who wasn’t a qualifying child (see Step 1) of any taxpayer for 2025. For this                                                 Then, go to Step 5.
 purpose, a person isn’t a taxpayer if the person isn’t required to file a U.S. income

                                                                                          Step 5      Does Your Qualifying Relative
   tax return and either doesn’t file such a return or files only to get a refund of
 withheld income tax or estimated tax paid. See Pub. 501 for details and examples.

                                       AND
                                                                                                      Qualify You for the Credit for
                                                                                                      Other Dependents?
 Who had gross income of less than $5,200 in 2025. If the person was permanently
                                                                                         1. Did you, and your spouse if filing a joint return, have either
          and totally disabled, see Exception to gross income test, later.
                                                                                            an SSN or ITIN issued on or before the due date of your
                                                                                            2025 return (including extensions)? (Answer “Yes” if you
                                                                                            are applying for an ITIN on or before the return due date
                                       AND                                                  (including extensions).)
                                                                                                  Yes. Continue                No. STOP
                                                                                                                    䊲
    For whom you provided over half of the person’s support in 2025. But see                                                     You can’t claim the
   Children of divorced or separated parents, Multiple support agreements, and                                                   credit for other
                              Kidnapped child, later.                                                                            dependents.

                                                                                         2. Did your qualifying relative have an SSN, ITIN, or ATIN
                                                                                            issued on or before the due date of your 2025 return
1. Does any person meet the conditions to be your qualifying                                (including extensions)? (Answer “Yes” if you are applying
   relative?                                                                                for an ITIN or ATIN for the qualifying relative on or before
                                                                                            the return due date (including extensions).)
          Yes. Continue             No. STOP
                                   䊲                                                              Yes. Continue                 No. STOP
                                                                                                                    䊲
                                                                                                                                 You can’t claim the
2. Was your qualifying relative a U.S. citizen, U.S. national,                                                                   credit for other
   U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico? (See                                                                  dependents for this
   Pub. 519 for the definition of a U.S. national or U.S.                                                                        qualifying relative.
   resident alien. If your qualifying relative was adopted, see
   Exception to citizen test, later.)                                                    3. Was your qualifying relative a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or
         Yes. Continue                  No. STOP                                            U.S. resident alien? (See Pub. 519 for the definition of a
                                   䊲
                                                     You can’t claim this
                                                     person as a dependent.



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     U.S. national or a U.S. resident alien. If your qualifying         hold filing status, the credit for child and dependent care expen-
     relative was adopted, see Exception to citizen test, later.)       ses, the exclusion for dependent care benefits, or the earned in-
            Yes. You can claim the       No. STOP                       come credit. The custodial parent or another taxpayer, if eligi-
            credit for other                                            ble, can claim the child for the earned income credit and these
            dependents for this          You can’t claim the
                                         credit for other               other benefits. See Pub. 501 for details.
            dependent. Check the
            “Credit for other            dependents for this               Custodial and noncustodial parents. The custodial parent is
            dependents” box on row       qualifying relative.
                                                                        the parent with whom the child lived for the greater number of
            (7) of the Dependents
            section on page 1 of                                        nights in 2025. The noncustodial parent is the other parent. If
            Form 1040 or 1040-SR                                        the child was with each parent for an equal number of nights,
            for this person.                                            the custodial parent is the parent with the higher adjusted gross
                                                                        income. See Pub. 501 for an exception for a parent who works
Definitions and Special Rules                                           at night, rules for a child who is emancipated under state law,
                                                                        and other details.
Adopted child. An adopted child is always treated as your own
child. An adopted child includes a child lawfully placed with              Post-1984 and pre-2009 decree or agreement. The decree
you for legal adoption.                                                 or agreement must state all three of the following.
                                                                           1. The noncustodial parent can claim the child as a depend-
Adoption taxpayer identification numbers (ATINs). If you
                                                                        ent without regard to any condition, such as payment of support.
have a dependent who was placed with you for legal adoption
and you don’t know the dependent’s SSN, you must get an                    2. The other parent won’t claim the child as a dependent.
ATIN for the dependent from the IRS. See Form W-7A for de-                 3. The years for which the claim is released.
tails. If the dependent isn’t a U.S. citizen or resident alien, apply
                                                                           The noncustodial parent must include all of the following pa-
for an ITIN instead using Form W-7.
                                                                        ges from the decree or agreement.
Children of divorced or separated parents. A child will be                 • Cover page (include the other parent’s SSN on that page).
treated as the qualifying child or qualifying relative of the              • The pages that include all the information identified in (1)
                                                                        through (3) above.
child’s noncustodial parent (defined later) if all of the following
conditions apply.                                                          • Signature page with the other parent’s signature and date
                                                                        of agreement.
   1. The parents are divorced, legally separated, separated un-
der a written separation agreement, or lived apart at all times                   You must include the required information even if you
during the last 6 months of 2025 (whether or not they are or               !      filed it with your return in an earlier year.
were married).                                                          CAUTION


   2. The child received over half of the child’s support for              Post-2008 decree or agreement. If the divorce decree or
2025 from the parents (and the rules on Multiple support agree-         separation agreement went into effect after 2008, the noncusto-
ments, later, don’t apply). Support of a child received from a pa-      dial parent can’t include pages from the decree or agreement in-
rent’s spouse is treated as provided by the parent.                     stead of Form 8332. The custodial parent must sign either Form
   3. The child is in custody of one or both of the parents for         8332 or a substantially similar statement the only purpose of
more than half of 2025.                                                 which is to release the custodial parent’s claim to certain tax
                                                                        benefits for a child, and the noncustodial parent must include a
   4. Either of the following applies.
                                                                        copy with their return. The form or statement must release the
   a. The custodial parent signs Form 8332 or a substantially           custodial parent’s claim to the child without any conditions. For
similar statement that they won’t claim the child as a dependent        example, the release must not depend on the noncustodial pa-
for 2025, and the noncustodial parent includes a copy of the            rent paying support.
form or statement with their return. If the divorce decree or sep-
aration agreement went into effect after 1984 and before 2009,             Release of certain tax benefits revoked. A custodial parent
the noncustodial parent may be able to include certain pages            who has revoked their previous release of a claim to certain tax
from the decree or agreement instead of Form 8332. See                  benefits for a child must include a copy of the revocation with
Post-1984 and pre-2009 decree or agreement and Post-2008 de-            their return. For details, see Form 8332.
cree or agreement.                                                      Exception to citizen test. If you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. na-
   b. A pre-1985 decree of divorce or separate maintenance or           tional and your adopted child lived with you all year as a mem-
written separation agreement between the parents provides that          ber of your household, that child meets the requirement to be a
the noncustodial parent can claim the child as a dependent, and         U.S. citizen in Step 2, question 1; Step 3, question 2; Step 4,
the noncustodial parent provides at least $600 for support of the       question 2; and Step 5, question 3.
child during 2025.                                                      Exception to gross income test. If your relative (including a
   If conditions (1) through (4) apply, only the noncustodial pa-       person who lived with you all year as a member of your house-
rent can claim the child for purposes of the child tax credit and       hold) is permanently and totally disabled (defined later), certain
credit for other dependents (lines 19 and 28). However, this            income for services performed at a sheltered workshop may be
doesn’t allow the noncustodial parent to claim head of house-           excluded for this test. For details, see Pub. 501.



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Exception to time lived with you. Temporary absences by you            with you all year as a member of your household) but you and
or the other person for special circumstances, such as school,         another person(s) provided more than half of your relative’s
vacation, business, medical care, military service, or detention       support, special rules may apply that would treat you as having
in a juvenile facility, count as time the person lived with you.       provided over half of the support. For details, see Pub. 501.
Also see Children of divorced or separated parents, earlier, or        Permanently and totally disabled. A person is permanently
Kidnapped child, later.                                                and totally disabled if, at any time in 2025, the person can’t en-
   If the person meets all other requirements to be your qualify-      gage in any substantial gainful activity because of a physical or
ing child but was born or died in 2025, the person is considered       mental condition and a doctor has determined that this condition
to have lived with you for more than half of 2025 if your home         has lasted or can be expected to last continuously for at least a
was this person’s home for more than half the time the person          year or can be expected to lead to death.
was alive in 2025. If the person meets all other requirements to       Public assistance payments. If you received payments under
be your qualifying child but you adopted the person in 2025, the       the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program
person was lawfully placed with you for legal adoption by you          or other public assistance program and you used the money to
in 2025, or if the person was an eligible foster child placed with     support another person, see Pub. 501.
you during 2025, the person is considered to have lived with
you for more than half of 2025 if your main home was this per-         Qualifying child of more than one person. Even if a child
son’s main home for more than half the time since the person           meets the conditions to be the qualifying child of more than one
was adopted or placed with you in 2025.                                person, only one person can claim the child as a qualifying child
   Any other person is considered to have lived with you for all       for all of the following tax benefits, unless the special rule for
of 2025 if the person was born or died in 2025 and your home           Children of divorced or separated parents, described earlier, ap-
was this person’s home for the entire time the person was alive        plies.
in 2025, or if you adopted the person in 2025, the person was              1. Child tax credit and credit for other dependents (line 19)
lawfully placed with you for legal adoption by you in 2025, or         and additional child tax credit (line 28).
the person was an eligible foster child placed with you during             2. Head of household filing status.
2025 and your main home was the person’s main home for the                 3. Credit for child and dependent care expenses (Schedule
entire time since the person was adopted or placed with you in         3, line 2).
2025.
                                                                           4. Exclusion for dependent care benefits (Form 2441, Part
Foster child. A foster child is any child placed with you by an        III).
authorized placement agency or by judgment, decree, or other               5. Earned income credit (line 27a).
order of any court of competent jurisdiction.
                                                                       No other person can take any of the five tax benefits just listed
Full-time student. A full-time student is a child who during           based on the qualifying child. If you and any other person can
any part of 5 calendar months of 2025 was enrolled as a                claim the child as a qualifying child, the following rules apply.
full-time student at a school or took a full-time, on-farm training    For purposes of these rules, the term “parent” means a biologi-
course given by a school or a state, county, or local government       cal or adoptive parent of an individual. It doesn’t include a step-
agency. A school includes a technical, trade, or mechanical            parent or foster parent unless that person has adopted the indi-
school. It doesn’t include an on-the-job training course, corre-       vidual.
spondence school, or school offering courses only through the             • If only one of the persons is the child’s parent, the child is
Internet.                                                              treated as the qualifying child of the parent.
Kidnapped child. If your child is presumed by law enforce-                • If the parents file a joint return together and can claim the
ment authorities to have been kidnapped by someone who isn’t           child as a qualifying child, the child is treated as the qualifying
a family member, you may be able to take the child into account        child of the parents.
in determining your eligibility for head of household or qualify-         • If the parents don’t file a joint return together but both pa-
ing surviving spouse filing status, the child tax credit, the credit   rents claim the child as a qualifying child, the IRS will treat the
for other dependents, and the earned income credit (EIC). For          child as the qualifying child of the parent with whom the child
details, see Pub. 501 (Pub. 596 for the EIC).                          lived for the longer period of time in 2025. If the child lived
                                                                       with each parent for the same amount of time, the IRS will treat
Married person. If the person is married and files a joint re-         the child as the qualifying child of the parent who had the high-
turn, you can’t claim that person as your dependent. However, if       er adjusted gross income (AGI) for 2025.
the person is married but doesn’t file a joint return or files a          • If no parent can claim the child as a qualifying child, the
joint return only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or es-      child is treated as the qualifying child of the person who had the
timated tax paid, you may be able to claim that person as a de-        highest AGI for 2025.
pendent. (See Pub. 501 for details and examples.) In that case,           • If a parent can claim the child as a qualifying child but no
go to Step 2, question 3 (for a qualifying child), or Step 4, ques-    parent does so claim the child, the child is treated as the qualify-
tion 4 (for a qualifying relative).                                    ing child of the person who had the highest AGI for 2025, but
                                                                       only if that person’s AGI is higher than the highest AGI of any
Multiple support agreements. If no one person contributed
                                                                       parent of the child who can claim the child.
over half of the support of your relative (or a person who lived



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   Example. Your child meets the conditions to be a qualifying        ceived the SSN, the SSN is valid for employment. If “Not Valid
child for both you and your parent. Your child doesn’t meet the       for Employment” is printed on your child’s social security card
conditions to be a qualifying child of any other person, includ-      and your child’s immigration status has changed so that your
ing your child’s other parent. Under the rules just described, you    child is now a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, ask the SSA
can claim your child as a qualifying child for all of the five tax    for a new social security card without the legend. However, if
benefits just listed for which you otherwise qualify. Your parent     “Valid for Work Only With DHS Authorization” is printed on
can’t claim any of those five tax benefits based on your child.       your child’s social security card, your child has the required
However, if your parent’s AGI is higher than yours and you do         SSN only as long as the DHS authorization is valid.
not claim your child as a qualifying child, your child is the qual-       If your dependent child was born and died in 2025 and you
ifying child of your parent.                                          do not have an SSN for the child, enter “Died” on row (3) of the
   For more details and examples, see Pub. 501.                       Dependents section and include a copy of the child’s birth cer-
   If you will be claiming the child as a qualifying child, go to     tificate, death certificate, or hospital records. The document
Step 2. Otherwise, stop; you can’t claim any benefits based on        must show the child was born alive.
this child.                                                               If you didn’t have an SSN that is valid for employment and
                                                                      issued before the due date of your 2025 return (including exten-
Social security number. You must enter each dependent’s so-           sions), you can’t claim the child tax credit on your original or
cial security number (SSN). Be sure the name and SSN entered          amended 2025 return. To claim the credit on a joint return, you
agree with the dependent’s social security card. Otherwise, at        or your spouse must have an SSN that is valid for employment
the time we process your return, we may reduce or disallow any        and issued before the due date of your 2025 return (including
tax benefits (such as the child tax credit) based on that depend-     extensions). The other spouse must have either an SSN or ITIN,
ent. If the name or SSN on the dependent’s social security card       and it must have been issued on or before the due date of the
isn’t correct or you need to get an SSN for your dependent, con-      return (including extensions). If you, or your spouse if filing
tact the Social Security Administration (SSA). See Social Se-         jointly, didn’t have either an SSN or ITIN issued on or before
curity Number (SSN), earlier. If your dependent won’t have a          the due date of your 2025 return (including extensions), you
number by the date your return is due, see What if You Can’t          can’t claim the credit for other dependents on your original or
File on Time? earlier.                                                amended return.
   For the child tax credit, your child must have a valid SSN. A          If you apply for an ITIN on or before the due date of your
valid SSN is one that is valid for employment and that is issued      2025 return (including extensions) and the IRS issues you an
by the SSA before the due date of your 2025 return (including         ITIN as a result of the application, the IRS will consider your
extensions). If your child was a U.S. citizen when the child re-      ITIN as issued on or before the due date of your return.




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                                               Foreign financial assets. If you had         what is separate income. For details, see

Income                                         foreign financial assets in 2025, you        Form 8958 and Pub. 555.
                                               may have to file Form 8938. See Form         Nevada, Washington, and California
Generally, you must report all income          8938 and its instructions.                   domestic partners. A registered do-
except income that is exempt from tax                                                       mestic partner in Nevada, Washington,
                                               Chapter 11 Bankruptcy                        or California must generally report half
by law. For details, see the following in-
structions and the Schedule 1 instruc-         Cases                                        the combined community income of the
tions, especially the instructions for lines   If you are a debtor in a chapter 11 bank-    individual and their domestic partner.
1 through 7 and Schedule 1, lines 1            ruptcy case, income taxable to the bank-     See Form 8958 and Pub. 555.
through 8z. Also see Pub. 525.                 ruptcy estate and reported on the estate’s   Rounding Off to Whole
                                               income tax return includes:
Forgiveness of Paycheck                                                                     Dollars
                                                   • Earnings from services you per-
Protection Program (PPP)                       formed after the beginning of the case       You can round off cents to whole dollars
Loans                                          (both wages and self-employment in-          on your return and schedules. If you do
                                               come); and                                   round to whole dollars, you must round
You don’t need to include the amount of
a forgiven PPP Loan in your income.                • Income from property described in      all amounts. To round, drop amounts un-
                                               section 541 of title 11 of the U.S. Code     der 50 cents and increase amounts from
Although you don’t need to report the
                                               that you either owned when the case be-      50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For ex-
income from the forgiveness of your
                                               gan or that you acquired after the case      ample, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 be-
PPP Loan on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                                               began and before the case was closed,        comes $3.
you do need to report certain informa-
                                               dismissed, or converted to a case under a
tion related to your PPP Loan as an at-                                                        If you have to add two or more
                                               different chapter.
tachment to your tax return. For more                                                       amounts to figure the amount to enter on
information, see Pub. 525.                        Because this income is taxable to the     a line, include cents when adding the
                                               estate, don’t include this income on your    amounts and round off only the total.
Foreign-Source Income                          own individual income tax return. The
You must report unearned income, such                                                          If you are entering amounts that in-
                                               only exception is for purposes of figur-
as interest, dividends, and pensions,                                                       clude cents, make sure to include the
                                               ing your self-employment tax. For that
from sources outside the United States                                                      decimal point. There is no cents column
                                               purpose, you must take into account all
unless exempt by law or a tax treaty.                                                       on the form.
                                               your self-employment income for the
You must also report earned income,            year from services performed both be-                 The lines on Forms 1040 and
such as wages and tips, from sources
outside the United States.
                                               fore and after the beginning of the case.
                                               Also, you (or the trustee if one is ap-
                                                                                               !     1040-SR are the same. Referen-
                                                                                             CAUTION ces to lines in the following in-


    If you worked abroad, you may be           pointed) must allocate between you and       structions refer to the line on either
able to exclude part or all of your for-       the bankruptcy estate the wages, salary,     form.
eign earned income. For details, see           or other compensation and withheld in-
                                               come tax reported to you on Form W-2.
Pub. 54 and Form 2555.
                                               A similar allocation is required for in-     Line 1a
Foreign retirement plans. If you were
                                               come and withheld income tax reported
a beneficiary of a foreign retirement                                                       Total Amount From Form(s)
                                               to you on Forms 1099. You must also in-
plan, you may have to report the undis-
                                               clude a statement that indicates you filed   W-2, Box 1
tributed income earned in your plan.
                                               a chapter 11 case and that explains how      Enter the total amount from Form(s)
However, if you were the beneficiary of
                                               income and withheld income tax repor-        W-2, box 1. If a joint return, also in-
a Canadian registered retirement plan,
                                               ted to you on Forms W-2 and 1099 are         clude your spouse’s income from
see Rev. Proc. 2014-55, 2014-44 I.R.B.
                                               allocated between you and the estate.        Form(s) W-2, box 1.
753,      available    at    IRS.gov/irb/
                                               For more details, including acceptable
2014-44_IRB#RP-2014-55, to find out if                                                               If you earned wages while you
                                               allocation methods, see Notice 2006-83,
you can elect to defer tax on the undis-
tributed income.
                                               2006-40 I.R.B. 596, available at                !     were an inmate in a penal insti-
                                                                                             CAUTION tution, report these amounts on
                                               IRS.gov/irb/
    Report distributions from foreign                                                       Schedule 1, line 8u. Do not report these
                                               2006-40_IRB#NOT-2006-83.
pension plans on lines 5a and 5b.                                                           wages on line 1a. See the instructions
                                               Community Property States                    for Schedule 1, line 8u.
Foreign accounts and trusts. You               Community property states include Ari-
must complete Part III of Schedule B if        zona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Ne-
you:                                           vada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington,
   • Had a foreign account; or                 and Wisconsin. If you and your spouse
   • Received a distribution from, or          lived in a community property state, you
were a grantor of, or a transferor to, a       must usually follow state law to deter-
foreign trust.                                 mine what is community income and
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         If you received a pension or an-    Form(s) W-2. Also enter the total of
     !   nuity from a nonqualified defer-    your taxable and nontaxable Medicaid         Line 1f
 CAUTION red compensation plan or a          waiver payments that were not reported
nongovernmental section 457 plan and         on Form(s) W-2, or not reported in
                                                                                          Employer-Provided
it was reported in box 1 of Form W-2,        box 1 of Form(s) W-2, if you choose to       Adoption Benefits From
do not include this amount on Form           include nontaxable payments in earned        Form 8839, Line 31
1040, line 1a. This amount is reported       income for purposes of claiming a credit
                                                                                          Enter the total of your employer-provi-
on Schedule 1, line 8t.                      or other tax benefit. If you and your
                                                                                          ded adoption benefits from Form 8839,
                                             spouse both received nontaxable Medic-
                                                                                          line 31. Employer-provided adoption
                                             aid waiver payments during the year,
Line 1b                                      you and your spouse can make different
                                                                                          benefits should be shown in box 12 of
                                                                                          your Form(s) W-2 with code T. But see
                                             choices about including payments in
Household Employee                           earned income. See the instructions for
                                                                                          the Instructions for Form 8839 to find
Wages Not Reported on                        Schedule 1, line 8s.
                                                                                          out if you can exclude part or all of the
                                                                                          benefits. You may also be able to ex-
Form(s) W-2                                     If you are a sole proprietor in a busi-   clude amounts if you adopted a child
Enter the total of your wages received as    ness of providing home care services,        with special needs and the adoption be-
a household employee that was not re-        see the Schedule C instructions for how      came final in 2025.
ported on Form(s) W-2. An employer           to report these amounts. If you do not
isn’t required to provide a Form W-2 to      have a separate trade or business of pro-    Line 1g
you if they paid you wages of less than      viding these services, enter on Form
$2,800 in 2025. For information on em-       1040, line 1d, your Medicaid waiver          Wages From Form 8919,
ployment taxes for household employ-         payments reported on Form 1099-MISC          Line 6
ees, see Tax Topic 756.                      or Form 1099-NEC. Also, enter your
                                             nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments          Enter the total of your wages from Form
Line 1c                                      on Schedule 1, line 8s.                      8919, line 6.

Tip Income Not Reported on
                                                      Your    nontaxable
                                              TIP waiver payments may have
                                                                             Medicaid
                                                                                          Line 1h
Line 1a                                              been reported to you           on    Other Earned Income
Enter the total of your tip income that      Form(s) W-2, box 12, with Code II.
was not reported on Form 1040, line 1a.                                                            If you received scholarship or
This should include any tip income you                If you received nontaxable           TIP fellowship grants that were not
didn’t report to your employer and any          !     Medicaid waiver payments, and
                                              CAUTION box 1 of your Form(s) W-2 is
                                                                                                    reported to you on Form W-2,
                                                                                          report these amounts on Schedule 1,
allocated tips shown in box 8 on your
Form(s) W-2 unless you can prove that        blank or has zeros, and you are choos-       line 8r. See the instructions for Schedule
your unreported tips are less than the       ing not to include nontaxable payments       1, line 8r.
amount in box 8. Allocated tips aren’t       in earned income for purposes of claim-
                                             ing a credit, do not attach any of these         The following types of income must
included as income in box 1. See Pub.                                                     be included in the total on line 1h.
531 for more details. Also, include the      Form(s) W-2 to your return.
value of any noncash tips you received,
                                                                                              • Strike or lockout benefits (other
                                                                                          than bona fide gifts).
such as tickets, passes, or other items of
value. Although you don’t report these
                                             Line 1e                                          • Excess elective deferrals. The
                                                                                          amount deferred should be shown in
noncash tips to your employer, you must      Taxable Dependent Care                       box 12 of your Form W-2, and the “Re-
report them on line 1c.
                                             Benefits From Form 2441,                     tirement plan” box in box 13 should be
                                                                                          checked. If the total amount you (or
        You may owe social security          Line 26
     !  and Medicare or railroad re-
CAUTION tirement (RRTA) tax on unre-         Enter the total of your taxable dependent
                                                                                          your spouse if filing jointly) deferred for
                                                                                          2025 under all plans was more than
ported tips. See the instructions for        care benefits from Form 2441, line 26.       $23,500 (excluding catch-up contribu-
Schedule 2, line 5.                          Dependent care benefits should be            tions, as explained later), include the ex-
                                             shown in box 10 of your Form(s) W-2.         cess on line 1h. This limit is generally
                                             But first complete Form 2441 to see if       (a) $16,500 if you have only SIMPLE
Line 1d                                      you can exclude part or all of the bene-     plans, and (b) $26,500 for section 403(b)
                                             fits.                                        plans if you qualify for the 15-year rule
Medicaid Waiver Payments                                                                  in Pub. 571. Although designated Roth
Not Reported on Form(s)                                                                   contributions are subject to this limit,
W-2, Box 1                                                                                don’t include the excess attributable to
                                                                                          such contributions on line 1h. They are
Enter your taxable Medicaid waiver                                                        already included as income in box 1 of
payments that were not reported on                                                        your Form W-2.


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   • A higher limit of $17,600 may            Were You a Statutory
                                                                                              Also include on line 2a any ex-
apply to participants in certain SIMPLE                                                    empt-interest dividends from a mutual
plans. A higher limit may also apply to       Employee?                                    fund or other regulated investment com-
participants in section 457(b) deferred                                                    pany. This amount should be shown in
                                              If you were a statutory employee, the
compensation plans for the 3 years                                                         box 12 of Form 1099-DIV.
                                              “Statutory employee” box in box 13 of
before retirement age. Contact your plan
                                              your Form W-2 should be checked. Stat-          Don’t include interest earned on your
administrator for more information.
                                              utory employees include full-time life       IRA, health savings account, Archer or
   • If you were age 50 or older at the       insurance salespeople and certain agent      Medicare Advantage MSA, or Coverdell
end of 2025, your employer may have
                                              or commission drivers, certain traveling     education savings account.
allowed an additional deferral (catch-up
                                              salespeople, and certain homeworkers.
contributions) of up to $7,500                                                                     Don’t include any amounts re-
                                              Statutory employees report the amount
(generally, $3,500 for section 401(k)(11)
and SIMPLE plans). If you were age 60
                                              shown in box 1 of Form W-2 on a                 !    lated to the forgiveness of PPP
                                                                                           CAUTION Loans on this line.
                                              Schedule C along with any related busi-
to 63 at the end of 2025, your employer
                                              ness expenses.
may have allowed a catch-up
contribution of up to $11,250 ($5,250                                                      Line 2b
for section 401(k)(11) and SIMPLE             Missing or Incorrect
                                                                                           Taxable Interest
plans). This additional deferral amount       Form W-2?
isn’t subject to the overall limit on                                                      Each payer should send you a Form
                                              Your employer is required to provide or      1099-INT or Form 1099-OID. Enter
elective deferrals.
                                              send Form W-2 to you no later than
   • A catch-up contribution limit of         February 2, 2026. If you don’t receive it
                                                                                           your total taxable interest income on
$3,850 may apply to certain participants                                                   line 2b. But you must fill in and attach
                                              by early February, use Tax Topic 154 to      Schedule B if the total is over $1,500 or
in certain SIMPLE plans. Contact your
                                              find out what to do. Even if you don’t       any of the other conditions listed at the
plan administrator for more information.
                                              get a Form W-2, you must still report        beginning of the Schedule B instructions
        You can’t deduct the amount           your earnings. If you lose your Form         applies to you.
   !    deferred. It isn’t included as in-
CAUTION come in box 1 of your Form
                                              W-2 or it is incorrect, ask your employer
                                              for a new one.                                  For more details about reporting taxa-
W-2.                                                                                       ble interest, including original issue dis-
    • Disability pensions shown on            Line 2a                                      count or market discount on debt instru-
Form 1099-R if you haven’t reached the                                                     ments and adjustments for amortizable
minimum retirement age set by your            Tax-Exempt Interest                          bond premium or acquisition premium,
employer. But see Insurance Premiums          If you received any tax-exempt interest      see Pub. 550.
for Retired Public Safety Officers in the     (including any tax-exempt original issue         Interest credited in 2025 on deposits
instructions for lines 5a and 5b.             discount (OID)), such as from municipal      that you couldn’t withdraw because of
Disability pensions received after you        bonds, each payer should send you a          the bankruptcy or insolvency of the fi-
reach minimum retirement age and other        Form 1099-INT or a Form 1099-OID. In         nancial institution may not have to be
payments shown on Form 1099-R (other          general, your tax-exempt stated interest     included in your 2025 income. For de-
than payments from an IRA) are                should be shown in box 8 of Form             tails, see Pub. 550.
reported on lines 5a and 5b. Payments         1099-INT or, for a tax-exempt OID
from an IRA are reported on lines 4a          bond, in box 2 of Form 1099-OID, and                  If you get a 2025 Form
and 4b.                                       your tax-exempt OID should be shown           TIP 1099-INT for U.S. savings bond
    • Corrective distributions from a         in box 11 of Form 1099-OID. Enter the                interest that includes amounts
retirement plan shown on Form 1099-R          total on line 2a. However, if you ac-        you reported before 2025, see Pub. 550.
of excess elective deferrals and excess       quired a tax-exempt bond at a premium,
contributions (plus earnings). But don’t
include distributions from an IRA on
                                              only report the net amount of tax-ex-
                                              empt interest on line 2a (that is, the ex-
                                                                                           Line 3a
line 1h. Instead, report distributions        cess of the tax-exempt interest received     Qualified Dividends
from an IRA on lines 4a and 4b.               during the year over the amortized bond
                                                                                           Enter your total qualified dividends on
                                              premium for the year). Also, if you ac-
                                                                                           line 3a. Qualified dividends are also in-
Line 1i                                       quired a tax-exempt OID bond at an ac-
                                                                                           cluded in the ordinary dividend total re-
                                              quisition premium, only report the net
                                                                                           quired to be shown on line 3b. Qualified
Nontaxable Combat Pay                         amount of tax-exempt OID on line 2a
                                                                                           dividends are eligible for a lower tax
Election                                      (that is, the excess of tax-exempt OID
                                                                                           rate than other ordinary income. Gener-
                                              for the year over the amortized acquisi-
If you elect to include your nontaxable                                                    ally, these dividends are shown in
                                              tion premium for the year). See Pub. 550
combat pay in your earned income when                                                      box 1b of Form(s) 1099-DIV. If you are
                                              for more information about OID, bond
figuring the EIC, enter the amount on                                                      including your child’s qualified divi-
                                              premium, and acquisition premium.
line 1i. See the instructions for line 27a.                                                dends in the total on line 3a, check box 1
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Instructions for Form 8814. See Pub.             Example 1. You bought 5,000 shares        idends on line 3b. This amount should
550 for the definition of qualified divi-     of XYZ Corp. common stock on July 8.         be shown in box 1a of Form(s)
dends if you received dividends not re-       XYZ Corp. paid a cash dividend of 10         1099-DIV. If you are including your
ported on Form 1099-DIV.                      cents per share. The ex-dividend date        child’s ordinary dividends in the total on
Exception. Some dividends may be re-          was July 16. Your Form 1099-DIV from         line 3b, check box 2 on line 3c. For
ported as qualified dividends in box 1b       XYZ Corp. shows $500 in box 1a (ordi-        more information, see the Instructions
of Form 1099-DIV but aren’t qualified         nary dividends) and in box 1b (qualified     for Form 8814.
dividends. These include the following.       dividends). However, you sold the 5,000
                                                                                              You must fill in and attach Sched-
    • Dividends you received as a nomi-       shares on August 11. You held your
                                              shares of XYZ Corp. for only 34 days of
                                                                                           ule B if the total is over $1,500 or you
nee. See the Schedule B instructions.                                                      received, as a nominee, ordinary divi-
    • Dividends you received on any           the 121-day period (from July 9 through
                                              August 11). The 121-day period began
                                                                                           dends that actually belong to someone
share of stock that you held for less than                                                 else.
61 days during the 121-day period that        on May 17 (60 days before the ex-divi-
began 60 days before the ex-dividend          dend date) and ended on September 14.
                                              You have no qualified dividends from         Nondividend Distributions
date. The ex-dividend date is the first
date following the declaration of a divi-     XYZ Corp. because you held the XYZ           Some distributions are a return of your
dend on which the purchaser of a stock        stock for less than 61 days.                 cost (or other basis). They won’t be
isn’t entitled to receive the next dividend      Example 2. The facts are the same as      taxed until you recover your cost (or
payment. When counting the number of          in Example 1 except that you bought the      other basis). You must reduce your cost
days you held the stock, include the day      stock on July 15 (the day before the         (or other basis) by these distributions.
you disposed of the stock but not the day     ex-dividend date), and you sold the          After you get back all of your cost (or
you acquired it. See the examples that        stock on September 16. You held the          other basis), you must report these dis-
follow. Also, when counting the number        stock for 63 days (from July 16 through      tributions as capital gains on Form 8949.
of days you held the stock, you can’t         September 16). The $500 of qualified         For details, see Pub. 550.
count certain days during which your          dividends shown in box 1b of Form                     Dividends on insurance poli-
risk of loss was diminished. See Pub.         1099-DIV are all qualified dividends be-      TIP cies are a partial return of the
550 for more details.                         cause you held the stock for 61 days of               premiums you paid. Don’t re-
    • Dividends attributable to periods       the 121-day period (from July 16             port them as dividends. Include them in
totaling more than 366 days that you re-      through September 14).                       income on Schedule 1, line 8z, only if
ceived on any share of preferred stock                                                     they exceed the total of all net premiums
                                                 Example 3. You bought 10,000
held for less than 91 days during the                                                      you paid for the contract.
                                              shares of ABC Mutual Fund common
181-day period that began 90 days be-         stock on July 8. ABC Mutual Fund paid
fore the ex-dividend date. When count-                                                              If you are including your
                                              a cash dividend of 10 cents a share. The
ing the number of days you held the                                                         TIP child’s dividends on either
                                              ex-dividend date was July 16. The ABC
stock, you can’t count certain days dur-                                                           line 3a or 3b, check the appli-
                                              Mutual Fund advises you that the part of
ing which your risk of loss was dimin-                                                     cable box on line 3c.
                                              the dividend eligible to be treated as
ished. See Pub. 550 for more details.         qualified dividends equals 2 cents a
Preferred dividends attributable to peri-
ods totaling less than 367 days are sub-
                                              share. Your Form 1099-DIV from ABC           Lines 4a, 4b, and 4c
                                              Mutual Fund shows total ordinary divi-
ject to the 61-day holding period rule
just described.
                                              dends of $1,000 and qualified dividends      Lines 4a and 4b
    • Dividends on any share of stock to
                                              of $200. However, you sold the 10,000        IRA Distributions
                                              shares on August 11. You have no quali-
the extent that you are under an obliga-                                                   You should receive a Form 1099-R
                                              fied dividends from ABC Mutual Fund
tion (including a short sale) to make re-                                                  showing the total amount of any distri-
                                              because you held the ABC Mutual Fund
lated payments with respect to positions                                                   bution from your IRA before income tax
                                              stock for less than 61 days.
in substantially similar or related proper-                                                or other deductions were withheld. This
ty.                                                    Use the Qualified Dividends         amount should be shown in box 1 of
    • Payments in lieu of dividends, but       TIP and Capital Gain Tax Work-              Form 1099-R. Unless otherwise noted in
only if you know or have reason to                      sheet or the Schedule D Tax        the line 4a and 4b instructions, an IRA
know that the payments aren’t qualified       Worksheet, whichever applies, to figure      includes a traditional IRA (which in-
dividends.                                    your tax. See the instructions for line 16   cludes a traditional IRA that receives
    • Dividends from a corporation that       for details.                                 contributions from a simplified employ-
first became a surrogate foreign corpora-                                                  ee pension (SEP) arrangement), Roth
tion after December 22, 2017, other than
a foreign corporation that is treated as a    Line 3b                                      IRA (which includes a Roth IRA that re-
                                                                                           ceives contributions from a SEP ar-
domestic corporation under section            Ordinary Dividends                           rangement), and a SIMPLE IRA (a SIM-
7874(b).                                                                                   PLE IRA may either be a traditional
                                              Each payer should send you a Form
                                                                                           SIMPLE IRA or a Roth SIMPLE IRA).
                                              1099-DIV. Enter your total ordinary div-



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   If the distribution from your IRA is            3. You converted part or all of a tra-     tal distribution on line 4a. If the total
fully taxable, enter the total distribution    ditional IRA or traditional SIMPLE IRA         amount distributed is an HFD and you
on line 4b; don’t make an entry on             to a Roth IRA in 2025.                         elect to exclude it from income, enter -0-
line 4a.                                           4. You had a 2024 or 2025 IRA con-         on line 4b. If only part of the distribu-
                                               tribution returned to you, with the rela-      tion is an HFD and you elect to exclude
         Attach    Form(s)     1099-R    to
                                               ted earnings or less any loss, by the due      that part from income, enter the part that
 TIP Form 1040 or 1040-SR if any
                                               date (including extensions) of your tax        isn’t an HFD on line 4b unless Excep-
         federal income tax was with-
                                               return for that year.                          tion 2 applies to that part. Check box 3
held.
                                                                                              on line 4c and enter “HFD” in the entry
                                                   5. You made excess contributions to
         For purposes of the following                                                        space next to box 3.
                                               your IRA for an earlier year and had
 TIP Exceptions, Roth IRA includes             them returned to you in 2025.                      An HFD is a distribution made di-
         a Roth SIMPLE IRA.                                                                   rectly by the trustee of your IRA (other
                                                   6. You recharacterized part or all of
                                                                                              than an ongoing SEP or SIMPLE IRA)
Exception 1. Enter the total distribution      a contribution to a Roth IRA as a contri-
                                                                                              to your HSA. If eligible, you can gener-
on line 4a if you rolled over part or all of   bution to a traditional IRA, or vice ver-
                                                                                              ally elect to exclude an HFD from your
the distribution from one:                     sa.
                                                                                              income once in your lifetime. You can’t
    • Roth IRA to another Roth IRA, or         Exception 3. If all or part of the distri-     exclude more than the limit on HSA
    • IRA (other than a Roth IRA) to a         bution is a qualified charitable distribu-     contributions or more than the amount
qualified plan or another IRA (other                                                          that would otherwise be included in your
                                               tion (QCD), enter the total distribution
than a Roth IRA).                                                                             income. If your IRA includes nondeduc-
                                               on line 4a. If the total amount distributed
    Also check box 1 on line 4c. If the to-    is a QCD, enter -0- on line 4b. If only        tible contributions, the HFD is first con-
tal distribution was rolled over, enter -0-    part of the distribution is a QCD, enter       sidered to be paid out of otherwise taxa-
on line 4b. If the total distribution          the part that is not a QCD on line 4b un-      ble income. See Pub. 969 for details.
wasn’t rolled over, enter the part not rol-    less Exception 2 applies to that part.                  The amount of an HFD reduces
led over on line 4b unless Exception 2
applies to the part not rolled over. Gen-
                                               Check box 2 on line 4c.                           !     the amount you can contribute
                                                                                               CAUTION to your HSA for the year. If you
                                                  A QCD is a distribution made direct-
erally, a rollover must be made within
                                               ly by the trustee of your IRA (other than      fail to maintain eligibility for an HSA
60 days after the day you received the
                                               an ongoing SEP or SIMPLE IRA) to an            for the 12 months following the month of
distribution. For more details on roll-
                                               organization eligible to receive tax-de-       the HFD, you may have to report the
overs, see Pub. 590-A and Pub. 590-B.
                                               ductible contributions (with certain ex-       HFD as income and pay an additional
    If you rolled over the distribution into   ceptions). You must have been at least         tax. See Form 8889, Part III.
a qualified plan or you made the rollover      age 70 1/2 when the distribution was
in 2026, include a statement explaining                                                       More than one distribution. If you (or
                                               made.
what you did.                                                                                 your spouse if filing jointly) received
                                                  Generally, your total QCDs for the          more than one distribution, figure the
Exception 2. If any of the following ap-       year can’t be more than $108,000. This
ply, enter the total distribution on line 4a                                                  taxable amount of each distribution and
                                               includes any amount (up to $54,000) of         enter the total of the taxable amounts on
and see Form 8606 and its instructions         a one-time QCD to a split-interest entity
to figure the amount to enter on line 4b.                                                     line 4b. Enter the total amount of those
                                               (SIE). If you file a joint return, the same    distributions on line 4a.
    1. You received a distribution from        rules apply to your spouse. The amount
an IRA (other than a Roth IRA) and you         of the QCD is limited to the amount that                You must start receiving at least
made nondeductible contributions to any        would otherwise be included in your in-         TIP a minimum amount from your
of your traditional IRAs for 2025 or an        come. If your IRA includes nondeducti-                   traditional IRA by April 1 of
earlier year. If you made nondeductible        ble contributions, the distribution is first   the year following the year you reach
contributions to these IRAs for 2025, al-      considered to be paid out of otherwise         age 73. If you don’t receive the minimum
so see Pub. 590-A and Pub. 590-B.              taxable income. If you make the                distribution amount, you may have to
                                               one-time QCD to an SIE, you must at-           pay an additional tax on the amount that
    2. You received a distribution from
                                               tach a statement to your return. See Pub.      should have been distributed. For de-
a Roth IRA. But if either (a) or (b) be-
                                               590-B for details on QCDs, including           tails, including how to figure the mini-
low applies, enter -0- on line 4b; you
                                               the information you must include on the        mum required distribution, see Pub.
don’t have to see Form 8606 or its in-
                                               attachment for QCDs to an SIE.                 590-B.
structions.
    a. Distribution code T is shown in                 You can’t claim a charitable                     You may have to pay an addi-
box 7 of Form 1099-R and you made a
contribution (including a conversion) to
                                                  !    contribution deduction for any
                                               CAUTION QCD not included in your in-
                                                                                                 !      tional tax if you received an
                                                                                               CAUTION early distribution from your

a Roth IRA for 2020 or an earlier year.        come.                                          IRA and the total wasn’t rolled over. See
    b. Distribution code Q is shown in                                                        the instructions for Schedule 2, line 8,
                                               Exception 4. If all or part of the distri-
box 7 of Form 1099-R.                                                                         for details.
                                               bution is a health savings account (HSA)
                                               funding distribution (HFD), enter the to-



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More information. For more informa-         Fully Taxable Pensions and                    for coverage by an accident or health
tion about IRAs, see Pub. 590-A and                                                       plan or a long-term care insurance con-
                                            Annuities
Pub. 590-B.                                                                               tract. The premiums can be for coverage
                                            Your payments are fully taxable if (a)        for you, your spouse, or dependents. The
                                            you didn’t contribute to the cost (see
Line 4c                                     Cost, later) of your pension or annuity,
                                                                                          distribution must be from the plan main-
                                                                                          tained by the employer from which you
If Exception 1 applies to you, check        or (b) you got your entire cost back tax      retired as a public safety officer. The
box 1 on line 4c. If Exception 3 applies    free before 2025. But see Insurance Pre-      distribution can be made directly from
to you, check box 2 on line 4c. If Excep-   miums for Retired Public Safety Offi-         the plan to the provider of the accident
tion 4 applies to you, check box 3 on       cers, later. If your pension or annuity is    or health plan or long-term care insur-
line 4c and enter “HFD” in the entry        fully taxable, enter the total pension or     ance contract, or the distribution can be
space next to box 3.                        annuity payments (from Form(s)                made to you to pay to the provider of the
                                            1099-R, box 1) on line 5b; don’t make         accident or health plan or long-term care
    If another publication or instruction   an entry on line 5a.                          insurance contract. You can exclude
tells you to write a word or code next to                                                 from income the smaller of the amount
                                               Fully taxable pensions and annuities
line 4b, check box 3 on line 4c and enter                                                 of the premiums paid or $3,000. You can
                                            also include military retirement pay
that word or code on the entry space                                                      make this election only for amounts that
                                            shown on Form 1099-R. For details on
next to box 3.                                                                            would otherwise be included in your in-
                                            military disability pensions, see Pub.
   If more than one exception applies,      525. If you received a Form                   come. The amount excluded from your
check a box for each exception and in-      RRB-1099-R, see Pub. 575 to find out          income can’t be used to claim a medical
clude a statement showing the amount of     how to report your benefits.                  expense deduction.
each exception, for example, “Line 4b –                                                       An eligible retirement plan is a gov-
$1,000 Rollover and $500 HFD.” You          Partially Taxable Pensions and                ernmental plan that is a qualified trust or
don’t need to attach a statement if only    Annuities                                     a section 403(a), 403(b), or 457(b) plan.
Exception 2 and one other exception ap-     Enter the total pension or annuity pay-                 You can exclude from income
ply.                                        ments (from Form 1099-R, box 1) on
                                            line 5a. If your Form 1099-R doesn’t
                                                                                             !      only the smaller of the amount
                                                                                           CAUTION of    the premiums paid or
Lines 5a, 5b, and 5c                        show the taxable amount, you must use         $3,000. This is true if the distribution
                                            the General Rule explained in Pub. 939        was made directly from the plan to the
Lines 5a and 5b                             to figure the taxable part to enter on        provider of the accident or health plan
Pensions and Annuities                      line 5b. But if your annuity starting date    or long-term care insurance contract or
You should receive a Form 1099-R            (defined later) was after July 1, 1986,       if the distribution was made to you and
showing the total amount of your pen-       see Simplified Method, later, to find out     you paid the provider of the accident or
sion and annuity payments before in-        if you must use that method to figure the     health plan or long-term care insurance
come tax or other deductions were with-     taxable part.                                 contract. If you received a distribution
held. This amount should be shown in            You can ask the IRS to figure the tax-    from your eligible retirement plan, and
box 1 of Form 1099-R. Pension and an-       able part for you for a $1,000 fee. For       you used part of that distribution to pay
nuity payments include distributions        details, see Pub. 939.                        premiums for an accident or health plan
from 401(k), 403(b), and governmental                                                     or long-term care insurance contract,
                                                If your Form 1099-R shows a taxable
457(b) plans. Rollovers and lump-sum                                                      you can still exclude from income only
                                            amount, you can report that amount on
distributions are explained later. Don’t                                                  the smaller of the amount of the premi-
                                            line 5b. But you may be able to report a
include the following payments on lines                                                   ums paid or $3,000. The rest of the dis-
                                            lower taxable amount by using the Gen-
5a and 5b. Instead, report them on                                                        tribution is taxable to you and must be
                                            eral Rule or the Simplified Method or if
line 1h.                                                                                  reported on line 5b.
                                            the exclusion for retired public safety of-
    • Disability pensions received before   ficers, discussed next, applies.                 If you make this election, reduce the
you reach the minimum retirement age                                                      otherwise taxable amount of your pen-
set by your employer.                       Insurance Premiums for Retired                sion or annuity by the amount excluded.
    • Corrective distributions (including   Public Safety Officers                        The amount shown in box 2a of Form
any earnings) of excess elective defer-                                                   1099-R doesn’t reflect the exclusion.
rals or other excess contributions to re-   If you are an eligible retired public safe-
                                                                                          Report your total distributions on line 5a
tirement plans. The plan must advise        ty officer (law enforcement officer, fire-
                                                                                          and the taxable amount on line 5b. Also
you of the year(s) the distributions are    fighter, chaplain, or member of a rescue
                                                                                          check box 2 on line 5c.
includible in income.                       squad or ambulance crew who is retired
                                            because of disability or because you             If you are retired on disability and re-
        Attach    Form(s)    1099-R    to   reached normal retirement age), you can       porting your disability pension on
 TIP Form 1040 or 1040-SR if any            elect to exclude from income distribu-        line 1h, include only the taxable amount
        federal income tax was with-        tions made from your eligible retirement      on that line and enter “PSO” and the
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Simplified Method Worksheet—Lines 5a and 5b                                                                           Keep for Your Records

  Before you begin:                   If you are the beneficiary of a deceased employee or former employee who died before August 21, 1996, include
                                      any death benefit exclusion that you are entitled to (up to $5,000) in the amount entered on line 2 below.
  More than one pension or annuity. If you had more than one partially taxable pension or annuity, figure the taxable part of each separately. Enter
  the total of the taxable parts on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 5b. Enter the total pension or annuity payments received in 2025 on Form 1040 or
  1040-SR, line 5a.
  1. Enter the total pension or annuity payments from Form 1099-R, box 1. Also, enter this amount on Form 1040 or
     1040-SR, line 5a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                     . .    1.
  2. Enter your cost in the plan at the annuity starting date . . . . . . . . . . . . .               2.
     Note. If you completed this worksheet last year, skip line 3 and enter the amount from line 4
     of last year’s worksheet on line 4 below (even if the amount of your pension or annuity has
     changed). Otherwise, go to line 3.
  3. Enter the appropriate number from Table 1 below. But if your annuity starting date was after
     1997 and the payments are for your life and that of your beneficiary, enter the appropriate
     number from Table 2 below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
  4. Divide line 2 by the number on line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
  5. Multiply line 4 by the number of months for which this year’s payments were made. If your
     annuity starting date was before 1987, skip lines 6 and 7 and enter this amount on line 8.
     Otherwise, go to line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
  6. Enter the amount, if any, recovered tax free in years after 1986. If you completed this
     worksheet last year, enter the amount from line 10 of last year’s worksheet . . . . . . 6.
  7. Subtract line 6 from line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
  8. Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                        . . . . . .        8.
  9. Taxable amount. Subtract line 8 from line 1. Enter the result, but not less than zero. Also, enter this amount on Form
     1040 or 1040-SR, line 5b. If your Form 1099-R shows a larger amount, use the amount on this line instead of the
     amount from Form 1099-R. If you are a retired public safety officer, see Insurance Premiums for Retired Public
     Safety Officers before entering an amount on line 5b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          9.
 10. Was your annuity starting date before 1987?
          Yes.   STOP   Do not complete the rest of this worksheet.

         No.     Add lines 6 and 8. This is the amount you have recovered tax free through 2025. You will need this
                 number if you need to fill out this worksheet next year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  . . 10.
 11. Balance of cost to be recovered. Subtract line 10 from line 2. If zero, you won’t have to complete this
     worksheet next year. The payments you receive next year will generally be fully taxable . . . . . .                . . 11.

                                                                Table 1 for Line 3 Above
                                                                                  AND your annuity starting date was—
      IF the age at annuity starting                           before November 19, 1996,                    after November 18, 1996,
      date was...                                              enter on line 3...                           enter on line 3...
              55 or under                                                    300                                         360
              56–60                                                          260                                         310
              61–65                                                          240                                         260
              66–70                                                          170                                         210
              71 or older                                                    120                                         160

                                                                Table 2 for Line 3 Above
      IF the combined ages at annuity
      starting date were...                                                                 THEN enter on line 3...
              110 or under                                                                           410
              111–120                                                                                360
              121–130                                                                                310
              131–140                                                                                260
              141 or older                                                                           210




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amount excluded on the line next to               1. Your annuity starting date was af-      tributions. Your net investment may be
line 1h.                                      ter July 1, 1986, and you used this meth-      shown in box 9b of Form 1099-R.
Payments when you are disabled. If            od last year to figure the taxable part.
you receive payments from a retirement            2. Your annuity starting date was af-      Rollovers
or profit-sharing plan that does not pro-     ter November 18, 1996, and both of the         Generally, a rollover is a tax-free distri-
vide for disability retirement, do not        following apply.                               bution of cash or other assets from one
treat those payments as disability pay-           a. The payments are from a quali-          retirement plan that is contributed to an-
ments. The payments must be reported          fied employee plan, a qualified employ-        other plan within 60 days of receiving
as a pension or annuity.                      ee annuity, or a tax-sheltered annuity.        the distribution. However, a rollover to a
   You must include in your income any            b. On your annuity starting date, ei-      Roth IRA or a designated Roth account
amounts that you received that you            ther you were under age 75 or the num-         is generally not a tax-free distribution.
would have received in retirement had         ber of years of guaranteed payments was        Use lines 5a and 5b to report a rollover,
you not become disabled as a result of a      fewer than 5. See Pub. 575 for the defi-       including a direct rollover, from one
terrorist attack. Include in your income      nition of guaranteed payments.                 qualified employer’s plan to another or
any payments you receive from a                                                              to an IRA.
401(k), pension, or other retirement plan         If you must use the Simplified Meth-           Enter on line 5a the distribution from
to the extent that you would have re-         od, complete the Simplified Method             Form 1099-R, box 1. From this amount,
ceived the amount at the same or later        Worksheet in these instructions to figure      subtract any contributions (usually
time regardless of whether you had be-        the taxable part of your pension or annu-      shown in box 5) that were taxable to you
come disabled.                                ity. For more details on the Simplified        when made. From that result, subtract
                                              Method, see Pub. 575 (or Pub. 721 for          the amount of the rollover. Enter the re-
    Example. You were a contractor
                                              U.S. Civil Service retirement benefits).       maining amount on line 5b. If the re-
who was disabled as a direct result of
participating in efforts to clean up the                If you received U.S. Civil Serv-     maining amount is zero and you have no
World Trade Center and you are eligible          !      ice retirement benefits and you
                                               CAUTION chose the alternative annuity
                                                                                             other distribution to report on line 5b,
                                                                                             enter -0- on line 5b. Also check box 1 on
for compensation by the September 11
Victim Compensation Fund. You began           option, see Pub. 721 to figure the taxa-       line 5c.
receiving a disability pension at age 55      ble part of your annuity. Do not use the           See Pub. 575 for more details on roll-
when you could no longer work due to          Simplified Method Worksheet in these           overs, including special rules that apply
your disability. Under your pension           instructions.                                  to rollovers from designated Roth ac-
plan, you are entitled to an early retire-                                                   counts, partial rollovers of property, and
ment benefit of $2,500 a month at age         Annuity Starting Date                          distributions under qualified domestic
55. If you wait until age 62, the normal                                                     relations orders.
retirement age under the plan, you            Your annuity starting date is the later of
would be entitled to a normal retirement      the first day of the first period for which    Lump-Sum Distributions
benefit of $3,000 a month. The pension        you received a payment or the date the
                                              plan’s obligations became fixed.               If you received a lump-sum distribution
plan provides that a participant who re-
                                                                                             from a profit-sharing or retirement plan,
tires early on account of disability is en-
                                              Age (or Combined Ages) at                      your Form 1099-R should have the “To-
titled to receive the participant’s normal
                                              Annuity Starting Date                          tal distribution” box in box 2b checked.
retirement benefit, which in your case
                                                                                             You may owe an additional tax if you re-
equals $3,000 a month. Until you turn         If you are the retiree, use your age on        ceived an early distribution from a quali-
age 62, you can exclude $500 of your          the annuity starting date. If you are the      fied retirement plan and the total amount
monthly retirement benefit from income        survivor of a retiree, use the retiree’s age   wasn’t rolled over. For details, see the
(the difference between the early retire-     on their annuity starting date. But if your    instructions for Schedule 2, line 8.
ment benefit and the normal retirement        annuity starting date was after 1997 and
benefit, $3,000 − $2,500) received on                                                            Enter the total distribution on line 5a
                                              the payments are for your life and that of
account of disability. You must report                                                       and the taxable part on line 5b. For de-
                                              your beneficiary, use your combined
the remaining $2,500 of monthly pen-                                                         tails, see Pub. 575.
                                              ages on the annuity starting date.
sion benefit as taxable. For each month                                                               If you or the plan participant
after you turn age 62, you must report           If you are the beneficiary of an em-
                                              ployee who died, see Pub. 575. If there         TIP was born before January 2,
the full amount of the monthly pension                                                                 1936, you could pay less tax on
benefit ($3,000 a month) as taxable.          is more than one beneficiary, see Pub.
                                              575 or Pub. 721 to figure each benefi-         the distribution. See Form 4972.
                                              ciary’s taxable amount.
Simplified Method
                                                                                             Line 5c
You must use the Simplified Method if         Cost
either of the following applies.                                                             If you have a rollover, including a direct
                                              Your cost is generally your net invest-        rollover, from one qualified employer’s
                                              ment in the plan as of the annuity start-      plan to another or to an IRA, check
                                              ing date. It doesn’t include pre-tax con-



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box 1 on line 5c. See Rollovers, earlier,       • You file Form 2555, 4563, or                      Form RRB-1099. If you need a
for more information.                        8815, or you exclude employer-provided         TIP replacement Form RRB-1099,
                                             adoption benefits or income from sour-                call the Railroad Retirement
   If you are making the election to ex-     ces within Puerto Rico. Instead, use the      Board at 877-772-5772 or go to
clude from your income distributions         worksheet in Pub. 915.                        www.rrb.gov.
made from your eligible retirement plan
to pay premiums for coverage by an ac-                Social security information.         Accrued leave payment. If you retire
cident or health plan or a long-term care     TIP Social security beneficiaries            on disability, any lump-sum payment
contract, check box 2 on line 5c. See In-             can now get a variety of infor-      you receive for accrued annual leave is a
surance Premiums for Retired Public          mation from the SSA website with a my         salary payment. The payment is not a
Safety Officers, earlier, for more infor-    Social Security account, including get-       disability payment. Include it in your in-
mation.                                      ting a replacement Form SSA-1099 if           come in the tax year you receive it.
                                             needed. For more information and to set
    If another publication or instruction    up an account, go to SSA.gov/                 Line 6c
tells you to write a word or a code next     myaccount.                                    Check the box on line 6c if you elect to
to line 5b, check box 3 on line 5c and                                                     use the lump-sum election method for
enter that word or code on the entry         Disability payments. Don’t include in
                                                                                           your benefits. If any of your benefits are
space next to box 3.                         your income any disability payments
                                                                                           taxable for 2025 and they include a
                                             (including Social Security Disability In-
   Check each box that applies to you.                                                     lump-sum benefit payment that was for
                                             surance (SSDI) payments) you receive
                                                                                           an earlier year, you may be able to re-
                                             for injuries incurred as a direct result of
Lines 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d                     a terrorist attack directed against the
                                                                                           duce the taxable amount with the
                                                                                           lump-sum election. See Lump-Sum Elec-
                                             United States (or its allies), whether out-
Lines 6a and 6b                              side or within the United States. In the
                                                                                           tion in Pub. 915 for details.
Social Security Benefits                     case of the September 11 attacks, inju-       Line 6d
                                             ries eligible for coverage by the Septem-     If you are married filing separately and
You should receive a Form SSA-1099
                                             ber 11 Victim Compensation Fund are           you lived apart from your spouse for all
showing in box 3 the total social securi-
                                             treated as incurred as a direct result of     of 2025, check the box on line 6d. If you
ty benefits paid to you. Box 4 will show
                                             the attack. If these payments are incor-      don’t check the box on line 6d, you may
the amount of any benefits you repaid in
                                             rectly reported as taxable on Form            get a math error notice from the IRS.
2025. If you received railroad retirement
                                             SSA-1099, don’t include the nontaxable
benefits treated as social security, you
                                             portion of income on your tax return.
should receive a Form RRB-1099.
                                             You may receive a notice from the IRS         Line 7a
                                             regarding the omitted payments. Follow
   Use the Social Security Benefits                                                        Capital Gain or (Loss)
Worksheet in these instructions to see if    the instructions in the notice to explain
any of your benefits are taxable.            that the excluded payments aren’t taxa-       If you sold a capital asset, such as a
                                             ble. For more information about these         stock, bond, or digital asset, you must
Exception. Do not use the Social Se-
                                             payments, see Pub. 3920.                      complete and attach Form 8949 and
curity Benefits Worksheet in these in-                                                     Schedule D.
structions if any of the following ap-           Example. You were a firefighter
plies.                                       who was disabled as a direct result of        Exception 1. You don’t have to file
   • You made contributions to a tradi-      the September 11 terrorist attack on the      Form 8949 or Schedule D if you aren’t
tional IRA for 2025 and you or your          World Trade Center. You began receiv-         deferring any capital gain by investing
spouse were covered by a retirement          ing SSDI benefits at age 54. Your full        in a qualified opportunity fund and both
plan at work or through self-employ-         retirement age for social security retire-    of the following apply.
ment. Instead, use the worksheets in         ment benefits is age 66. Your birthday is        1. You have no capital losses, and
Pub. 590-A to see if any of your social      April 25. In the year you turned age 66,      your only capital gains are capital gain
security benefits are taxable and to fig-    you received $1,500 per month in bene-        distributions from Form(s) 1099-DIV,
ure your IRA deduction.                      fits from the SSA (for a total of $18,000     box 2a (or substitute statements); and
   • You repaid any benefits in 2025         for the year). Because you became eligi-         2. None of the Form(s) 1099-DIV
and your total repayments (box 4) were       ble for a full retirement benefit in May,     (or substitute statements) have an
more than your total benefits for 2025       the month after you turned age 66, you        amount in box 2b (unrecaptured section
(box 3). None of your benefits are taxa-     can exclude only 4 months (January            1250 gain), box 2c (section 1202 gain),
ble for 2025. Also, if your total repay-     through April) of your annual benefit         or box 2d (collectibles (28%) gain).
ments in 2025 exceed your total benefits     from income ($6,000). You must report
received in 2025 by more than $3,000,        the remaining $12,000 on line 6a. You         Exception 2. You must file Schedule D
you may be able to take an itemized de-      must also complete the Social Security        but generally don’t have to file Form
duction or a credit for part of the excess   Benefits Worksheet to find out if any         8949 if Exception 1 doesn’t apply, you
repayments if they were for benefits you     part of the $12,000 is taxable.               aren’t deferring any capital gain by in-
included in income in an earlier year.                                                     vesting in a qualified opportunity fund
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Social Security Benefits Worksheet—Lines 6a and 6b                                                                                                Keep for Your Records
 Before you begin:                    If the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z, have you enter a write-in adjustment on line 24z, figure that
                                      write-in before completing this worksheet (see the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z).
                                      If you are married filing separately and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2025, check the box
                                      on line 6d.
                                      Be sure you have read the Exception in the line 6a and 6b instructions to see if you can use this
                                      worksheet instead of a publication to find out if any of your benefits are taxable.


 1.    Enter the total amount from box 5 of all your Forms SSA-1099 and
       RRB-1099. Also enter this amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
       line 6a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
 2.    Multiply line 1 by 50% (0.50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         2.
 3.    Combine the amounts from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, lines 1z, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 7a, and 8 . . . . . . . . .                                                  3.
 4.    Enter the amount, if any, from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 2a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                4.
 5.    Combine lines 2, 3, and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     5.
 6.    Enter the total of the amounts from Schedule 1, lines 11 through 20, and 23 and 25 . . . . . . . . . . .                                              6.
 7.    Is the amount on line 6 less than the amount on line 5?
            No.              None of your social security benefits are taxable. Enter -0- on Form 1040 or
                 STOP
                             1040-SR, line 6b.
             Yes. Subtract line 6 from line 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          7.

 8.    If you are:
           • Married filing jointly, enter $32,000
           • Single, head of household, qualifying surviving spouse, or
           married filing separately and you lived apart from your spouse for
           all of 2025, enter $25,000                                                                                ...............                         8.
           • Married   filing separately and you  lived    with    your     spouse       at  any    time
           in 2025, skip lines 8 through 15; multiply line 7 by 85% (0.85) and
           enter the result on line 16. Then, go to line 17
 9.    Is the amount on line 8 less than the amount on line 7?
            No.           None of your social security benefits are taxable. Enter -0- on Form 1040 or
                  STOP
                          1040-SR, line 6b. If you are married filing separately and you lived apart from
                          your spouse for all of 2025, be sure you checked the box on line 6d.
            Yes. Subtract line 8 from line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           9.

10.    Enter $12,000 if married filing jointly; $9,000 if single, head of household, qualifying surviving
       spouse, or married filing separately and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2025 . . . . . . 10.
11.    Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.
12.    Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
13.    Enter one-half of line 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.
14.    Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.
15.    Multiply line 11 by 85% (0.85). If line 11 is zero, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.
16.    Add lines 14 and 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.
17.    Multiply line 1 by 85% (0.85) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.
18.    Taxable social security benefits. Enter the smaller of line 16 or line 17. Also enter this amount
       on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 6b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.
      TIP    If any of your benefits are taxable for 2025 and they include a lump-sum benefit payment that was for an earlier
             year, you may be able to reduce the taxable amount. See Lump-Sum Election in Pub. 915 for details.




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investment in a qualified opportunity                                                           If your filing status is married filing

                                              Total Income and
fund, and your only capital gains and                                                        separately and your spouse was born be-
losses are:                                                                                  fore January 2, 1961, or was blind at the
    • Capital gain distributions;             Adjusted Gross                                 end of 2025, you can check the appro-
    • A capital loss carryover from                                                          priate box(es) on line 12d if your spouse
2024;                                         Income                                         had no income, isn’t filing a return, and
    • A gain from Form 2439 or 6252 or                                                       can’t be claimed as a dependent on an-
Part I of Form 4797;                          Line 10                                        other person’s return.
    • A gain or loss from Form 4684,          Enter any adjustments to income from           Death of spouse in 2025. If your
6781, or 8824;                                                                               spouse was born before January 2, 1961,
                                              Schedule 1, line 26, on line 10.
    • A gain or loss from a partnership,                                                     but died in 2025 before reaching age 65,
S corporation, estate, or trust; or                                                          don’t check the box that says “Spouse
    • Gains and losses from transactions
                                              Tax and Credits
                                                                                             was born before January 2, 1961.”
for which you received a Form 1099-B
                                                                                                A person is considered to reach age
or 1099-DA (or substitute statement)
                                                                                             65 on the day before the person’s 65th
that shows basis was reported to the
IRS, the QOF box in box 3 of Form             Line 12a                                       birthday.
1099-B or box 3b of Form 1099-DA              If you or your spouse (if you are married         Example. Your spouse was born on
isn’t checked, and you don’t need to          and filing a joint return) can be claimed      February 14, 1960, and died on February
make any adjustments in column (g) of         as a dependent on someone else’s return,       13, 2025. Your spouse is considered age
Form 8949 or enter any codes in column        check the appropriate box(es) on               65 at the time of death. Check the appro-
(f) of Form 8949.                             line 12a.                                      priate box for your spouse. However, if
    If Exception 1 applies, enter your to-                                                   your spouse died on February 12, 2025,
                                                 If you are married and filing a joint
tal capital gain distributions (from                                                         your spouse isn’t considered age 65.
                                              return, you can be claimed on someone
box 2a of Form(s) 1099-DIV) on line 7a                                                       Don’t check the box.
                                              else’s return if you file the joint return
and check the box “Schedule D not re-         only to claim a refund of withheld in-         Death of taxpayer in 2025. If you are
quired” on line 7b. If you received capi-     come tax or estimated tax paid.                preparing a return for someone who died
tal gain distributions as a nominee (that                                                    in 2025, see Pub. 501 before completing
is, they were paid to you but actually be-    Line 12b                                       the standard deduction information.
long to someone else), report on line 7a
                                              If your filing status is married filing sep-   Blindness
only the amount that belongs to you. In-
clude a statement showing the full            arately and your spouse itemizes deduc-        If you weren’t totally blind as of Decem-
amount you received and the amount            tions on their return, check the box on        ber 31, 2025, you must get a statement
you received as a nominee. See the            line 12b.                                      certified by your eye doctor (ophthal-
Schedule B instructions for filing re-                                                       mologist or optometrist) that:
quirements for Forms 1099-DIV and             Line 12c                                           • You can't see better than 20/200 in
1096.                                         If you were a dual-status alien, check the     your better eye with glasses or contact
                                              box on line 12c. If you were a dual-sta-       lenses, or
         If you don’t have to file Sched-
  TIP ule D, use the Qualified Divi-          tus alien and you file a joint return with         • Your field of vision is 20 degrees
                                              your spouse who was a U.S. citizen or          or less.
         dends and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet in the line 16 instructions to      resident alien at the end of 2025 and you         If your eye condition isn’t likely to
figure your tax.                              and your spouse agree to be taxed on           improve beyond the conditions listed
                                              your combined worldwide income, don’t          above, you can get a statement certified
Line 7b                                       check the box. See Nonresident aliens          by your eye doctor (ophthalmologist or
                                              and dual-status aliens, earlier, for more      optometrist) to this effect instead. You
If Exception 1 applies, check the             information on making the election for
“Schedule D not required” box on                                                             must keep the statement for your re-
                                              you and your spouse to be taxed on your        cords.
line 7b.                                      combined worldwide income.
    If you are including your child’s capi-                                                     If you receive a notice or letter but
tal gain or (loss) in the total on line 7a,   Line 12d                                       you would prefer to have it in
check the “includes child’s capital gain                                                     Braille-ready or large print, you can use
                                              If you or your spouse (if you are married
or (loss)” box on line 7b and enter the                                                      Form 9000, Alternative Media Prefer-
                                              and filing a joint return) were born be-
amount from Form 8814, line 10, in the                                                       ence, to request notices in an alternative
                                              fore January 2, 1961, or were blind at
entry space. For more information, see                                                       format including Braille-ready, large
                                              the end of 2025, check the appropriate
the Instructions for Form 8814.                                                              print, audio, or electronic. You can at-
                                              box(es) on line 12d.
                                                                                             tach Form 9000 to your return or mail it
                                                 Don’t check any boxes for your              separately.
                                              spouse if your filing status is head of           • You can download, or view online,
                                              household.                                     tax forms and publications in a variety



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of    formats,    including   text-only,
Braille-ready files, browser-friendly
                                              Exception 5—Increased standard de-
                                              duction for net qualified disaster loss.
                                                                                            Line 13b
HTML (other than tax forms), accessible
PDF, and large print.
                                              If you had a net qualified disaster loss      Additional Deductions From
                                              and you elect to increase your standard
                                              deduction by the amount of your net           Schedule 1-A, Line 38
Line 12e                                      qualified disaster loss, use Schedule A       If you are eligible to claim a deduction
Standard Deduction or                         to figure your standard deduction. Quali-
                                              fied disaster loss refers to losses arising
                                                                                            for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no
                                                                                            tax on car loan interest, and/or the en-
Itemized Deductions                           from certain disasters occurring in 2016      hanced deduction for seniors, enter on
                                              and subsequent years. See the Instruc-        line 13b the amount, if any, from Sched-
         If you are filing Form 1040-SR,      tions for Form 4684 and Schedule A,           ule 1-A, line 38. See Schedule 1-A and
 TIP you can find a Standard Deduc-           line 16, for more information.                the instructions for Schedule 1-A for
         tion Chart on the last page of                                                     more information.
that form. Don’t file the Standard De-        Itemized Deductions
duction Chart with your return.               To figure your itemized deductions, fill      Line 16
                                              in Schedule A.
In most cases, your federal income tax
will be less if you take the larger of your            If you made a section 962 elec-      Tax
standard deduction or itemized deduc-
tions.
                                                 !     tion and are taking a deduction
                                               CAUTION under section 250 with respect
                                                                                            Include in the total on the entry space on
                                                                                            line 16 all of the following taxes that ap-
                                              to any income inclusions under section        ply.
Standard Deduction                            951A, don’t report the deduction on               • Tax on your taxable income. Fig-
Most Form 1040 filers can find their          line 12e. Instead, report the tax with re-    ure the tax using one of the methods de-
standard deduction by looking at the          spect to a section 962 election on line 16    scribed later.
amounts listed to the left of line 12e.       and include in the statement required by          • Tax from Form(s) 8814 (relating to
Most Form 1040-SR filers can find their       line 16 how you figured the section 250       the election to report child’s interest or
standard deduction by using the chart on      deduction.                                    dividends). Check the appropriate box.
the last page of Form 1040-SR.                                                                  • Tax from Form 4972 (relating to
                                                                                            lump-sum distributions). Check the ap-
Exception 1—Dependent. Line 12a. If
you checked a box on line 12a, use the
                                              Line 13a                                      propriate box.
Standard Deduction Worksheet for De-          Qualified Business Income                         • Tax with respect to a section 962
pendents to figure your standard deduc-                                                     election (election made by a domestic
tion.                                         Deduction (Section 199A                       shareholder of a controlled foreign cor-
                                              Deduction)                                    poration to be taxed at corporate rates)
         Someone claims you or your                                                         reduced by the amount of any foreign
 TIP spouse as a dependent if they            To figure your Qualified Business In-
                                                                                            tax credits claimed on Form 1118. See
          list your or your spouse’s name     come Deduction, use Form 8995 or
                                                                                            section 962 for details. Check box 3 and
and SSN in the Dependents section of          Form 8995-A as applicable.
                                                                                            enter the amount and “962” in the space
their return.                                    Use Form 8995 if:                          next to that box. Attach a statement
Exception 2—Spouse itemizes on a                 • You have qualified business in-          showing how you figured the tax.
separate return. Line 12b. If you             come, qualified REIT dividends, or                • Recapture of an education credit.
checked the box on line 12b, your stand-      qualified PTP income (loss);                  You may owe this tax if you claimed an
ard deduction is zero, even if you were          • Your 2025 taxable income before          education credit in an earlier year, and
born before January 2, 1961, or were          the qualified business income deduction       either tax-free educational assistance or
blind.                                        is less than or equal to $197,300             a refund of qualified expenses was re-
                                              ($394,600 if married filing jointly); and     ceived in 2025 for the student. See Form
Exception       3—Dual-status     alien.
Line 12c. If you checked the box on
                                                 • You aren’t a patron in a specified       8863 and its instructions for more de-
                                              agricultural or horticultural cooperative.    tails. Check box 3 and enter the amount
line 12c, your standard deduction is                                                        and “ECR” in the space next to that box.
zero, even if you were born before Janu-         If you don’t meet these requirements,
ary 2, 1961, or were blind.                   use Form 8995-A, Qualified Business               • Any tax from Form 8621, line 16e,
                                                                                            relating to a section 1291 fund. Check
Exception 4—Born before January 2,            Income Deduction. Attach whichever
                                                                                            box 3 and enter the amount of the tax
1961, or blind. Line 12d. If you              form you use (Form 8995 or 8995-A) to
                                                                                            and “1291TAX” in the space next to that
checked any box on line 12d, figure           your return. See the Instructions for
                                                                                            box.
                                              Forms 8995 and 8995-A for more infor-
your standard deduction by using the
                                              mation for figuring and reporting your            • Tax from Form 8978, line 14 (re-
Standard Deduction Chart for People                                                         lating to partner’s audit liability under
Who Were Born Before January 2, 1961,         qualified business income deduction.
                                                                                            section 6226). Check box 3 and enter the
or Were Blind if you are filing Form                                                        amount of the liability and “Form 8978”
1040 or by using the chart on the last                                                      in the space next to that box. If the
page of Form 1040-SR.


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Standard Deduction Worksheet for Dependents—Line 12e                                                                                                         Keep for Your Records
Use this worksheet only if someone can claim you, or your spouse if filing jointly, as a dependent.


 1.       Check if:
                               You were born before January 2, 1961.
                               You are blind.                                                                         Total number of boxes
                                                                                                                                                                  1.
                                                                                                                      checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                               Spouse was born before January 2, 1961.
                          Spouse is blind.
 2.       Is your earned income* more than $900?
                 Yes. Add $450 to your earned income. Enter the total.
                                                                                                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
             No. Enter $1,350.
 3.    Enter the amount shown below for your filing status.
       • Single or married filing separately—$15,750
       • Married filing jointly—$31,500                                                                              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
       • Head of household—$23,625
 4.    Standard deduction.
    a. Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 3. If born after January 1, 1961, and not blind, stop here and enter this amount on
       Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 12e. Otherwise, go to line 4b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4a.
    b. If born before January 2, 1961, or blind, multiply the number on line 1 by $1,600 ($2,000 if single or head of
       household) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4b.
    c. Add lines 4a and 4b. Enter the total here and on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 12e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4c.
* Earned income includes wages, salaries, tips, professional fees, and other compensation received for personal services you performed. It also includes any taxable
scholarship or fellowship grant. Generally, your earned income is the total of the amount(s) you reported on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1z, and Schedule 1, lines 3, 6,
8r, 8t, and 8u minus the amount, if any, on Schedule 1, line 15.



Standard Deduction Chart for People Who Were Born Before January 2, 1961, or Were Blind
Don’t use this chart if someone can claim you, or your spouse if filing jointly, as a dependent. Instead, use the worksheet above.

      You were born before January 2, 1961.                                        You are blind.
      Spouse was born before January 2, 1961.                                      Spouse is blind.


Enter the total number of boxes checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                 ▶

IF your filing                                                                        AND the number in                                                            THEN your standard
status is . . .                                                                       the box above is . . .                                                         deduction is . . .
                                                                                                    1                                                                  $17,750
Single
                                                                                                    2                                                                   19,750
                                                                                                    1                                                                  $33,100
                                                                                                    2                                                                   34,700
Married filing jointly
                                                                                                    3                                                                   36,300
                                                                                                    4                                                                   37,900
                                                                                                    1                                                                  $33,100
Qualifying surviving spouse
                                                                                                    2                                                                   34,700
                                                                                                    1                                                                  $17,350
                                                                                                    2                                                                   18,950
Married filing separately*
                                                                                                    3                                                                   20,550
                                                                                                    4                                                                   22,150
                                                                                                    1                                                                  $25,625
Head of household
                                                                                                    2                                                                   27,625
* You can check the boxes for spouse if your filing status is married filing separately and your spouse had no income, isn’t filing a return, and can’t be claimed as a
dependent on another person’s return.



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amount on Form 8978, line 14, is nega-            You must file Form 8615 if you meet      zero, and lines 15 and 16 of Schedule D
tive, see the instructions for Schedule 3,    all of the following conditions.             are gains; or
line 6l.                                          1. You had more than $2,700 of un-           • You have to file Form 4952 and
    • Triggering event under section          earned income (such as taxable interest,     you have an amount on line 4g, even if
965(i). If you had a triggering event un-     ordinary dividends, or capital gains (in-    you don’t need to file Schedule D.
der section 965(i) during the year and        cluding capital gain distributions)).           But if you are filing Form 2555, you
did not enter into a transfer agreement,                                                   must use the Foreign Earned Income
                                                  2. You are required to file a tax re-
check box 3 and enter the amount of the                                                    Tax Worksheet instead.
                                              turn.
triggered deferred net 965 tax liability
                                                  3. You were either:                      Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
and enter “965INC” on the line next to
                                                                                           Tax Worksheet. Use the Qualified Div-
that box.                                         a. Under age 18 at the end of 2025,
                                                                                           idends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet,
Do you want the IRS to figure the tax             b. Age 18 at the end of 2025 and         later, to figure your tax if you don’t have
on your taxable income for you?               didn’t have earned income that was           to use the Schedule D Tax Worksheet
     Yes. See chapter 13 of Pub. 17 for       more than half of your support, or           and if any of the following applies.
details, including who is eligible and
what to do. If you have paid too much,
                                                  c. A full-time student at least age 19       • You reported qualified dividends
                                              but under age 24 at the end of 2025 and      on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 3a.
we will send you a refund. If you didn’t
pay enough, we will send you a bill.
                                              didn’t have earned income that was               • You don’t have to file Schedule D
                                              more than half of your support.              and you reported capital gain distribu-
     No. Use one of the following meth-           4. At least one of your parents was      tions on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 7a.
ods to figure your tax.                       alive at the end of 2025.                        • You are filing Schedule D, and
Tax Table or Tax Computation Work-                                                         Schedule D, lines 15 and 16, are both
                                                  5. You don’t file a joint return in
sheet. If your taxable income is less                                                      more than zero.
                                              2025.
than $100,000, you must use the Tax Ta-                                                       But if you are filing Form 2555, you
ble, later in these instructions, to figure      A child born on January 1, 2008, is       must use the Foreign Earned Income
your tax. Be sure you use the correct         considered to be age 18 at the end of        Tax Worksheet instead.
column. If your taxable income is             2025; a child born on January 1, 2007, is    Schedule J. If you had income from
$100,000 or more, use the Tax Compu-          considered to be age 19 at the end of        farming or fishing, your tax may be less
tation Worksheet right after the Tax Ta-      2025; and a child born on January 1,         if you choose to figure it using income
ble.                                          2002, is considered to be age 24 at the      averaging on Schedule J.
                                              end of 2025.
    However, don’t use the Tax Table or                                                    Foreign Earned Income Tax Work-
Tax Computation Worksheet to figure           Schedule D Tax Worksheet. Use the            sheet. If you claimed the foreign earned
your tax if any of the following applies.     Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the In-          income exclusion, housing exclusion, or
                                              structions for Schedule D to figure the
Form 8615. Form 8615 must generally                                                        housing deduction on Form 2555, you
                                              amount to enter on Form 1040 or
be used to figure the tax on your un-                                                      must figure your tax using the Foreign
                                              1040-SR, line 16, if:
earned income over $2,700 if you are                                                       Earned Income Tax Worksheet.
under age 18, and in certain situations if       • You have to file Schedule D,
                                              line 18 or 19 of Schedule D is more than
you are older.




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Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet—Line 16                                                                                                               Keep for Your Records

   !
 CAUTION
           If Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15, is zero, don’t complete this worksheet.
   1. Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
  2a. Enter the amount from your (and your spouse’s if filing jointly) Form 2555, lines 45 and 50 . . . . . . . 2a.
   b. Enter the total amount of any itemized deductions or exclusions you couldn’t claim because they are
       related to excluded income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b.
    c. Subtract line 2b from line 2a. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c.
   3. Add lines 1 and 2c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
   4. Figure the tax on the amount on line 3. Use the Tax Table, Tax Computation Worksheet,
       Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet*, Schedule D Tax Worksheet*, or Form 8615,
       whichever applies. See the instructions for Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16, to see which tax
       computation method applies. (Don’t use a second Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet to figure
       the tax on this line.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
   5. Figure the tax on the amount on line 2c. If the amount on line 2c is less than $100,000, use the
       Tax Table to figure this tax. If the amount on line 2c is $100,000 or more, use the Tax Computation
       Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
   6. Subtract line 5 from line 4. Enter the result. If zero or less, enter -0-. Also include this amount on
       the entry space on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
* Enter the amount from line 3 above on line 1 of the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or Schedule D Tax Worksheet if you
use either of those worksheets to figure the tax on line 4 above. Complete the rest of that worksheet through line 4 (line 10 if you use the
Schedule D Tax Worksheet). Next, you must determine if you have a capital gain excess. To find out if you have a capital gain excess, subtract
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15, from line 4 of your Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet (line 10 of your Schedule D Tax
Worksheet). If the result is more than zero, that amount is your capital gain excess.
  If you don’t have a capital gain excess, complete the rest of either of those worksheets according to the worksheet’s instructions. Then,
complete lines 5 and 6 above.
  If you have a capital gain excess, complete a second Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or Schedule D Tax Worksheet
(whichever applies) as instructed above but in its entirety and with the following additional modifications. Then, complete lines 5 and 6 above.
These modifications are to be made only for purposes of filling out the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet above.
  1. Reduce (but not below zero) the amount you would otherwise enter on line 3 of your Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet
   or line 9 of your Schedule D Tax Worksheet by your capital gain excess.
  2. Reduce (but not below zero) the amount you would otherwise enter on line 2 of your Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet
   or line 6 of your Schedule D Tax Worksheet by any of your capital gain excess not used in (1) above.
  3. Reduce (but not below zero) the amount on your Schedule D, line 18, by your capital gain excess.
  4. Include your capital gain excess as a loss on line 16 of your Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet in the Instructions for Schedule D.




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Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet—Line 16                                                                       Keep for Your Records


 Before you begin:                  See the earlier instructions for line 16 to see if you can use this worksheet to figure your tax.
                                    Before completing this worksheet, complete Form 1040 or 1040-SR through line 15.
                                    If you don’t have to file Schedule D and you received capital gain distributions, be sure you checked the box
                                    on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 7b.
 1.    Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15. However, if you are filing
       Form 2555 (relating to foreign earned income), enter the amount from line 3 of the
       Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
 2.    Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
       line 3a* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           2.
 3.    Are you filing Schedule D?*
          Yes. Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 16 of
                Schedule D. If either line 15 or line 16 is
                blank or a loss, enter -0-.                                                         3.
          No. Enter the amount from Form 1040 or
                1040-SR, line 7a.
 4.    Add lines 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  4.
 5.    Subtract line 4 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
 6.    Enter:
       $48,350 if single or married filing separately,
       $96,700 if married filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse,                                      . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
       $64,750 if head of household.
 7.    Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
 8.    Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.
 9.    Subtract line 8 from line 7. This amount is taxed at 0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.
10.    Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.
11.    Enter the amount from line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.
12.    Subtract line 11 from line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
13.    Enter:
       $533,400 if single,
       $300,000 if married filing separately,                                                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.
       $600,050 if married filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse,
       $566,700 if head of household.
14.    Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.
15.    Add lines 5 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.
16.    Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.
17.    Enter the smaller of line 12 or line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.
18.    Multiply line 17 by 15% (0.15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              18.
19.    Add lines 9 and 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.
20.    Subtract line 19 from line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.
21.    Multiply line 20 by 20% (0.20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              21.
22.    Figure the tax on the amount on line 5. If the amount on line 5 is less than $100,000, use the Tax Table
       to figure the tax. If the amount on line 5 is $100,000 or more, use the Tax Computation
       Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.
23.    Add lines 18, 21, and 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        23.
24.    Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. If the amount on line 1 is less than $100,000, use the Tax Table
       to figure the tax. If the amount on line 1 is $100,000 or more, use the Tax Computation
       Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.
25.    Tax on all taxable income. Enter the smaller of line 23 or line 24. Also include this amount on the
       entry space on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16. If you are filing Form 2555, don’t enter this amount on
       the entry space on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16. Instead, enter it on line 4 of the Foreign Earned
       Income Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            25.
* If you are filing Form 2555, see the footnote in the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet before completing this line.




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                                             ther credit, you won’t be allowed to take       • Additional Medicare Tax you had
                                             either credit or the additional child tax    withheld. Include the amount shown on
                                             credit for 10 years. You may also have to    Form 8959, line 24, in the total on
Child Tax Credit and Credit                  pay penalties.                               line 25c. Attach Form 8959.
for Other Dependents                                                                         • Federal income tax withheld that is
                                                      If your qualifying child didn’t     shown on a Schedule K-1.
          To claim the child tax credit,
   !      you must have a valid SSN,            !     have an SSN valid for employ-
                                             CAUTION ment issued before the due date
                                                                                             • Tax withheld that is shown on
 CAUTION which means it must be valid
                                                                                          Form 1042-S, Form 8805, or Form
                                             of your 2025 return (including exten-        8288-A. To assist in processing, attach
for employment and issued before the         sions), you can’t claim the child tax        the form to your return to claim a credit
due date of your return (including exten-    credit for that child on your original or    for the withholding.
sions). If you are filing a joint return,    amended return. However, you may be
only one spouse is required to have a
valid SSN to be eligible for the CTC and
                                             able to claim the credit for other de-
                                             pendents for that child.
                                                                                          Line 26
ACTC. The other spouse must have ei-
ther an SSN or ITIN, and it must have                                                     2025 Estimated Tax
been issued on or before the due date of                                                  Payments
the return. To claim the credit for other
dependents, you, and your spouse if
                                             Payments                                     Enter any estimated federal income tax
                                                                                          payments you made for 2025. Include
married filing a joint return, must have
either an SSN or ITIN issued on or be-       Line 25                                      any overpayment that you applied to
                                                                                          your 2025 estimated tax from your 2024
fore the due date of your 2025 return        Federal Income Tax                           return or an amended return.
(including extensions).
                                             Withheld                                        If you and your spouse paid joint esti-
    See Schedule 8812 and its instruc-                                                    mated tax but are now filing separate in-
tions for information on figuring and        Line 25a—Form(s) W-2                         come tax returns, you can divide the
claiming any child tax credit and credit     Add the amounts shown as federal in-         amount paid in any way you choose as
for other dependents that you may quali-     come tax withheld on your Form(s)            long as you both agree. If you can’t
fy to claim.                                 W-2. Enter the total on line 25a. The        agree, you must divide the payments in
Form 8862, who must file. You must           amount withheld should be shown in           proportion to each spouse’s individual
file Form 8862 to claim the child tax        box 2 of Form W-2. Attach your               tax as shown on your separate returns
credit or credit for other dependents if     Form(s) W-2 to your return.                  for 2025. For more information, see
your child tax credit (refundable or non-                                                 Pub. 505. Be sure to show both SSNs in
refundable depending on the tax year),       Line 25b—Form(s) 1099                        the space provided on the separate re-
additional child tax credit, or credit for   Include on line 25b any federal income       turns. If you or your spouse paid sepa-
other dependents for a year after 2015       tax withheld on your Form(s) 1099-R.         rate estimated tax but you are now filing
was denied or reduced for any reason         The amount withheld should be shown          a joint return, add the amounts you each
other than a math or clerical error. At-     in box 4. Attach your Form(s) 1099-R to      paid. Follow these instructions even if
tach a completed Form 8862 to your           the front of your return if federal income   your spouse died in 2025 or in 2026 be-
2025 return to claim the credit for 2025.    tax was withheld.                            fore filing a 2025 return.
Don’t file Form 8862 if you filed Form                                                    Divorced taxpayers. If you got di-
                                                If you received a 2025 Form 1099
8862 for 2024, and the child tax credit,                                                  vorced in 2025 and you made joint esti-
                                             showing federal income tax withheld on
additional child tax credit, or credit for                                                mated tax payments with your former
                                             dividends, taxable or tax-exempt interest
other dependents was allowed for that                                                     spouse, enter your former spouse’s SSN
                                             income, unemployment compensation,
year. See Form 8862 and its instructions                                                  in the space provided on line 26. If you
                                             social security benefits, railroad retire-
for details.                                                                              were divorced and remarried in 2025,
                                             ment benefits, or other income you re-
         If you claim the child tax credit   ceived, include the amount withheld in       enter your present spouse’s SSN in the
                                                                                          space provided on the front of Form
   !     or credit for other dependents
CAUTION even though you aren’t eligible
                                             the total on line 25b. This should be
                                             shown in box 4 of Form 1099, box 6, of       1040 or 1040-SR.
and it is determined that your error is      Form SSA-1099, or box 10 of Form             Name change. If you changed your
due to reckless or intentional disregard     RRB-1099.                                    name and you made estimated tax pay-
of the rules for these credits, you won’t                                                 ments using your former name, attach a
be allowed to take either credit or the      Line 25c—Other Forms                         statement to the front of Form 1040 or
additional child tax credit for 2 years      Include on line 25c any                      1040-SR that explains all the payments
even if you’re otherwise eligible to do         • Federal income tax withheld on          you and your spouse made in 2025 and
so. If you claim the child tax credit or     your Form(s) W-2G. The amount with-          the name(s) and SSN(s) under which
credit for other dependents even though      held should be shown in box 4. Attach        you made them.
you aren’t eligible and it is later deter-   Form(s) W-2G to the front of your re-
mined that you fraudulently claimed ei-      turn if federal income tax was withheld.



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Lines 27a, 27b, and 27c—                                                 work and is valid for EIC purposes (explained later under

Earned Income Credit (EIC)
                                                                         Definitions and Special Rules)?
                                                                              Yes. Continue                No. STOP
                                                                                                  䊲
                                                                                                                 You can’t take the credit.
What Is the EIC?                                                                                                 Check the box on
The EIC is a credit for certain people who work. The credit may                                                  line 27c.
give you a refund even if you don’t owe any tax or didn’t have
any tax withheld.                                                     3. Are you filing Form 2555 (relating to foreign earned
                                                                         income)?
To Take the EIC:                                                                                           No. Continue
                                                                              Yes. STOP
     • Follow the steps in the following flowchart.                            You can’t take the
                                                                                                                                 䊲
     • Complete the worksheet that applies to you or let the IRS               credit.
figure the credit for you.
   • Review the SSN requirements for claiming the EIC under
Social security number (SSN) in the Definitions and Special           4. Were you or your spouse a nonresident alien for any part of
Rules section, later.                                                    2025?
   • If you have at least one child who meets the conditions to               Yes. See Nonresident        No. Go to Step 2.
be your qualifying child for purposes of claiming the EIC, com-               aliens, later, under
plete and attach Schedule EIC, even if that child doesn’t have a              Definitions and Special
                                                                              Rules.
valid SSN. See Schedule EIC for more information, including
how to complete Schedule EIC if your qualifying child doesn’t
have a valid SSN.                                                      Step 2      Investment Income
    For help in determining if you are eligible for the EIC, go to    1. Add the amounts from Form 1040 or 1040-SR:
IRS.gov/EITC and click on “Check if You Qualify.” This service                                        Line 2a
is available in English and Spanish.
                                                                                                      Line 2b            +
          If you claim the EIC even though you aren’t eligible
                                                                                                      Line 3b            +
     !    and it is determined that your error is due to reckless
CAUTION or intentional disregard of the EIC rules, you won’t be                                       Line 7a*           +
allowed to take the credit for 2 years even if you are otherwise
eligible to do so. If you fraudulently claim the EIC, you won’t be
allowed to take the credit for 10 years. See Form 8862, who                                   Investment Income =
must file, later. You may also have to pay penalties.                                *If line 7a is a loss, enter -0-.
          Refunds for returns claiming the earned income credit
 TIP can’t be issued before mid-February 2026. This delay
         applies to the entire refund, not just the portion associ-
ated with the earned income credit.                                   2. Is your investment income more than $11,950?
                                                                               Yes. Continue              No. Skip question 3; go
                                                                                               䊲          to question 4.
 Step 1       All Filers
1. If, in 2025:                                                       3. Are you filing Form 4797 (relating to sales of business
   • 3 or more children who have valid SSNs lived with you,              property)?
       is the amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11b, less                  Yes. See Form 4797           No. STOP
       than $61,555 ($68,675 if married filing jointly)?                      filers, later, under
   • 2 children who have valid SSNs lived with you, is the                    Definitions and Special      You can’t take the credit.
       amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11b, less than                    Rules.
       $57,310 ($64,430 if married filing jointly)?
   • 1 child who has a valid SSN lived with you, is the
       amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11b, less than            4. Do any of the following apply for 2025?
       $50,434 ($57,554 if married filing jointly)?                      • You are filing Schedule E.
   • No children who have valid SSNs lived with you, is the              • You are reporting income from the rental of personal
       amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11b, less than                 property not used in a trade or business.
       $19,104 ($26,214 if married filing jointly)?                      • You are filing Form 8814 (relating to election to report
           Yes. Continue               No. STOP                            child’s interest and dividends on your return).
                           䊲                                             • You have income or loss from a passive activity.
                                        You can’t take the credit.            Yes. Use Worksheet 1          No. Go to Step 3.
                                                                              in Pub. 596 to see if you
2. Do you, and your spouse if filing a joint return, have a                   can take the credit.
   social security number issued on or before the due date of
   your 2025 return (including extensions) that allows you to


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                                                                                      1. Do you have at least one child who meets the conditions to
  Step 3        Qualifying Child                                                         be your qualifying child for the purpose of claiming the
                                                                                         EIC?
                    A qualifying child for the EIC is your...
                                                                                              Yes. Continue                 No. Skip questions 2
                                                                                                                䊲           through 6; go to Step 4.
  Son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister,
  half brother, half sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, your
                           grandchild, niece, or nephew)                              2. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?
                                       AND                                                    Yes. Skip questions 3          No. Continue
                                                                                              through 6 and Step 4;                       䊲
                                                                                              go to Step 5.
                                       was ...
             Under age 19 at the end of 2025 and younger than you                     3. Are you a married taxpayer whose filing status is married
                        (or your spouse if filing jointly)                               filing separately or head of household?
                                         or                                                     Yes. Continue               No. Skip questions 4
    Under age 24 at the end of 2025, a full-time student (defined later), and                                    䊲          and 5; go to question 6.
  younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly). If the child is a full-time
   student, check the “Full-time student” box on row (6) of the Dependents
                 section on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR                            4. Did you and your spouse have the same principal residence
                                                                                         for the last 6 months of 2025?
                                       or
 Any age and permanently and totally disabled (defined later). If the child is
                                                                                               Yes. Continue              No. Skip question 5; go
     permanently and totally disabled, check the “Permanently and totally
                                                                                                                䊲         to question 6.
 disabled” box on row (6) of the Dependents section on page 1 of Form 1040
                                 or 1040-SR.
                                                                                      5. Are you legally separated according to your state law under
                                       AND                                               a written separation agreement or a decree of separate
                                                                                         maintenance and you lived apart from your spouse at the
                                                                                         end of 2025?
                       Who isn't filing a joint return for 2025                                Yes. Continue                No. STOP
 or is filing a joint return for 2025 only to claim a refund of withheld income                                   䊲
              tax or estimated tax paid (see Pub. 596 for examples).
                                                                                                                               You can’t take the credit.

                                       AND
                                                                                      6. Could you be a qualifying child of another person for 2025?
                                                                                         (Check “No” if the other person isn't required to file, and
                                                                                         isn’t filing, a 2025 tax return or is filing a 2025 return only
  Who lived with you in the United States for more than half of 2025. If the             to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax
  child lived with you in the United States for more than half of 2025, check            paid (see Pub. 596 for examples).)
   both boxes (box (a) and box (b)) on row (5) of the Dependents section on
                                                                                                Yes. STOP                       No. Check the box in
  page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR. Also, make sure to check the box to the                                                       the Dependents section
   right of the address block on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR. See Main                       You can’t take the              that discusses the special
                          home and United States, later.                                        credit. Check the box on        rule for separated
                                                                                                line 27c.                       spouses on page 1 of
                                                                                                                                Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
                                                                                                                                See Special rule for
   !                                                                                                                            separated spouses, later,
       You can’t take the credit for a child who didn’t live with you for more
 CAUTION


than half the year, even if you paid most of the child’s living expenses. The
                                                                                                                                under Definitions and
                                                                                                                                Special Rules. Skip Step
IRS may ask you for documents to show you lived with each qualifying child.
                                                                                                                                4; go to Step 5.
Documents you might want to keep for this purpose include school and child
care records and other records that show your child’s address.
                                                                                       Step 4      Filers Without a Qualifying
                                                                                                   Child
 TIP
       If the child didn’t live with you for more than half of 2025 because of
a temporary absence, birth, death, placement with you for foster or adoption,
or kidnapping, see Exception to time lived with you, later.
                                                                                      1. Are you a married taxpayer whose filing status is married
   !                                                                                     filing separately or head of household?
       If the child meets the conditions to be a qualifying child of any other
                                                                                                Yes. STOP                   No. Continue
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person (other than your spouse, if filing a joint return) for 2025, see
                                                                                                                                                䊲
Qualifying child of more than one person, later. If the child was married, see                  You can’t take the
Married child , later.                                                                          credit.

                                                                                      2. Were you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, at least age
                                                                                         25 but under age 65 at the end of 2025? (Check “Yes” if
                                                                                         you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, were born after
                                                                                         December 31, 1960, and before January 2, 2001.) If your



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     spouse died in 2025 or if you are preparing a return for        1. Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
     someone who died in 2025, see Pub. 596 before you answer.          line 1z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.
          Yes. Continue                 No. STOP                     2. Enter the Medicaid waiver payment amounts
                           䊲                                            excluded from income on Schedule 1, line 8s, unless
                                       You can’t take the credit.       you choose to include these amounts in earned
                                                                        income, in which case enter -0-. See the instructions
3. Was your main home, and your spouse’s if filing a joint              for Schedule 1, line 8s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       2.
   return, in the United States for more than half of 2025? Your
   main home can be any location where you regularly live. If
   your main home (and spouse’s if filing a joint return) was in          TIP
   the United States for more than half of 2025, check the box                       If you and your spouse both received Medicaid waiver
   to the right of the address block on page 1 of Form 1040 or
                                                                        payments during the year, you and your spouse can make different
   1040–SR. See Main home and United States, later. Members
   of the military stationed outside the United States, see             choices about including the full amount of your payments in earned
   Members of the military, later, before you answer.                   income. Enter only the amount of Medicaid waiver payments that you
                                                                        or your spouse, if filing a joint return, do not want to include in earned
         Yes. Continue                 No. STOP                         income. To include all nontaxable Medicaid waiver payment amounts in
                           䊲                                            earned income, enter -0-.
                                       You can’t take the credit.
                                       Check the box on
                                       line 27c.                     3. Subtract line 2 from line 1    . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3.


4. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?
                                                                     4. Enter all of your nontaxable combat pay if you elect
        Yes. Skip questions 5          No. Continue                     to include it in earned income. Also enter the amount
        and 6; go to Step 5.                        䊲                   of your nontaxable combat pay on line 1i of Form
                                                                        1040 or 1040-SR. See Combat pay,
                                                                        nontaxable, later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
5. Could you be a qualifying child of another person for 2025?
   (Check “No” if the other person isn’t required to file, and             !
   isn’t filing, a 2025 tax return or is filing a 2025 return only      CAUTION
                                                                                 Electing to include nontaxable combat pay may increase or
   to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax            decrease your EIC. Figure the credit with and without your nontaxable
   paid (see Pub. 596 for examples).)                                   combat pay before making the election.
          Yes. STOP                       No. Continue               5. Add lines 3 and 4.
                                                        䊲               This is your earned income . . . . . . . . . . . .     5.
          You can’t take the
          credit. Check the box on
          line 27c.

6. Can you be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s 2025          2. Were you self-employed at any time in 2025, or are you
   tax return? (If the person who could claim you on their 2025         filing Schedule SE because you were a member of the
   tax return is not required to file, and isn’t filing a 2025 tax      clergy or you had church employee income, or are you
   return or is filing a 2025 return only to claim a refund of          filing Schedule C as a statutory employee?
   withheld income tax or estimated tax paid, check “No.”)                     Yes. Skip question 3        No. Continue
         Yes. STOP                       No. Go to Step 5.                     and Step 6; go to                         䊲
                                                                               Worksheet B.
          You can’t take the
          credit.
                                                                     3. If you have:
                                                                        • 3 or more qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is
 Step 5      Earned Income                                                 your earned income less than $61,555 ($68,675 if
                                                                           married filing jointly)?
1. Are you filing Schedule SE because you were a member of              • 2 qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is your
   the clergy or you had church employee income of $108.28                 earned income less than $57,310 ($64,430 if married
   or more?                                                                filing jointly)?
                                                                        • 1 qualifying child who has a valid SSN, is your earned
         Yes. See Clergy or         No. Complete the                       income less than $50,434 ($57,554 if married filing
         Church employees,          following worksheet.                   jointly)?
         whichever applies.                                             • No qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is your
                                                                           earned income less than $19,104 ($26,214 if married
                                                                           filing jointly)?
                                                                               Yes. Go to Step 6.         No. STOP
                                                                                                                        You can’t take the credit.




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                                                                    nontaxable combat pay, you can each make your own election.
 Step 6      How To Figure the Credit                               In other words, if one of you makes the election, the other one
                                                                    can also make it but doesn’t have to.
1. Do you want the IRS to figure the credit for you?                          If you elect to use your nontaxable combat pay in fig-
        Yes. See Credit figured      No. Go to Worksheet A.            !      uring your EIC, enter that amount on line 1i.
        by the IRS, later.                                          CAUTION



Line 27b                                                            Credit figured by the IRS. To have the IRS figure your EIC,
                                                                    do the following.
Check the box on line 27b if you are (1) a minister, member of a
religious order who has not taken a vow of poverty, or a Christi-      1. Enter “EIC” on the dotted line next to line 27a.
an Science practitioner; and (2) filing Schedule SE and the            2. Be sure you enter the nontaxable combat pay you elect to
amount on line 2 of that schedule includes an amount that was       include in earned income by entering that amount on line 1i.
also reported on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1z. See the in-         See Combat pay, nontaxable, earlier.
structions under Clergy, later, for how to determine the amount        3. If you have a qualifying child, complete and attach
of your earned income.                                              Schedule EIC. If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or
                                                                    disallowed, see Form 8862, who must file, later.
Line 27c
Check the box on line 27c if you do not want to claim the           Exception to time lived with you. Temporary absences by you
earned income credit or if you have been instructed to check the    or the child for special circumstances, such as school, vacation,
box in the instructions for line 27a.                               business, medical care, military service, or detention in a juve-
                                                                    nile facility, count as time the child lived with you. Also see
Definitions and Special Rules                                       Kidnapped child under Who Qualifies as Your Dependent, earli-
                                                                    er, and Members of the military, later. A child is considered to
Adopted child. An adopted child is always treated as your own       have lived with you for more than half of 2025 if the child was
child. An adopted child includes a child lawfully placed with       born or died in 2025 and your home was this child’s home for
you for legal adoption.                                             more than half the time the child was alive in 2025 or, if you
                                                                    adopted the child in 2025, the child was lawfully placed with
Church employees. Determine how much of the amount on
                                                                    you for legal adoption by you in 2025, or if the child was an eli-
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a, was also reported on Sched-
                                                                    gible foster child placed with you during 2025 and your main
ule SE, Part I, line 5a. Subtract that amount from the amount on
                                                                    home was the child’s main home for more than half the time
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a, and enter the result on line 1 of
                                                                    since the child was adopted or placed with you in 2025.
the worksheet in Step 5 (instead of entering the actual amount
from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a). Be sure to answer “Yes”        Form 4797 filers. If the amount on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
to question 2 in Step 5.                                            line 7a, includes an amount from Form 4797, you must use
Clergy. The following instructions apply to ministers, members      Worksheet 1 in Pub. 596 to see if you can take the EIC. Other-
of religious orders who have not taken a vow of poverty, and        wise, stop; you can’t take the EIC.
Christian Science practitioners. If you are filing Schedule SE      Form 8862, who must file. You must file Form 8862 if your
and the amount on line 2 of that schedule includes an amount        EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed for any
that was also reported on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1z, do the     reason other than a math or clerical error. But don’t file Form
following.                                                          8862 if either of the following applies.
   1. Check the box on line 27b.                                        • You filed Form 8862 for another year, the EIC was al-
                                                                    lowed for that year, and your EIC hasn’t been reduced or disal-
   2. Determine how much of the amount on Form 1040 or
                                                                    lowed again for any reason other than a math or clerical error.
1040-SR, line 1z, was also reported on Schedule SE, Part I,
line 2.                                                                 • You are taking the EIC without a qualifying child and the
                                                                    only reason your EIC was reduced or disallowed in the other
   3. Subtract that amount from the amount on Form 1040 or          year was because it was determined that a child listed on Sched-
1040-SR, line 1z. Enter the result on line 1 of the worksheet in    ule EIC wasn’t your qualifying child.
Step 5 (instead of entering the actual amount from Form 1040           Also, don’t file Form 8862 or take the credit for the:
or 1040-SR, line 1z).                                                   • 2 years after the most recent tax year for which there was
   4. Be sure to answer “Yes” to question 2 in Step 5.              a final determination that your EIC claim was due to reckless or
                                                                    intentional disregard of the EIC rules, or
Combat pay, nontaxable. If you were a member of the U.S.                • 10 years after the most recent tax year for which there was
Armed Forces who served in a combat zone, certain pay is ex-        a final determination that your EIC claim was due to fraud.
cluded from your income. See Combat Zone Exclusion in Pub.
                                                                    Foster child. A foster child is any child placed with you by an
3. You can elect to include this pay in your earned income when
                                                                    authorized placement agency or by judgment, decree, or other
figuring the EIC. The amount of your nontaxable combat pay
                                                                    order of any court of competent jurisdiction. For more details on
should be shown in box 12 of Form(s) W-2 with code Q. If you
                                                                    authorized placement agencies, see Pub. 596.
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Full-time student. A full-time student is a child who during              1. Child tax credit, credit for other dependents, and addi-
any part of 5 calendar months of 2025 was enrolled as a               tional child tax credit (lines 19 and 28).
full-time student at a school or took a full-time, on-farm training       2. Head of household filing status.
course given by a school or a state, county, or local government          3. Credit for child and dependent care expenses (Schedule
agency. A school includes a technical, trade, or mechanical           3, line 2).
school. It doesn't include an on-the-job training course, corre-
                                                                          4. Exclusion for dependent care benefits (Form 2441, Part
spondence school, or school offering courses only through the
                                                                      III).
Internet.
                                                                          5. Earned income credit (line 27a).
Main home. Your main home may be your house, apartment,
mobile home, shelter, temporary lodging, or other location and        No other person can take any of the five tax benefits just listed
doesn’t need to be the same physical location throughout 2025.        based on the qualifying child. If you and any other person can
You don’t need a permanent address.                                   claim the child as a qualifying child, the following rules apply.
                                                                      For purposes of these rules, the term “parent” means a biologi-
Married child. A child who was married at the end of 2025 is
                                                                      cal or adoptive parent of an individual. It doesn’t include a step-
a qualifying child only if (a) you can claim the child as your de-
                                                                      parent or foster parent unless that person has adopted the indi-
pendent, or (b) you could have claimed the child as your de-
                                                                      vidual.
pendent except for the special rule for Children of divorced or
separated parents under Who Qualifies as Your Dependent, ear-            • If only one of the persons is the child’s parent, the child is
                                                                      treated as the qualifying child of the parent.
lier.
                                                                         • If the parents file a joint return together and can claim the
Members of the military. If you were on extended active duty          child as a qualifying child, the child is treated as the qualifying
outside the United States, your main home is considered to be in      child of the parents.
the United States during that duty period. Extended active duty          • If the parents don’t file a joint return together but both pa-
is military duty ordered for an indefinite period or for a period     rents claim the child as a qualifying child, the IRS will treat the
of more than 90 days. Once you begin serving extended active          child as the qualifying child of the parent with whom the child
duty, you are considered to be on extended active duty even if        lived for the longer period of time in 2025. If the child lived
you don’t serve more than 90 days.                                    with each parent for the same amount of time, the IRS will treat
Nonresident aliens. If you checked the box in the Filing Status       the child as the qualifying child of the parent who had the high-
section to treat a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse as   er adjusted gross income (AGI) for 2025.
a U.S. resident for the entire year, go to Step 2. Otherwise, stop;      • If no parent can claim the child as a qualifying child, the
you can’t take the EIC. Check the box on line 27c. See Nonresi-       child is treated as the qualifying child of the person who had the
dent aliens and dual-status aliens, earlier.                          highest AGI for 2025.
                                                                         • If a parent can claim the child as a qualifying child but no
Permanently and totally disabled. A person is permanently             parent does so claim the child, the child is treated as the qualify-
and totally disabled if, at any time in 2025, the person couldn’t     ing child of the person who had the highest AGI for 2025, but
engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a physical      only if that person’s AGI is higher than the highest AGI of any
or mental condition and a doctor has determined that this condi-      parent of the child who can claim the child.
tion (a) has lasted or can be expected to last continuously for at              If, under these rules, you can’t claim a child as a quali-
least a year, or (b) can be expected to lead to death.                  TIP fying child for the EIC, you may be able to claim the
                                                                                EIC under the rules for a taxpayer without a qualifying
Special rule for separated spouses. If you are married, but not
                                                                      child. For more information, see Pub. 596.
filing a joint return, had a qualifying child who lived with you
in the United States for more than half of 2025, and either of the       Example. Your child, Lee, meets the conditions to be a qual-
following apply, you can claim the EIC if:                            ifying child for both you and your parent. Lee doesn’t meet the
    • You lived apart from your spouse for the last 6 months of       conditions to be a qualifying child of any other person, includ-
2025, or                                                              ing Lee’s other parent. Under the rules just described, you can
    • You are legally separated according to your state law un-       claim Lee as a qualifying child for all of the five tax benefits lis-
der a written separation agreement or a decree of separate main-      ted here for which you otherwise qualify. Your parent can’t
tenance and you didn’t live in the same household as your             claim any of the five tax benefits listed here based on Lee.
spouse at the end of 2025.                                            However, if your parent’s AGI is higher than yours and you
If you meet these requirements, make sure you check the box in        don’t claim Lee as a qualifying child, Lee is the qualifying child
the Dependents section that discusses the special rule for sepa-      of your parent.
rated spouses on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
                                                                         For more details and examples, see Pub. 596.
Qualifying child of more than one person. Even if a child
                                                                      Social security number (SSN). For the EIC, a valid SSN is a
meets the conditions to be the qualifying child of more than one
                                                                      number issued by the Social Security Administration unless
person, only one person can claim the child as a qualifying child
                                                                      “Not Valid for Employment” is printed on the social security
for all of the following tax benefits, unless the special rule for
                                                                      card and the number was issued solely to allow the recipient of
Children of divorced or separated parents under Who Qualifies
                                                                      the SSN to apply for or receive a federally funded benefit. If
as Your Dependent, earlier, applies.
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card and the cardholder’s immigration status has changed so          ritories. If you are a member of the military stationed outside
that they are now a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, ask the      the United States, see Members of the military, earlier.
SSA for a new social security card without the legend. Howev-
                                                                     Welfare benefits, effect of credit on. Any refund you receive
er, if “Valid for Work Only With DHS Authorization” is printed
                                                                     as a result of taking the EIC can’t be counted as income when
on your social security card, your SSN is valid for EIC purposes
                                                                     determining if you or anyone else is eligible for benefits or as-
only as long as the DHS authorization is still valid.
                                                                     sistance, or how much you or anyone else can receive, under
    To find out how to get an SSN, see Social Security Number        any federal program or under any state or local program fi-
(SSN) near the beginning of these instructions. If you won’t         nanced in whole or in part with federal funds. These programs
have an SSN by the date your return is due, see What if You          include Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
Can’t File on Time?                                                  Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Supple-
    If you didn’t have an SSN issued on or before the due date of    mental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly food stamps). In
your 2025 return (including extensions), you can’t claim the         addition, when determining eligibility, the refund can’t be coun-
EIC on your original or an amended 2025 return. If a child           ted as a resource for at least 12 months after you receive it.
didn’t have an SSN issued on or before the due date of your re-      Check with your local benefit coordinator to find out if your re-
turn (including extensions), you can’t count that child as a qual-   fund will affect your benefits.
ifying child in figuring the amount of the EIC on your original
or an amended 2025 return.
United States. The United States means the 50 states and the
District of Columbia. It doesn’t include Puerto Rico or U.S. ter-




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     Worksheet     A—2025 EIC—Line 27a                                                                            Keep for Your Records

     Before you begin:        Be sure you are using the correct worksheet. Use this worksheet only if you
                              answered “No” to Step 5, question 2. Otherwise, use Worksheet B.



       Part 1            1.   Enter your earned income from Step 5.                        1

      All Filers Using   2.   Look up the amount on line 1 above in the EIC Table (right after
      Worksheet A             Worksheet B) to find the credit. Be sure you use the correct column
                                                                                                                       2
                              for your filing status and the number of qualifying children you have who
                              have valid SSNs as defined earlier. Enter the credit here.
                                                 STOP
                              If line 2 is zero,    You can’t take the credit.
                              Check the box on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 27c.


                         3.   Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11b.        3


                         4.   Are the amounts on lines 3 and 1 the same?

                                  Yes. Skip line 5; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.

                                  No.    Go to line 5.


                         5.   If you have:
      Part 2                  ●   No qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is the amount on line
                                  3 less than $10,620 ($17,730 if married filing jointly)?
      Filers Who              ● 1 or more qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is the amount

      Answered                    on line 3 less than $23,350 ($30,470 if married filing jointly)?
      “No” on                     Yes. Leave line 5 blank; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.
      Line 4
                                  No. Look up the amount on line 3 in the EIC Table to find the
                                      credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your filing
                                      status and the number of qualifying children you have who                        5
                                      have valid SSNs. Enter the credit here.
                                      Look at the amounts on lines 5 and 2.
                                      Then, enter the smaller amount on line 6.


                         6.   This is your earned income credit.                                                       6
       Part 3
                                                                                                                      Enter this amount on
      Your Earned                                                                                                     Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                                                                                                                      line 27a.
      Income Credit
                              Reminder—                                                               1040 or
                                                                                                      1040-SR                 10o4r0
                              If you have a qualifying child, complete and attach Schedule EIC.
                                                                                                                                       R
                                                                                                                EIC            1040-S


                                           If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed, see
                                           Form 8862, who must file, earlier, to find out if you must file Form 8862 to take
                               CAUTION     the credit for 2025.




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  Worksheet          B—2025 EIC—Line 27a                                                                             Keep for Your Records
  Use this worksheet if you answered “Yes” to Step 5, question 2.
       Complete the parts below (Parts 1 through 3) that apply to you. Then, continue to Part 4.
       If you are married filing a joint return, include your spouse’s amounts, if any, with yours to figure the amounts to
       enter in Parts 1 through 3.

     Part 1                                                                                                             1a
                            1a. Enter the amount from Schedule SE, Part I, line 3.
    Self-Employed,                                                                                                  + 1b
                             b. Enter any amount from Schedule SE, Part I, line 4b and line 5a.
    Members of the
    Clergy, and              c. Combine lines 1a and 1b.                                                            = 1c
    People With
    Church Employee          d. Enter the amount from Schedule SE, Part I, line 13.                                 – 1d
    Income Filing
                             e. Subtract line 1d from line 1c.                                                      = 1e
    Schedule SE

                            2.   Don’t include on these lines any statutory employee income, any net profit from services performed as a
     Part 2                      notary public, any amount exempt from self-employment tax as the result of the filing and approval of Form
                                 4029 or Form 4361, or any other amounts exempt from self-employment tax.
    Self-Employed
                             a. Enter any net farm profit or (loss) from Schedule F, line 34; and
    NOT Required                                                                                                        2a
                                from farm partnerships, Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code A*.
    To File
                             b. Enter any net profit or (loss) from Schedule C, line 31; and Schedule
    Schedule SE                 K-1 (Form 1065), box 14, code A (other than farming)*.
                                                                                                                    + 2b
    For example, your
    net earnings from        c. Combine lines 2a and 2b.                                                            = 2c
    self-employment
    were less than $400.         * If you have any Schedule K-1 amounts, complete the appropriate line(s) of Schedule SE, Part I.
                                 Reduce the Schedule K-1 amounts as described in the Partner’s Instructions for Schedule K-1. Enter
                                 your name and social security number on Schedule SE and attach it to your return.

     Part 3
    Statutory Employees     3.   Enter the amount from Schedule C, line 1, that you are filing as a
                                                                                                                        3
    Filing Schedule C            statutory employee.


     Part 4                 4a. Enter your earned income from Step 5.                                                   4a

    All Filers Using                                                                                                    4b
    Worksheet B              b. Combine lines 1e, 2c, 3, and 4a. This is your total earned income.
    Note. If line 4b                                           STOP
                                 If line 4b is zero or less,          You can’t take the credit. Check the box on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line
    includes income on
    which you should             27c.
    have paid self-         5.   If you have:
    employment tax but           ● 3 or more qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is line 4b less than $61,555 ($68,675 if married
    didn’t, we may
                                     filing jointly)?
    reduce your credit by
                                 ● 2 qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is line 4b less than $57,310 ($64,430 if married filing jointly)?
    the amount of
    self-employment tax          ● 1 qualifying child who has a valid SSN, is line 4b less than $50,434 ($57,554 if married filing jointly)?
    not paid.                    ● No qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is line 4b less than $19,104 ($26,214 if married filing jointly)?

                                    Yes. If you want the IRS to figure your credit, see Credit figured by the IRS, earlier. If you want to
                                    figure the credit yourself, enter the amount from line 4b on line 6 of this worksheet.
                                           STOP
                                    No.           You can’t take the credit. Check the box on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 27c.




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 Worksheet        B —2025 EIC—Line 27a—Continued                                                            Keep for Your Records


     Part 5
                         6.   Enter your total earned income from Part 4, line 4b.       6
     All Filers Using
     Worksheet B         7.   Look up the amount on line 6 above in the EIC Table to find
                              the credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your filing status and
                              the number of qualifying children you have who have valid SSNs. Enter              7
                              the credit here.

                              If line 7 is zero, STOP You can’t take the credit.
                              Check the box on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 27c.

                         8.   Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                                                                                         8
                              line 11b.

                         9.   Are the amounts on lines 8 and 6 the same?

                                 Yes. Skip line 10; enter the amount from line 7 on line 11.

                                 No. Go to line 10.


                        10.   If you have:
     Part 6
                              ● No qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is the amount on line 8
                                  less than $10,620 ($17,730 if married filing jointly)?
     Filers Who
                              ● 1 or more qualifying children who have valid SSNs, is the amount on
     Answered                     line 8 less than $23,350 ($30,470 if married filing jointly)?
     “No” on
                                 Yes. Leave line 10 blank; enter the amount from line 7 on line 11.
     Line 9
                                 No. Look up the amount on line 8 in the EIC Table to find the
                                     credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your filing status
                                     and the number of qualifying children you have who have valid              10
                                     SSNs. Enter the credit here.
                                     Look at the amounts on lines 10 and 7.
                                     Then, enter the smaller amount on line 11.


     Part 7             11.   This is your earned income credit.                                                11

                                                                                                                Enter this amount on
     Your Earned                                                                                                Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                              Reminder—
     Income Credit                                                                                              line 27a.
                              If you have a qualifying child, complete and attach Schedule EIC. 1040 or
                                                                                                1040-SR                 10o4r0
                                                                                                          EIC                   R
                                                                                                                         1040-S

                                          If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed, see
                                          Form 8862, who must file, earlier, to find out if you must file Form
                               CAUTION    8862 to take the credit for 2025.




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2025 Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table                                                                                                                                                  And your filing status is—


Caution. This is not a tax table.
                                                                                                                                                 If the amount you are                 Single, head of household, or
                                                                                                                                                 looking up from the                   qualifying surviving spouse and
                                                                                                                                                 worksheet is—                         the number of children you have is—

                                                                                                                                                                                         0          1          2         3
1. To find your credit, read down               2. Then, go to the column that                     Example. If your filing status is                 At least
                                                                                                                                                                    But less
                                                                                                                                                                                             Your credit is—
                                                                                                                                                                     than
the “At least - But less than”                  includes your filing status and the                single, you have one qualifying                   2,400          2,450              186         825         970     1,091
columns and find the line that                  number of qualifying children you                  child who has a valid SSN, and the                2,450          2,500              189         842         990     1,114
includes the amount you were told               have who have valid SSNs as                        amount you are looking up from
to look up from your EIC                        defined earlier. Enter the credit from             your EIC Worksheet is $2,455, you
Worksheet.                                      that column on your EIC Worksheet.                 would enter $842.

                                                  And your filing status is–                                                                                    And your filing status is–
If the amount you         Single, head of household,                Married filing jointly and you            If the amount you        Single, head of household,                      Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from       or qualifying surviving                   have–                                     are looking up from      or qualifying surviving                         have–
the worksheet is–         spouse★ and you have–                                                               the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                            0          1          2        3          0          1        2          3                                   0       1              2              3         0          1           2            3
  At least    But less               Your credit is–                           Your credit is–                  At least   But less            Your credit is–                                   Your credit is–
               than                                                                                                         than
         1          50           2          9         10       11          2          9       10         11        2,800       2,850     216       961          1,130          1,271      216        961       1,130         1,271
        50         100           6         26         30       34          6         26       30         34        2,850       2,900     220       978          1,150          1,294      220        978       1,150         1,294
       100         150          10         43         50       56         10         43       50         56        2,900       2,950     224       995          1,170          1,316      224        995       1,170         1,316
       150         200          13         60         70       79         13         60       70         79        2,950       3,000     228     1,012          1,190          1,339      228      1,012       1,190         1,339
       200         250          17       77         90      101           17       77       90        101          3,000       3,050     231     1,029          1,210          1,361      231      1,029       1,210         1,361
       250         300          21       94        110      124           21       94      110        124          3,050       3,100     235     1,046          1,230          1,384      235      1,046       1,230         1,384
       300         350          25      111        130      146           25      111      130        146          3,100       3,150     239     1,063          1,250          1,406      239      1,063       1,250         1,406
       350         400          29      128        150      169           29      128      150        169          3,150       3,200     243     1,080          1,270          1,429      243      1,080       1,270         1,429
       400         450          33      145        170      191           33      145      170        191          3,200       3,250     247     1,097          1,290          1,451      247      1,097       1,290         1,451
       450         500          36      162        190      214           36      162      190        214          3,250       3,300     251     1,114          1,310          1,474      251      1,114       1,310         1,474
       500         550          40      179        210      236           40      179      210        236          3,300       3,350     254     1,131          1,330          1,496      254      1,131       1,330         1,496
       550         600          44      196        230      259           44      196      230        259          3,350       3,400     258     1,148          1,350          1,519      258      1,148       1,350         1,519
       600         650          48      213        250      281           48      213      250        281          3,400       3,450     262     1,165          1,370          1,541      262      1,165       1,370         1,541
       650         700          52      230        270      304           52      230      270        304          3,450       3,500     266     1,182          1,390          1,564      266      1,182       1,390         1,564
       700         750          55      247        290      326           55      247      290        326          3,500       3,550     270     1,199          1,410          1,586      270      1,199       1,410         1,586
       750         800          59      264        310      349           59      264      310        349          3,550       3,600     273     1,216          1,430          1,609      273      1,216       1,430         1,609
       800          850         63      281        330      371           63      281      330        371          3,600       3,650     277     1,233          1,450          1,631      277      1,233       1,450         1,631
       850          900         67      298        350      394           67      298      350        394          3,650       3,700     281     1,250          1,470          1,654      281      1,250       1,470         1,654
       900          950         71      315        370      416           71      315      370        416          3,700       3,750     285     1,267          1,490          1,676      285      1,267       1,490         1,676
       950        1,000         75      332        390      439           75      332      390        439          3,750       3,800     289     1,284          1,510          1,699      289      1,284       1,510         1,699
      1,000       1,050         78      349        410      461           78      349      410        461          3,800       3,850     293     1,301          1,530          1,721      293      1,301       1,530         1,721
      1,050       1,100         82      366        430      484           82      366      430        484          3,850       3,900     296     1,318          1,550          1,744      296      1,318       1,550         1,744
      1,100       1,150         86      383        450      506           86      383      450        506          3,900       3,950     300     1,335          1,570          1,766      300      1,335       1,570         1,766
      1,150       1,200         90      400        470      529           90      400      470        529          3,950       4,000     304     1,352          1,590          1,789      304      1,352       1,590         1,789
      1,200       1,250      94         417        490      551         94        417      490        551          4,000       4,050     308     1,369          1,610          1,811      308      1,369       1,610         1,811
      1,250       1,300      98         434        510      574         98        434      510        574          4,050       4,100     312     1,386          1,630          1,834      312      1,386       1,630         1,834
      1,300       1,350     101         451        530      596        101        451      530        596          4,100       4,150     316     1,403          1,650          1,856      316      1,403       1,650         1,856
      1,350       1,400     105         468        550      619        105        468      550        619          4,150       4,200     319     1,420          1,670          1,879      319      1,420       1,670         1,879
      1,400       1,450     109         485        570      641        109        485      570        641          4,200       4,250     323     1,437          1,690          1,901      323      1,437       1,690         1,901
      1,450       1,500     113         502        590      664        113        502      590        664          4,250       4,300     327     1,454          1,710          1,924      327      1,454       1,710         1,924
      1,500       1,550     117         519        610      686        117        519      610        686          4,300       4,350     331     1,471          1,730          1,946      331      1,471       1,730         1,946
      1,550       1,600     120         536        630      709        120        536      630        709          4,350       4,400     335     1,488          1,750          1,969      335      1,488       1,750         1,969
      1,600       1,650     124         553        650      731        124        553      650        731          4,400       4,450     339     1,505          1,770          1,991      339      1,505       1,770         1,991
      1,650       1,700     128         570        670      754        128        570      670        754          4,450       4,500     342     1,522          1,790          2,014      342      1,522       1,790         2,014
      1,700       1,750     132         587        690      776        132        587      690        776          4,500       4,550     346     1,539          1,810          2,036      346      1,539       1,810         2,036
      1,750       1,800     136         604        710      799        136        604      710        799          4,550       4,600     350     1,556          1,830          2,059      350      1,556       1,830         2,059
      1,800       1,850     140         621        730      821        140        621      730        821          4,600       4,650     354     1,573          1,850          2,081      354      1,573       1,850         2,081
      1,850       1,900     143         638        750      844        143        638      750        844          4,650       4,700     358     1,590          1,870          2,104      358      1,590       1,870         2,104
      1,900       1,950     147         655        770      866        147        655      770        866          4,700       4,750     361     1,607          1,890          2,126      361      1,607       1,890         2,126
      1,950       2,000     151         672        790      889        151        672      790        889          4,750       4,800     365     1,624          1,910          2,149      365      1,624       1,910         2,149
      2,000       2,050     155         689        810      911        155        689      810        911          4,800       4,850     369     1,641          1,930          2,171      369      1,641       1,930         2,171
      2,050       2,100     159         706        830      934        159        706      830        934          4,850       4,900     373     1,658          1,950          2,194      373      1,658       1,950         2,194
      2,100       2,150     163         723        850      956        163        723      850        956          4,900       4,950     377     1,675          1,970          2,216      377      1,675       1,970         2,216
      2,150       2,200     166         740        870      979        166        740      870        979          4,950       5,000     381     1,692          1,990          2,239      381      1,692       1,990         2,239
      2,200       2,250     170         757        890     1,001       170        757      890       1,001         5,000       5,050     384     1,709          2,010          2,261      384      1,709       2,010         2,261
      2,250       2,300     174         774        910     1,024       174        774      910       1,024         5,050       5,100     388     1,726          2,030          2,284      388      1,726       2,030         2,284
      2,300       2,350     178         791        930     1,046       178        791      930       1,046         5,100       5,150     392     1,743          2,050          2,306      392      1,743       2,050         2,306
      2,350       2,400     182         808        950     1,069       182        808      950       1,069         5,150       5,200     396     1,760          2,070          2,329      396      1,760       2,070         2,329
      2,400       2,450     186         825         970    1,091       186        825       970      1,091         5,200       5,250     400     1,777          2,090          2,351      400      1,777       2,090         2,351
      2,450       2,500     189         842         990    1,114       189        842       990      1,114         5,250       5,300     404     1,794          2,110          2,374      404      1,794       2,110         2,374
      2,500       2,550     193         859       1,010    1,136       193        859     1,010      1,136         5,300       5,350     407     1,811          2,130          2,396      407      1,811       2,130         2,396
      2,550       2,600     197         876       1,030    1,159       197        876     1,030      1,159         5,350       5,400     411     1,828          2,150          2,419      411      1,828       2,150         2,419
      2,600       2,650     201         893       1,050    1,181       201        893     1,050      1,181         5,400       5,450     415     1,845          2,170          2,441      415      1,845       2,170         2,441
      2,650       2,700     205         910       1,070    1,204       205        910     1,070      1,204         5,450       5,500     419     1,862          2,190          2,464      419      1,862       2,190         2,464
      2,700       2,750     208         927       1,090    1,226       208        927     1,090      1,226         5,500       5,550     423     1,879          2,210          2,486      423      1,879       2,210         2,486
      2,750       2,800     212         944       1,110    1,249       212        944     1,110      1,249         5,550       5,600     426     1,896          2,230          2,509      426      1,896       2,230         2,509




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                                               And your filing status is–                                                                    And your filing status is–
If the amount you            Single, head of household,        Married filing jointly and you     If the amount you        Single, head of household,        Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from          or qualifying surviving           have–                              are looking up from      or qualifying surviving           have–
the worksheet is–            spouse★ and you have–                                                the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0       1       2       3         0        1       2       3                                  0       1       2       3         0        1       2       3
     At least    But less            Your credit is–                    Your credit is–             At least   But less            Your credit is–                    Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                          than
         5,600       5,650     430     1,913   2,250   2,531      430    1,913   2,250    2,531        8,800       8,850     649     3,001   3,530   3,971      649    3,001   3,530    3,971
         5,650       5,700     434     1,930   2,270   2,554      434    1,930   2,270    2,554        8,850       8,900     649     3,018   3,550   3,994      649    3,018   3,550    3,994
         5,700       5,750     438     1,947   2,290   2,576      438    1,947   2,290    2,576        8,900       8,950     649     3,035   3,570   4,016      649    3,035   3,570    4,016
         5,750       5,800     442     1,964   2,310   2,599      442    1,964   2,310    2,599        8,950       9,000     649     3,052   3,590   4,039      649    3,052   3,590    4,039
         5,800       5,850     446     1,981   2,330   2,621      446    1,981   2,330    2,621        9,000       9,050     649     3,069   3,610   4,061      649    3,069   3,610    4,061
         5,850       5,900     449     1,998   2,350   2,644      449    1,998   2,350    2,644        9,050       9,100     649     3,086   3,630   4,084      649    3,086   3,630    4,084
         5,900       5,950     453     2,015   2,370   2,666      453    2,015   2,370    2,666        9,100       9,150     649     3,103   3,650   4,106      649    3,103   3,650    4,106
         5,950       6,000     457     2,032   2,390   2,689      457    2,032   2,390    2,689        9,150       9,200     649     3,120   3,670   4,129      649    3,120   3,670    4,129
         6,000       6,050     461     2,049   2,410   2,711      461    2,049   2,410    2,711        9,200       9,250     649     3,137   3,690   4,151      649    3,137   3,690    4,151
         6,050       6,100     465     2,066   2,430   2,734      465    2,066   2,430    2,734        9,250       9,300     649     3,154   3,710   4,174      649    3,154   3,710    4,174
         6,100       6,150     469     2,083   2,450   2,756      469    2,083   2,450    2,756        9,300       9,350     649     3,171   3,730   4,196      649    3,171   3,730    4,196
         6,150       6,200     472     2,100   2,470   2,779      472    2,100   2,470    2,779        9,350       9,400     649     3,188   3,750   4,219      649    3,188   3,750    4,219
         6,200       6,250     476     2,117   2,490   2,801      476    2,117   2,490    2,801        9,400       9,450     649     3,205   3,770   4,241      649    3,205   3,770    4,241
         6,250       6,300     480     2,134   2,510   2,824      480    2,134   2,510    2,824        9,450       9,500     649     3,222   3,790   4,264      649    3,222   3,790    4,264
         6,300       6,350     484     2,151   2,530   2,846      484    2,151   2,530    2,846        9,500       9,550     649     3,239   3,810   4,286      649    3,239   3,810    4,286
         6,350       6,400     488     2,168   2,550   2,869      488    2,168   2,550    2,869        9,550       9,600     649     3,256   3,830   4,309      649    3,256   3,830    4,309
         6,400       6,450     492     2,185   2,570   2,891      492    2,185   2,570    2,891        9,600       9,650     649     3,273   3,850   4,331      649    3,273   3,850    4,331
         6,450       6,500     495     2,202   2,590   2,914      495    2,202   2,590    2,914        9,650       9,700     649     3,290   3,870   4,354      649    3,290   3,870    4,354
         6,500       6,550     499     2,219   2,610   2,936      499    2,219   2,610    2,936        9,700       9,750     649     3,307   3,890   4,376      649    3,307   3,890    4,376
         6,550       6,600     503     2,236   2,630   2,959      503    2,236   2,630    2,959        9,750       9,800     649     3,324   3,910   4,399      649    3,324   3,910    4,399
         6,600       6,650     507     2,253   2,650   2,981      507    2,253   2,650    2,981        9,800       9,850     649     3,341   3,930   4,421      649    3,341   3,930    4,421
         6,650       6,700     511     2,270   2,670   3,004      511    2,270   2,670    3,004        9,850       9,900     649     3,358   3,950   4,444      649    3,358   3,950    4,444
         6,700       6,750     514     2,287   2,690   3,026      514    2,287   2,690    3,026        9,900       9,950     649     3,375   3,970   4,466      649    3,375   3,970    4,466
         6,750       6,800     518     2,304   2,710   3,049      518    2,304   2,710    3,049        9,950      10,000     649     3,392   3,990   4,489      649    3,392   3,990    4,489
         6,800       6,850     522     2,321   2,730   3,071      522    2,321   2,730    3,071       10,000      10,050     649     3,409   4,010   4,511      649    3,409   4,010    4,511
         6,850       6,900     526     2,338   2,750   3,094      526    2,338   2,750    3,094       10,050      10,100     649     3,426   4,030   4,534      649    3,426   4,030    4,534
         6,900       6,950     530     2,355   2,770   3,116      530    2,355   2,770    3,116       10,100      10,150     649     3,443   4,050   4,556      649    3,443   4,050    4,556
         6,950       7,000     534     2,372   2,790   3,139      534    2,372   2,790    3,139       10,150      10,200     649     3,460   4,070   4,579      649    3,460   4,070    4,579
         7,000       7,050     537     2,389   2,810   3,161      537    2,389   2,810    3,161       10,200      10,250     649     3,477   4,090   4,601      649    3,477   4,090    4,601
         7,050       7,100     541     2,406   2,830   3,184      541    2,406   2,830    3,184       10,250      10,300     649     3,494   4,110   4,624      649    3,494   4,110    4,624
         7,100       7,150     545     2,423   2,850   3,206      545    2,423   2,850    3,206       10,300      10,350     649     3,511   4,130   4,646      649    3,511   4,130    4,646
         7,150       7,200     549     2,440   2,870   3,229      549    2,440   2,870    3,229       10,350      10,400     649     3,528   4,150   4,669      649    3,528   4,150    4,669
         7,200       7,250     553     2,457   2,890   3,251      553    2,457   2,890    3,251       10,400      10,450     649     3,545   4,170   4,691      649    3,545   4,170    4,691
         7,250       7,300     557     2,474   2,910   3,274      557    2,474   2,910    3,274       10,450      10,500     649     3,562   4,190   4,714      649    3,562   4,190    4,714
         7,300       7,350     560     2,491   2,930   3,296      560    2,491   2,930    3,296       10,500      10,550     649     3,579   4,210   4,736      649    3,579   4,210    4,736
         7,350       7,400     564     2,508   2,950   3,319      564    2,508   2,950    3,319       10,550      10,600     649     3,596   4,230   4,759      649    3,596   4,230    4,759
         7,400       7,450     568     2,525   2,970   3,341      568    2,525   2,970    3,341       10,600      10,650     649     3,613   4,250   4,781      649    3,613   4,250    4,781
         7,450       7,500     572     2,542   2,990   3,364      572    2,542   2,990    3,364       10,650      10,700     645     3,630   4,270   4,804      649    3,630   4,270    4,804
         7,500       7,550     576     2,559   3,010   3,386      576    2,559   3,010    3,386       10,700      10,750     641     3,647   4,290   4,826      649    3,647   4,290    4,826
         7,550       7,600     579     2,576   3,030   3,409      579    2,576   3,030    3,409       10,750      10,800     637     3,664   4,310   4,849      649    3,664   4,310    4,849
         7,600       7,650     583     2,593   3,050   3,431      583    2,593   3,050    3,431       10,800      10,850     633     3,681   4,330   4,871      649    3,681   4,330    4,871
         7,650       7,700     587     2,610   3,070   3,454      587    2,610   3,070    3,454       10,850      10,900     629     3,698   4,350   4,894      649    3,698   4,350    4,894
         7,700       7,750     591     2,627   3,090   3,476      591    2,627   3,090    3,476       10,900      10,950     626     3,715   4,370   4,916      649    3,715   4,370    4,916
         7,750       7,800     595     2,644   3,110   3,499      595    2,644   3,110    3,499       10,950      11,000     622     3,732   4,390   4,939      649    3,732   4,390    4,939
         7,800       7,850     599     2,661   3,130   3,521      599    2,661   3,130    3,521       11,000      11,050     618     3,749   4,410   4,961      649    3,749   4,410    4,961
         7,850       7,900     602     2,678   3,150   3,544      602    2,678   3,150    3,544       11,050      11,100     614     3,766   4,430   4,984      649    3,766   4,430    4,984
         7,900       7,950     606     2,695   3,170   3,566      606    2,695   3,170    3,566       11,100      11,150     610     3,783   4,450   5,006      649    3,783   4,450    5,006
         7,950       8,000     610     2,712   3,190   3,589      610    2,712   3,190    3,589       11,150      11,200     607     3,800   4,470   5,029      649    3,800   4,470    5,029
         8,000       8,050     614     2,729   3,210   3,611      614    2,729   3,210    3,611       11,200      11,250     603     3,817   4,490   5,051      649    3,817   4,490    5,051
         8,050       8,100     618     2,746   3,230   3,634      618    2,746   3,230    3,634       11,250      11,300     599     3,834   4,510   5,074      649    3,834   4,510    5,074
         8,100       8,150     622     2,763   3,250   3,656      622    2,763   3,250    3,656       11,300      11,350     595     3,851   4,530   5,096      649    3,851   4,530    5,096
         8,150       8,200     625     2,780   3,270   3,679      625    2,780   3,270    3,679       11,350      11,400     591     3,868   4,550   5,119      649    3,868   4,550    5,119
         8,200       8,250     629     2,797   3,290   3,701      629    2,797   3,290    3,701       11,400      11,450     587     3,885   4,570   5,141      649    3,885   4,570    5,141
         8,250       8,300     633     2,814   3,310   3,724      633    2,814   3,310    3,724       11,450      11,500     584     3,902   4,590   5,164      649    3,902   4,590    5,164
         8,300       8,350     637     2,831   3,330   3,746      637    2,831   3,330    3,746       11,500      11,550     580     3,919   4,610   5,186      649    3,919   4,610    5,186
         8,350       8,400     641     2,848   3,350   3,769      641    2,848   3,350    3,769       11,550      11,600     576     3,936   4,630   5,209      649    3,936   4,630    5,209
         8,400       8,450     645     2,865   3,370   3,791      645    2,865   3,370    3,791       11,600      11,650     572     3,953   4,650   5,231      649    3,953   4,650    5,231
         8,450       8,500     649     2,882   3,390   3,814      649    2,882   3,390    3,814       11,650      11,700     568     3,970   4,670   5,254      649    3,970   4,670    5,254
         8,500       8,550     649     2,899   3,410   3,836      649    2,899   3,410    3,836       11,700      11,750     564     3,987   4,690   5,276      649    3,987   4,690    5,276
         8,550       8,600     649     2,916   3,430   3,859      649    2,916   3,430    3,859       11,750      11,800     561     4,004   4,710   5,299      649    4,004   4,710    5,299
         8,600       8,650     649     2,933   3,450   3,881      649    2,933   3,450    3,881       11,800      11,850     557     4,021   4,730   5,321      649    4,021   4,730    5,321
         8,650       8,700     649     2,950   3,470   3,904      649    2,950   3,470    3,904       11,850      11,900     553     4,038   4,750   5,344      649    4,038   4,750    5,344
         8,700       8,750     649     2,967   3,490   3,926      649    2,967   3,490    3,926       11,900      11,950     549     4,055   4,770   5,366      649    4,055   4,770    5,366
         8,750       8,800     649     2,984   3,510   3,949      649    2,984   3,510    3,949       11,950      12,000     545     4,072   4,790   5,389      649    4,072   4,790    5,389




     ★     Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.


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                                             And your filing status is–                                                                       And your filing status is–
If the amount you          Single, head of household,        Married filing jointly and you     If the amount you        Single, head of household,           Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from        or qualifying surviving           have–                              are looking up from      or qualifying surviving              have–
the worksheet is–          spouse★ and you have–                                                the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                             0       1       2       3         0        1       2       3                                  0          1       2       3         0        1       2       3
  At least     But less            Your credit is–                    Your credit is–             At least   But less               Your credit is–                    Your credit is–
                than                                                                                          than
      12,000      12,050     542     4,089   4,810   5,411      649    4,089   4,810    5,411       15,200      15,250     297        4,328   6,090   6,851      649    4,328   6,090    6,851
      12,050      12,100     538     4,106   4,830   5,434      649    4,106   4,830    5,434       15,250      15,300     293        4,328   6,110   6,874      649    4,328   6,110    6,874
      12,100      12,150     534     4,123   4,850   5,456      649    4,123   4,850    5,456       15,300      15,350     289        4,328   6,130   6,896      649    4,328   6,130    6,896
      12,150      12,200     530     4,140   4,870   5,479      649    4,140   4,870    5,479       15,350      15,400     285        4,328   6,150   6,919      649    4,328   6,150    6,919
      12,200      12,250     526     4,157   4,890   5,501      649    4,157   4,890    5,501       15,400      15,450     281        4,328   6,170   6,941      649    4,328   6,170    6,941
      12,250      12,300     522     4,174   4,910   5,524      649    4,174   4,910    5,524       15,450      15,500     278        4,328   6,190   6,964      649    4,328   6,190    6,964
      12,300      12,350     519     4,191   4,930   5,546      649    4,191   4,930    5,546       15,500      15,550     274        4,328   6,210   6,986      649    4,328   6,210    6,986
      12,350      12,400     515     4,208   4,950   5,569      649    4,208   4,950    5,569       15,550      15,600     270        4,328   6,230   7,009      649    4,328   6,230    7,009
      12,400      12,450     511     4,225   4,970   5,591      649    4,225   4,970    5,591       15,600      15,650     266        4,328   6,250   7,031      649    4,328   6,250    7,031
      12,450      12,500     507     4,242   4,990   5,614      649    4,242   4,990    5,614       15,650      15,700     262        4,328   6,270   7,054      649    4,328   6,270    7,054
      12,500      12,550     503     4,259   5,010   5,636      649    4,259   5,010    5,636       15,700      15,750     258        4,328   6,290   7,076      649    4,328   6,290    7,076
      12,550      12,600     499     4,276   5,030   5,659      649    4,276   5,030    5,659       15,750      15,800     255        4,328   6,310   7,099      649    4,328   6,310    7,099
      12,600      12,650     496     4,293   5,050   5,681      649    4,293   5,050    5,681       15,800      15,850     251        4,328   6,330   7,121      649    4,328   6,330    7,121
      12,650      12,700     492     4,310   5,070   5,704      649    4,310   5,070    5,704       15,850      15,900     247        4,328   6,350   7,144      649    4,328   6,350    7,144
      12,700      12,750     488     4,328   5,090   5,726      649    4,328   5,090    5,726       15,900      15,950     243        4,328   6,370   7,166      649    4,328   6,370    7,166
      12,750      12,800     484     4,328   5,110   5,749      649    4,328   5,110    5,749       15,950      16,000     239        4,328   6,390   7,189      649    4,328   6,390    7,189
      12,800      12,850     480     4,328   5,130   5,771      649    4,328   5,130    5,771       16,000      16,050     236        4,328   6,410   7,211      649    4,328   6,410    7,211
      12,850      12,900     476     4,328   5,150   5,794      649    4,328   5,150    5,794       16,050      16,100     232        4,328   6,430   7,234      649    4,328   6,430    7,234
      12,900      12,950     473     4,328   5,170   5,816      649    4,328   5,170    5,816       16,100      16,150     228        4,328   6,450   7,256      649    4,328   6,450    7,256
      12,950      13,000     469     4,328   5,190   5,839      649    4,328   5,190    5,839       16,150      16,200     224        4,328   6,470   7,279      649    4,328   6,470    7,279
      13,000      13,050     465     4,328   5,210   5,861      649    4,328   5,210    5,861       16,200      16,250     220        4,328   6,490   7,301      649    4,328   6,490    7,301
      13,050      13,100     461     4,328   5,230   5,884      649    4,328   5,230    5,884       16,250      16,300     216        4,328   6,510   7,324      649    4,328   6,510    7,324
      13,100      13,150     457     4,328   5,250   5,906      649    4,328   5,250    5,906       16,300      16,350     213        4,328   6,530   7,346      649    4,328   6,530    7,346
      13,150      13,200     454     4,328   5,270   5,929      649    4,328   5,270    5,929       16,350      16,400     209        4,328   6,550   7,369      649    4,328   6,550    7,369
      13,200      13,250     450     4,328   5,290   5,951      649    4,328   5,290    5,951       16,400      16,450     205        4,328   6,570   7,391      649    4,328   6,570    7,391
      13,250      13,300     446     4,328   5,310   5,974      649    4,328   5,310    5,974       16,450      16,500     201        4,328   6,590   7,414      649    4,328   6,590    7,414
      13,300      13,350     442     4,328   5,330   5,996      649    4,328   5,330    5,996       16,500      16,550     197        4,328   6,610   7,436      649    4,328   6,610    7,436
      13,350      13,400     438     4,328   5,350   6,019      649    4,328   5,350    6,019       16,550      16,600     193        4,328   6,630   7,459      649    4,328   6,630    7,459
      13,400      13,450     434     4,328   5,370   6,041      649    4,328   5,370    6,041       16,600      16,650     190        4,328   6,650   7,481      649    4,328   6,650    7,481
      13,450      13,500     431     4,328   5,390   6,064      649    4,328   5,390    6,064       16,650      16,700     186        4,328   6,670   7,504      649    4,328   6,670    7,504
      13,500      13,550     427     4,328   5,410   6,086      649    4,328   5,410    6,086       16,700      16,750     182        4,328   6,690   7,526      649    4,328   6,690    7,526
      13,550      13,600     423     4,328   5,430   6,109      649    4,328   5,430    6,109       16,750      16,800     178        4,328   6,710   7,549      649    4,328   6,710    7,549
      13,600      13,650     419     4,328   5,450   6,131      649    4,328   5,450    6,131       16,800      16,850     174        4,328   6,730   7,571      649    4,328   6,730    7,571
      13,650      13,700     415     4,328   5,470   6,154      649    4,328   5,470    6,154       16,850      16,900     170        4,328   6,750   7,594      649    4,328   6,750    7,594
      13,700      13,750     411     4,328   5,490   6,176      649    4,328   5,490    6,176       16,900      16,950     167        4,328   6,770   7,616      649    4,328   6,770    7,616
      13,750      13,800     408     4,328   5,510   6,199      649    4,328   5,510    6,199       16,950      17,000     163        4,328   6,790   7,639      649    4,328   6,790    7,639
      13,800      13,850     404     4,328   5,530   6,221      649    4,328   5,530    6,221       17,000      17,050     159        4,328   6,810   7,661      649    4,328   6,810    7,661
      13,850      13,900     400     4,328   5,550   6,244      649    4,328   5,550    6,244       17,050      17,100     155        4,328   6,830   7,684      649    4,328   6,830    7,684
      13,900      13,950     396     4,328   5,570   6,266      649    4,328   5,570    6,266       17,100      17,150     151        4,328   6,850   7,706      649    4,328   6,850    7,706
      13,950      14,000     392     4,328   5,590   6,289      649    4,328   5,590    6,289       17,150      17,200     148        4,328   6,870   7,729      649    4,328   6,870    7,729
      14,000      14,050     389     4,328   5,610   6,311      649    4,328   5,610    6,311       17,200      17,250     144        4,328   6,890   7,751      649    4,328   6,890    7,751
      14,050      14,100     385     4,328   5,630   6,334      649    4,328   5,630    6,334       17,250      17,300     140        4,328   6,910   7,774      649    4,328   6,910    7,774
      14,100      14,150     381     4,328   5,650   6,356      649    4,328   5,650    6,356       17,300      17,350     136        4,328   6,930   7,796      649    4,328   6,930    7,796
      14,150      14,200     377     4,328   5,670   6,379      649    4,328   5,670    6,379       17,350      17,400     132        4,328   6,950   7,819      649    4,328   6,950    7,819
      14,200      14,250     373     4,328   5,690   6,401      649    4,328   5,690    6,401       17,400      17,450     128        4,328   6,970   7,841      649    4,328   6,970    7,841
      14,250      14,300     369     4,328   5,710   6,424      649    4,328   5,710    6,424       17,450      17,500     125        4,328   6,990   7,864      649    4,328   6,990    7,864
      14,300      14,350     366     4,328   5,730   6,446      649    4,328   5,730    6,446       17,500      17,550     121        4,328   7,010   7,886      649    4,328   7,010    7,886
      14,350      14,400     362     4,328   5,750   6,469      649    4,328   5,750    6,469       17,550      17,600     117        4,328   7,030   7,909      649    4,328   7,030    7,909
      14,400      14,450     358     4,328   5,770   6,491      649    4,328   5,770    6,491       17,600      17,650     113        4,328   7,050   7,931      649    4,328   7,050    7,931
      14,450      14,500     354     4,328   5,790   6,514      649    4,328   5,790    6,514       17,650      17,700     109        4,328   7,070   7,954      649    4,328   7,070    7,954
      14,500      14,550     350     4,328   5,810   6,536      649    4,328   5,810    6,536       17,700      17,750     105        4,328   7,090   7,976      649    4,328   7,090    7,976
      14,550      14,600     346     4,328   5,830   6,559      649    4,328   5,830    6,559       17,750      17,800     102        4,328   7,110   7,999      646    4,328   7,110    7,999
      14,600      14,650     343     4,328   5,850   6,581      649    4,328   5,850    6,581       17,800      17,850         98     4,328   7,130   8,021      642    4,328   7,130    8,021
      14,650      14,700     339     4,328   5,870   6,604      649    4,328   5,870    6,604       17,850      17,900         94     4,328   7,152   8,046      638    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,700      14,750     335     4,328   5,890   6,626      649    4,328   5,890    6,626       17,900      17,950         90     4,328   7,152   8,046      634    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,750      14,800     331     4,328   5,910   6,649      649    4,328   5,910    6,649       17,950      18,000         86     4,328   7,152   8,046      630    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,800      14,850     327     4,328   5,930   6,671      649    4,328   5,930    6,671       18,000      18,050         83     4,328   7,152   8,046      626    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,850      14,900     323     4,328   5,950   6,694      649    4,328   5,950    6,694       18,050      18,100         79     4,328   7,152   8,046      623    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,900      14,950     320     4,328   5,970   6,716      649    4,328   5,970    6,716       18,100      18,150         75     4,328   7,152   8,046      619    4,328   7,152    8,046
      14,950      15,000     316     4,328   5,990   6,739      649    4,328   5,990    6,739       18,150      18,200         71     4,328   7,152   8,046      615    4,328   7,152    8,046
      15,000      15,050     312     4,328   6,010   6,761      649    4,328   6,010    6,761       18,200      18,250         67     4,328   7,152   8,046      611    4,328   7,152    8,046
      15,050      15,100     308     4,328   6,030   6,784      649    4,328   6,030    6,784       18,250      18,300         63     4,328   7,152   8,046      607    4,328   7,152    8,046
      15,100      15,150     304     4,328   6,050   6,806      649    4,328   6,050    6,806       18,300      18,350         60     4,328   7,152   8,046      603    4,328   7,152    8,046
      15,150      15,200     301     4,328   6,070   6,829      649    4,328   6,070    6,829       18,350      18,400         56     4,328   7,152   8,046      600    4,328   7,152    8,046




  ★      Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.


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                                                  And your filing status is–                                                                      And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,           Married filing jointly and you     If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving              have–                              are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                   the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0          1       2       3         0        1       2       3                                  0         1       2       3         0        1       2       3
      At least   But less               Your credit is–                    Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                    Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                             than
        18,400      18,450         52     4,328   7,152   8,046      596    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,600      21,650         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      351    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,450      18,500         48     4,328   7,152   8,046      592    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,650      21,700         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      347    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,500      18,550         44     4,328   7,152   8,046      588    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,700      21,750         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      343    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,550      18,600         40     4,328   7,152   8,046      584    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,750      21,800         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      340    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,600      18,650         37     4,328   7,152   8,046      581    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,800      21,850         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      336    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,650      18,700         33     4,328   7,152   8,046      577    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,850      21,900         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      332    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,700      18,750         29     4,328   7,152   8,046      573    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,900      21,950         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      328    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,750      18,800         25     4,328   7,152   8,046      569    4,328   7,152    8,046       21,950      22,000         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      324    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,800      18,850         21     4,328   7,152   8,046      565    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,000      22,050         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      320    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,850      18,900         17     4,328   7,152   8,046      561    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,050      22,100         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      317    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,900      18,950         14     4,328   7,152   8,046      558    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,100      22,150         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      313    4,328   7,152    8,046
        18,950      19,000         10     4,328   7,152   8,046      554    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,150      22,200         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      309    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,000      19,050          6     4,328   7,152   8,046      550    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,200      22,250         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      305    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,050      19,100          2     4,328   7,152   8,046      546    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,250      22,300         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      301    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,100      19,150          *     4,328   7,152   8,046      542    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,300      22,350         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      297    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,150      19,200          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      538    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,350      22,400         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      294    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,200      19,250          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      535    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,400      22,450         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      290    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,250      19,300          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      531    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,450      22,500         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      286    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,300      19,350          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      527    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,500      22,550         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      282    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,350      19,400          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      523    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,550      22,600         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      278    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,400      19,450          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      519    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,600      22,650         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      275    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,450      19,500          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      516    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,650      22,700         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      271    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,500      19,550          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      512    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,700      22,750         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      267    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,550      19,600          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      508    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,750      22,800         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      263    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,600      19,650          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      504    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,800      22,850         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      259    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,650      19,700          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      500    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,850      22,900         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      255    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,700      19,750          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      496    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,900      22,950         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      252    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,750      19,800          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      493    4,328   7,152    8,046       22,950      23,000         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      248    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,800      19,850          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      489    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,000      23,050         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      244    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,850      19,900          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      485    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,050      23,100         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      240    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,900      19,950          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      481    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,100      23,150         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      236    4,328   7,152    8,046
        19,950      20,000          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      477    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,150      23,200         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      232    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,000      20,050          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      473    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,200      23,250         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      229    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,050      20,100          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      470    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,250      23,300         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      225    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,100      20,150          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      466    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,300      23,350         0     4,328   7,152   8,046      221    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,150      20,200          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      462    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,350      23,400         0     4,324   7,147   8,041      217    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,200      20,250          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      458    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,400      23,450         0     4,316   7,136   8,030      213    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,250      20,300          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      454    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,450      23,500         0     4,308   7,126   8,020      210    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,300      20,350          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      450    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,500      23,550         0     4,300   7,115   8,009      206    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,350      20,400          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      447    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,550      23,600         0     4,292   7,105   7,999      202    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,400      20,450          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      443    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,600      23,650         0     4,284   7,094   7,988      198    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,450      20,500          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      439    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,650      23,700         0     4,276   7,084   7,978      194    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,500      20,550          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      435    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,700      23,750         0     4,268   7,073   7,967      190    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,550      20,600          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      431    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,750      23,800         0     4,260   7,062   7,956      187    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,600      20,650          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      428    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,800      23,850         0     4,252   7,052   7,946      183    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,650      20,700          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      424    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,850      23,900         0     4,244   7,041   7,935      179    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,700      20,750          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      420    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,900      23,950         0     4,236   7,031   7,925      175    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,750      20,800          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      416    4,328   7,152    8,046       23,950      24,000         0     4,228   7,020   7,914      171    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,800      20,850          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      412    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,000      24,050         0     4,220   7,010   7,904      167    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,850      20,900          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      408    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,050      24,100         0     4,212   6,999   7,893      164    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,900      20,950          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      405    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,100      24,150         0     4,204   6,989   7,883      160    4,328   7,152    8,046
        20,950      21,000          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      401    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,150      24,200         0     4,196   6,978   7,872      156    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,000      21,050          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      397    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,200      24,250         0     4,188   6,968   7,862      152    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,050      21,100          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      393    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,250      24,300         0     4,180   6,957   7,851      148    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,100      21,150          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      389    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,300      24,350         0     4,172   6,947   7,841      144    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,150      21,200          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      385    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,350      24,400         0     4,164   6,936   7,830      141    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,200      21,250          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      382    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,400      24,450         0     4,156   6,926   7,820      137    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,250      21,300          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      378    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,450      24,500         0     4,148   6,915   7,809      133    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,300      21,350          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      374    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,500      24,550         0     4,140   6,905   7,799      129    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,350      21,400          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      370    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,550      24,600         0     4,132   6,894   7,788      125    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,400      21,450          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      366    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,600      24,650         0     4,124   6,883   7,777      122    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,450      21,500          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      363    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,650      24,700         0     4,116   6,873   7,767      118    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,500      21,550          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      359    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,700      24,750         0     4,108   6,862   7,756      114    4,328   7,152    8,046
        21,550      21,600          0     4,328   7,152   8,046      355    4,328   7,152    8,046       24,750      24,800         0     4,100   6,852   7,746      110    4,328   7,152    8,046


      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $19,100 but less than $19,104, and you have no qualifying children who have valid
      SSNs, your credit is $0.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $19,104 or more, and you have no qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take the
      credit.


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                                                 And your filing status is–                                                                        And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you       If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–                                are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0         1       2       3         0          1       2       3                                  0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
      At least   But less              Your credit is–                      Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                              than
        24,800      24,850         0     4,092   6,841   7,735      106      4,328   7,152    8,046       28,000      28,050         0     3,581   6,167   7,061         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        24,850      24,900         0     4,084   6,831   7,725      102      4,328   7,152    8,046       28,050      28,100         0     3,573   6,157   7,051         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        24,900      24,950         0     4,076   6,820   7,714       99      4,328   7,152    8,046       28,100      28,150         0     3,565   6,146   7,040         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        24,950      25,000         0     4,068   6,810   7,704       95      4,328   7,152    8,046       28,150      28,200         0     3,557   6,136   7,030         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,000      25,050         0     4,060   6,799   7,693         91    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,200      28,250         0     3,549   6,125   7,019         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,050      25,100         0     4,052   6,789   7,683         87    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,250      28,300         0     3,541   6,115   7,009         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,100      25,150         0     4,044   6,778   7,672         83    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,300      28,350         0     3,533   6,104   6,998         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,150      25,200         0     4,036   6,768   7,662         79    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,350      28,400         0     3,525   6,094   6,988         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,200      25,250         0     4,028   6,757   7,651         76    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,400      28,450         0     3,517   6,083   6,977         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,250      25,300         0     4,020   6,747   7,641         72    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,450      28,500         0     3,509   6,073   6,967         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,300      25,350         0     4,012   6,736   7,630         68    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,500      28,550         0     3,501   6,062   6,956         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,350      25,400         0     4,004   6,726   7,620         64    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,550      28,600         0     3,493   6,052   6,946         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,400      25,450         0     3,996   6,715   7,609         60    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,600      28,650         0     3,485   6,041   6,935         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,450      25,500         0     3,988   6,704   7,598         57    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,650      28,700         0     3,477   6,031   6,925         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,500      25,550         0     3,980   6,694   7,588         53    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,700      28,750         0     3,469   6,020   6,914         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,550      25,600         0     3,972   6,683   7,577         49    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,750      28,800         0     3,461   6,009   6,903         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,600      25,650         0     3,964   6,673   7,567         45    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,800      28,850         0     3,453   5,999   6,893         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,650      25,700         0     3,956   6,662   7,556         41    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,850      28,900         0     3,445   5,988   6,882         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,700      25,750         0     3,948   6,652   7,546         37    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,900      28,950         0     3,437   5,978   6,872         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,750      25,800         0     3,940   6,641   7,535         34    4,328   7,152    8,046       28,950      29,000         0     3,429   5,967   6,861         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,800      25,850         0     3,932   6,631   7,525         30    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,000      29,050         0     3,421   5,957   6,851         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,850      25,900         0     3,925   6,620   7,514         26    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,050      29,100         0     3,413   5,946   6,840         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,900      25,950         0     3,917   6,610   7,504         22    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,100      29,150         0     3,405   5,936   6,830         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        25,950      26,000         0     3,909   6,599   7,493         18    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,150      29,200         0     3,397   5,925   6,819         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,000      26,050         0     3,901   6,589   7,483         14    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,200      29,250         0     3,389   5,915   6,809         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,050      26,100         0     3,893   6,578   7,472         11    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,250      29,300         0     3,381   5,904   6,798         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,100      26,150         0     3,885   6,568   7,462          7    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,300      29,350         0     3,373   5,894   6,788         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,150      26,200         0     3,877   6,557   7,451          3    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,350      29,400         0     3,365   5,883   6,777         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,200      26,250         0     3,869   6,547   7,441          *    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,400      29,450         0     3,357   5,873   6,767         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,250      26,300         0     3,861   6,536   7,430          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,450      29,500         0     3,349   5,862   6,756         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,300      26,350         0     3,853   6,525   7,419          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,500      29,550         0     3,341   5,852   6,746         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,350      26,400         0     3,845   6,515   7,409          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,550      29,600         0     3,333   5,841   6,735         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,400      26,450         0     3,837   6,504   7,398          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,600      29,650         0     3,325   5,830   6,724         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,450      26,500         0     3,829   6,494   7,388          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,650      29,700         0     3,317   5,820   6,714         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,500      26,550         0     3,821   6,483   7,377          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,700      29,750         0     3,309   5,809   6,703         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,550      26,600         0     3,813   6,473   7,367          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,750      29,800         0     3,301   5,799   6,693         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,600      26,650         0     3,805   6,462   7,356          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,800      29,850         0     3,293   5,788   6,682         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,650      26,700         0     3,797   6,452   7,346          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,850      29,900         0     3,285   5,778   6,672         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,700      26,750         0     3,789   6,441   7,335          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,900      29,950         0     3,277   5,767   6,661         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,750      26,800         0     3,781   6,431   7,325          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       29,950      30,000         0     3,269   5,757   6,651         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,800      26,850         0     3,773   6,420   7,314          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,000      30,050         0     3,261   5,746   6,640         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,850      26,900         0     3,765   6,410   7,304          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,050      30,100         0     3,253   5,736   6,630         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,900      26,950         0     3,757   6,399   7,293          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,100      30,150         0     3,245   5,725   6,619         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        26,950      27,000         0     3,749   6,389   7,283          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,150      30,200         0     3,237   5,715   6,609         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,000      27,050         0     3,741   6,378   7,272          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,200      30,250         0     3,229   5,704   6,598         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,050      27,100         0     3,733   6,368   7,262          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,250      30,300         0     3,221   5,694   6,588         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,100      27,150         0     3,725   6,357   7,251          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,300      30,350         0     3,213   5,683   6,577         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,150      27,200         0     3,717   6,346   7,240          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,350      30,400         0     3,205   5,673   6,567         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,200      27,250         0     3,709   6,336   7,230          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,400      30,450         0     3,197   5,662   6,556         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,250      27,300         0     3,701   6,325   7,219          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,450      30,500         0     3,189   5,651   6,545         0    4,328   7,152    8,046
        27,300      27,350         0     3,693   6,315   7,209          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,500      30,550         0     3,181   5,641   6,535         0    4,319   7,140    8,034
        27,350      27,400         0     3,685   6,304   7,198          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,550      30,600         0     3,173   5,630   6,524         0    4,311   7,130    8,024
        27,400      27,450         0     3,677   6,294   7,188          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,600      30,650         0     3,165   5,620   6,514         0    4,303   7,119    8,013
        27,450      27,500         0     3,669   6,283   7,177          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,650      30,700         0     3,157   5,609   6,503         0    4,295   7,109    8,003
        27,500      27,550         0     3,661   6,273   7,167          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,700      30,750         0     3,149   5,599   6,493         0    4,287   7,098    7,992
        27,550      27,600         0     3,653   6,262   7,156          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,750      30,800         0     3,141   5,588   6,482         0    4,279   7,088    7,982
        27,600      27,650         0     3,645   6,252   7,146          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,800      30,850         0     3,133   5,578   6,472         0    4,271   7,077    7,971
        27,650      27,700         0     3,637   6,241   7,135          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,850      30,900         0     3,126   5,567   6,461         0    4,263   7,067    7,961
        27,700      27,750         0     3,629   6,231   7,125          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,900      30,950         0     3,118   5,557   6,451         0    4,255   7,056    7,950
        27,750      27,800         0     3,621   6,220   7,114          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       30,950      31,000         0     3,110   5,546   6,440         0    4,247   7,046    7,940
        27,800      27,850         0     3,613   6,210   7,104          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       31,000      31,050         0     3,102   5,536   6,430         0    4,239   7,035    7,929
        27,850      27,900         0     3,605   6,199   7,093          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       31,050      31,100         0     3,094   5,525   6,419         0    4,231   7,025    7,919
        27,900      27,950         0     3,597   6,189   7,083          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       31,100      31,150         0     3,086   5,515   6,409         0    4,223   7,014    7,908
        27,950      28,000         0     3,589   6,178   7,072          0    4,328   7,152    8,046       31,150      31,200         0     3,078   5,504   6,398         0    4,215   7,004    7,898


      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $26,200 but less than $26,214, and you have no qualifying children who have valid
      SSNs, your credit is $1.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $26,214 or more, and you have no qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take the
      credit.


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                                                  And your filing status is–                                                                       And your filing status is–
If the amount you             Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you      If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from           or qualifying surviving             have–                               are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
the worksheet is–             spouse★ and you have–                                                   the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                                0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3                                  0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
     At least     But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                   than                                                                                             than
         31,200      31,250         0     3,070   5,494   6,388         0    4,207   6,993    7,887       34,400      34,450         0     2,558   4,820   5,714         0    3,696   6,319    7,213
         31,250      31,300         0     3,062   5,483   6,377         0    4,199   6,982    7,876       34,450      34,500         0     2,550   4,809   5,703         0    3,688   6,309    7,203
         31,300      31,350         0     3,054   5,472   6,366         0    4,191   6,972    7,866       34,500      34,550         0     2,542   4,799   5,693         0    3,680   6,298    7,192
         31,350      31,400         0     3,046   5,462   6,356         0    4,183   6,961    7,855       34,550      34,600         0     2,534   4,788   5,682         0    3,672   6,287    7,181
         31,400      31,450         0     3,038   5,451   6,345         0    4,175   6,951    7,845       34,600      34,650         0     2,526   4,777   5,671         0    3,664   6,277    7,171
         31,450      31,500         0     3,030   5,441   6,335         0    4,167   6,940    7,834       34,650      34,700         0     2,518   4,767   5,661         0    3,656   6,266    7,160
         31,500      31,550         0     3,022   5,430   6,324         0    4,159   6,930    7,824       34,700      34,750         0     2,510   4,756   5,650         0    3,648   6,256    7,150
         31,550      31,600         0     3,014   5,420   6,314         0    4,151   6,919    7,813       34,750      34,800         0     2,502   4,746   5,640         0    3,640   6,245    7,139
         31,600      31,650         0     3,006   5,409   6,303         0    4,143   6,909    7,803       34,800      34,850         0     2,494   4,735   5,629         0    3,632   6,235    7,129
         31,650      31,700         0     2,998   5,399   6,293         0    4,135   6,898    7,792       34,850      34,900         0     2,486   4,725   5,619         0    3,624   6,224    7,118
         31,700      31,750         0     2,990   5,388   6,282         0    4,127   6,888    7,782       34,900      34,950         0     2,478   4,714   5,608         0    3,616   6,214    7,108
         31,750      31,800         0     2,982   5,378   6,272         0    4,119   6,877    7,771       34,950      35,000         0     2,470   4,704   5,598         0    3,608   6,203    7,097
         31,800      31,850         0     2,974   5,367   6,261         0    4,111   6,867    7,761       35,000      35,050         0     2,462   4,693   5,587         0    3,600   6,193    7,087
         31,850      31,900         0     2,966   5,357   6,251         0    4,103   6,856    7,750       35,050      35,100         0     2,454   4,683   5,577         0    3,592   6,182    7,076
         31,900      31,950         0     2,958   5,346   6,240         0    4,095   6,846    7,740       35,100      35,150         0     2,446   4,672   5,566         0    3,584   6,172    7,066
         31,950      32,000         0     2,950   5,336   6,230         0    4,088   6,835    7,729       35,150      35,200         0     2,438   4,662   5,556         0    3,576   6,161    7,055
         32,000      32,050         0     2,942   5,325   6,219         0    4,080   6,825    7,719       35,200      35,250         0     2,430   4,651   5,545         0    3,568   6,151    7,045
         32,050      32,100         0     2,934   5,315   6,209         0    4,072   6,814    7,708       35,250      35,300         0     2,422   4,641   5,535         0    3,560   6,140    7,034
         32,100      32,150         0     2,926   5,304   6,198         0    4,064   6,803    7,697       35,300      35,350         0     2,414   4,630   5,524         0    3,552   6,130    7,024
         32,150      32,200         0     2,918   5,293   6,187         0    4,056   6,793    7,687       35,350      35,400         0     2,406   4,620   5,514         0    3,544   6,119    7,013
         32,200      32,250         0     2,910   5,283   6,177         0    4,048   6,782    7,676       35,400      35,450         0     2,398   4,609   5,503         0    3,536   6,108    7,002
         32,250      32,300         0     2,902   5,272   6,166         0    4,040   6,772    7,666       35,450      35,500         0     2,390   4,598   5,492         0    3,528   6,098    6,992
         32,300      32,350         0     2,894   5,262   6,156         0    4,032   6,761    7,655       35,500      35,550         0     2,382   4,588   5,482         0    3,520   6,087    6,981
         32,350      32,400         0     2,886   5,251   6,145         0    4,024   6,751    7,645       35,550      35,600         0     2,374   4,577   5,471         0    3,512   6,077    6,971
         32,400      32,450         0     2,878   5,241   6,135         0    4,016   6,740    7,634       35,600      35,650         0     2,366   4,567   5,461         0    3,504   6,066    6,960
         32,450      32,500         0     2,870   5,230   6,124         0    4,008   6,730    7,624       35,650      35,700         0     2,358   4,556   5,450         0    3,496   6,056    6,950
         32,500      32,550         0     2,862   5,220   6,114         0    4,000   6,719    7,613       35,700      35,750         0     2,350   4,546   5,440         0    3,488   6,045    6,939
         32,550      32,600         0     2,854   5,209   6,103         0    3,992   6,709    7,603       35,750      35,800         0     2,342   4,535   5,429         0    3,480   6,035    6,929
         32,600      32,650         0     2,846   5,199   6,093         0    3,984   6,698    7,592       35,800      35,850         0     2,334   4,525   5,419         0    3,472   6,024    6,918
         32,650      32,700         0     2,838   5,188   6,082         0    3,976   6,688    7,582       35,850      35,900         0     2,327   4,514   5,408         0    3,464   6,014    6,908
         32,700      32,750         0     2,830   5,178   6,072         0    3,968   6,677    7,571       35,900      35,950         0     2,319   4,504   5,398         0    3,456   6,003    6,897
         32,750      32,800         0     2,822   5,167   6,061         0    3,960   6,667    7,561       35,950      36,000         0     2,311   4,493   5,387         0    3,448   5,993    6,887
         32,800      32,850         0     2,814   5,157   6,051         0    3,952   6,656    7,550       36,000      36,050         0     2,303   4,483   5,377         0    3,440   5,982    6,876
         32,850      32,900         0     2,806   5,146   6,040         0    3,944   6,646    7,540       36,050      36,100         0     2,295   4,472   5,366         0    3,432   5,972    6,866
         32,900      32,950         0     2,798   5,136   6,030         0    3,936   6,635    7,529       36,100      36,150         0     2,287   4,462   5,356         0    3,424   5,961    6,855
         32,950      33,000         0     2,790   5,125   6,019         0    3,928   6,624    7,518       36,150      36,200         0     2,279   4,451   5,345         0    3,416   5,951    6,845
         33,000      33,050         0     2,782   5,114   6,008         0    3,920   6,614    7,508       36,200      36,250         0     2,271   4,441   5,335         0    3,408   5,940    6,834
         33,050      33,100         0     2,774   5,104   5,998         0    3,912   6,603    7,497       36,250      36,300         0     2,263   4,430   5,324         0    3,400   5,929    6,823
         33,100      33,150         0     2,766   5,093   5,987         0    3,904   6,593    7,487       36,300      36,350         0     2,255   4,419   5,313         0    3,392   5,919    6,813
         33,150      33,200         0     2,758   5,083   5,977         0    3,896   6,582    7,476       36,350      36,400         0     2,247   4,409   5,303         0    3,384   5,908    6,802
         33,200      33,250         0     2,750   5,072   5,966         0    3,888   6,572    7,466       36,400      36,450         0     2,239   4,398   5,292         0    3,376   5,898    6,792
         33,250      33,300         0     2,742   5,062   5,956         0    3,880   6,561    7,455       36,450      36,500         0     2,231   4,388   5,282         0    3,368   5,887    6,781
         33,300      33,350         0     2,734   5,051   5,945         0    3,872   6,551    7,445       36,500      36,550         0     2,223   4,377   5,271         0    3,360   5,877    6,771
         33,350      33,400         0     2,726   5,041   5,935         0    3,864   6,540    7,434       36,550      36,600         0     2,215   4,367   5,261         0    3,352   5,866    6,760
         33,400      33,450         0     2,718   5,030   5,924         0    3,856   6,530    7,424       36,600      36,650         0     2,207   4,356   5,250         0    3,344   5,856    6,750
         33,450      33,500         0     2,710   5,020   5,914         0    3,848   6,519    7,413       36,650      36,700         0     2,199   4,346   5,240         0    3,336   5,845    6,739
         33,500      33,550         0     2,702   5,009   5,903         0    3,840   6,509    7,403       36,700      36,750         0     2,191   4,335   5,229         0    3,328   5,835    6,729
         33,550      33,600         0     2,694   4,999   5,893         0    3,832   6,498    7,392       36,750      36,800         0     2,183   4,325   5,219         0    3,320   5,824    6,718
         33,600      33,650         0     2,686   4,988   5,882         0    3,824   6,488    7,382       36,800      36,850         0     2,175   4,314   5,208         0    3,312   5,814    6,708
         33,650      33,700         0     2,678   4,978   5,872         0    3,816   6,477    7,371       36,850      36,900         0     2,167   4,304   5,198         0    3,304   5,803    6,697
         33,700      33,750         0     2,670   4,967   5,861         0    3,808   6,466    7,360       36,900      36,950         0     2,159   4,293   5,187         0    3,296   5,793    6,687
         33,750      33,800         0     2,662   4,956   5,850         0    3,800   6,456    7,350       36,950      37,000         0     2,151   4,283   5,177         0    3,289   5,782    6,676
         33,800      33,850         0     2,654   4,946   5,840         0    3,792   6,445    7,339       37,000      37,050         0     2,143   4,272   5,166         0    3,281   5,772    6,666
         33,850      33,900         0     2,646   4,935   5,829         0    3,784   6,435    7,329       37,050      37,100         0     2,135   4,262   5,156         0    3,273   5,761    6,655
         33,900      33,950         0     2,638   4,925   5,819         0    3,776   6,424    7,318       37,100      37,150         0     2,127   4,251   5,145         0    3,265   5,750    6,644
         33,950      34,000         0     2,630   4,914   5,808         0    3,768   6,414    7,308       37,150      37,200         0     2,119   4,240   5,134         0    3,257   5,740    6,634
         34,000      34,050         0     2,622   4,904   5,798         0    3,760   6,403    7,297       37,200      37,250         0     2,111   4,230   5,124         0    3,249   5,729    6,623
         34,050      34,100         0     2,614   4,893   5,787         0    3,752   6,393    7,287       37,250      37,300         0     2,103   4,219   5,113         0    3,241   5,719    6,613
         34,100      34,150         0     2,606   4,883   5,777         0    3,744   6,382    7,276       37,300      37,350         0     2,095   4,209   5,103         0    3,233   5,708    6,602
         34,150      34,200         0     2,598   4,872   5,766         0    3,736   6,372    7,266       37,350      37,400         0     2,087   4,198   5,092         0    3,225   5,698    6,592
         34,200      34,250         0     2,590   4,862   5,756         0    3,728   6,361    7,255       37,400      37,450         0     2,079   4,188   5,082         0    3,217   5,687    6,581
         34,250      34,300         0     2,582   4,851   5,745         0    3,720   6,351    7,245       37,450      37,500         0     2,071   4,177   5,071         0    3,209   5,677    6,571
         34,300      34,350         0     2,574   4,841   5,735         0    3,712   6,340    7,234       37,500      37,550         0     2,063   4,167   5,061         0    3,201   5,666    6,560
         34,350      34,400         0     2,566   4,830   5,724         0    3,704   6,330    7,224       37,550      37,600         0     2,055   4,156   5,050         0    3,193   5,656    6,550




     ★      Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.


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                                               And your filing status is–                                                                       And your filing status is–
If the amount you          Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you      If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from        or qualifying surviving             have–                               are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
the worksheet is–          spouse★ and you have–                                                   the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                             0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3                                  0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
  At least     But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                than                                                                                             than
      37,600      37,650         0     2,047   4,146   5,040         0    3,185   5,645    6,539       40,800      40,850         0     1,535   3,472   4,366         0    2,673   4,971    5,865
      37,650      37,700         0     2,039   4,135   5,029         0    3,177   5,635    6,529       40,850      40,900         0     1,528   3,461   4,355         0    2,665   4,961    5,855
      37,700      37,750         0     2,031   4,125   5,019         0    3,169   5,624    6,518       40,900      40,950         0     1,520   3,451   4,345         0    2,657   4,950    5,844
      37,750      37,800         0     2,023   4,114   5,008         0    3,161   5,614    6,508       40,950      41,000         0     1,512   3,440   4,334         0    2,649   4,940    5,834
      37,800      37,850         0     2,015   4,104   4,998         0    3,153   5,603    6,497       41,000      41,050         0     1,504   3,430   4,324         0    2,641   4,929    5,823
      37,850      37,900         0     2,007   4,093   4,987         0    3,145   5,593    6,487       41,050      41,100         0     1,496   3,419   4,313         0    2,633   4,919    5,813
      37,900      37,950         0     1,999   4,083   4,977         0    3,137   5,582    6,476       41,100      41,150         0     1,488   3,409   4,303         0    2,625   4,908    5,802
      37,950      38,000         0     1,991   4,072   4,966         0    3,129   5,571    6,465       41,150      41,200         0     1,480   3,398   4,292         0    2,617   4,898    5,792
      38,000      38,050         0     1,983   4,061   4,955         0    3,121   5,561    6,455       41,200      41,250         0     1,472   3,388   4,282         0    2,609   4,887    5,781
      38,050      38,100         0     1,975   4,051   4,945         0    3,113   5,550    6,444       41,250      41,300         0     1,464   3,377   4,271         0    2,601   4,876    5,770
      38,100      38,150         0     1,967   4,040   4,934         0    3,105   5,540    6,434       41,300      41,350         0     1,456   3,366   4,260         0    2,593   4,866    5,760
      38,150      38,200         0     1,959   4,030   4,924         0    3,097   5,529    6,423       41,350      41,400         0     1,448   3,356   4,250         0    2,585   4,855    5,749
      38,200      38,250         0     1,951   4,019   4,913         0    3,089   5,519    6,413       41,400      41,450         0     1,440   3,345   4,239         0    2,577   4,845    5,739
      38,250      38,300         0     1,943   4,009   4,903         0    3,081   5,508    6,402       41,450      41,500         0     1,432   3,335   4,229         0    2,569   4,834    5,728
      38,300      38,350         0     1,935   3,998   4,892         0    3,073   5,498    6,392       41,500      41,550         0     1,424   3,324   4,218         0    2,561   4,824    5,718
      38,350      38,400         0     1,927   3,988   4,882         0    3,065   5,487    6,381       41,550      41,600         0     1,416   3,314   4,208         0    2,553   4,813    5,707
      38,400      38,450         0     1,919   3,977   4,871         0    3,057   5,477    6,371       41,600      41,650         0     1,408   3,303   4,197         0    2,545   4,803    5,697
      38,450      38,500         0     1,911   3,967   4,861         0    3,049   5,466    6,360       41,650      41,700         0     1,400   3,293   4,187         0    2,537   4,792    5,686
      38,500      38,550         0     1,903   3,956   4,850         0    3,041   5,456    6,350       41,700      41,750         0     1,392   3,282   4,176         0    2,529   4,782    5,676
      38,550      38,600         0     1,895   3,946   4,840         0    3,033   5,445    6,339       41,750      41,800         0     1,384   3,272   4,166         0    2,521   4,771    5,665
      38,600      38,650         0     1,887   3,935   4,829         0    3,025   5,435    6,329       41,800      41,850         0     1,376   3,261   4,155         0    2,513   4,761    5,655
      38,650      38,700         0     1,879   3,925   4,819         0    3,017   5,424    6,318       41,850      41,900         0     1,368   3,251   4,145         0    2,505   4,750    5,644
      38,700      38,750         0     1,871   3,914   4,808         0    3,009   5,413    6,307       41,900      41,950         0     1,360   3,240   4,134         0    2,497   4,740    5,634
      38,750      38,800         0     1,863   3,903   4,797         0    3,001   5,403    6,297       41,950      42,000         0     1,352   3,230   4,124         0    2,490   4,729    5,623
      38,800      38,850         0     1,855   3,893   4,787         0    2,993   5,392    6,286       42,000      42,050         0     1,344   3,219   4,113         0    2,482   4,719    5,613
      38,850      38,900         0     1,847   3,882   4,776         0    2,985   5,382    6,276       42,050      42,100         0     1,336   3,209   4,103         0    2,474   4,708    5,602
      38,900      38,950         0     1,839   3,872   4,766         0    2,977   5,371    6,265       42,100      42,150         0     1,328   3,198   4,092         0    2,466   4,697    5,591
      38,950      39,000         0     1,831   3,861   4,755         0    2,969   5,361    6,255       42,150      42,200         0     1,320   3,187   4,081         0    2,458   4,687    5,581
      39,000      39,050         0     1,823   3,851   4,745         0    2,961   5,350    6,244       42,200      42,250         0     1,312   3,177   4,071         0    2,450   4,676    5,570
      39,050      39,100         0     1,815   3,840   4,734         0    2,953   5,340    6,234       42,250      42,300         0     1,304   3,166   4,060         0    2,442   4,666    5,560
      39,100      39,150         0     1,807   3,830   4,724         0    2,945   5,329    6,223       42,300      42,350         0     1,296   3,156   4,050         0    2,434   4,655    5,549
      39,150      39,200         0     1,799   3,819   4,713         0    2,937   5,319    6,213       42,350      42,400         0     1,288   3,145   4,039         0    2,426   4,645    5,539
      39,200      39,250         0     1,791   3,809   4,703         0    2,929   5,308    6,202       42,400      42,450         0     1,280   3,135   4,029         0    2,418   4,634    5,528
      39,250      39,300         0     1,783   3,798   4,692         0    2,921   5,298    6,192       42,450      42,500         0     1,272   3,124   4,018         0    2,410   4,624    5,518
      39,300      39,350         0     1,775   3,788   4,682         0    2,913   5,287    6,181       42,500      42,550         0     1,264   3,114   4,008         0    2,402   4,613    5,507
      39,350      39,400         0     1,767   3,777   4,671         0    2,905   5,277    6,171       42,550      42,600         0     1,256   3,103   3,997         0    2,394   4,603    5,497
      39,400      39,450         0     1,759   3,767   4,661         0    2,897   5,266    6,160       42,600      42,650         0     1,248   3,093   3,987         0    2,386   4,592    5,486
      39,450      39,500         0     1,751   3,756   4,650         0    2,889   5,256    6,150       42,650      42,700         0     1,240   3,082   3,976         0    2,378   4,582    5,476
      39,500      39,550         0     1,743   3,746   4,640         0    2,881   5,245    6,139       42,700      42,750         0     1,232   3,072   3,966         0    2,370   4,571    5,465
      39,550      39,600         0     1,735   3,735   4,629         0    2,873   5,234    6,128       42,750      42,800         0     1,224   3,061   3,955         0    2,362   4,561    5,455
      39,600      39,650         0     1,727   3,724   4,618         0    2,865   5,224    6,118       42,800      42,850         0     1,216   3,051   3,945         0    2,354   4,550    5,444
      39,650      39,700         0     1,719   3,714   4,608         0    2,857   5,213    6,107       42,850      42,900         0     1,208   3,040   3,934         0    2,346   4,540    5,434
      39,700      39,750         0     1,711   3,703   4,597         0    2,849   5,203    6,097       42,900      42,950         0     1,200   3,030   3,924         0    2,338   4,529    5,423
      39,750      39,800         0     1,703   3,693   4,587         0    2,841   5,192    6,086       42,950      43,000         0     1,192   3,019   3,913         0    2,330   4,518    5,412
      39,800      39,850         0     1,695   3,682   4,576         0    2,833   5,182    6,076       43,000      43,050         0     1,184   3,008   3,902         0    2,322   4,508    5,402
      39,850      39,900         0     1,687   3,672   4,566         0    2,825   5,171    6,065       43,050      43,100         0     1,176   2,998   3,892         0    2,314   4,497    5,391
      39,900      39,950         0     1,679   3,661   4,555         0    2,817   5,161    6,055       43,100      43,150         0     1,168   2,987   3,881         0    2,306   4,487    5,381
      39,950      40,000         0     1,671   3,651   4,545         0    2,809   5,150    6,044       43,150      43,200         0     1,160   2,977   3,871         0    2,298   4,476    5,370
      40,000      40,050         0     1,663   3,640   4,534         0    2,801   5,140    6,034       43,200      43,250         0     1,152   2,966   3,860         0    2,290   4,466    5,360
      40,050      40,100         0     1,655   3,630   4,524         0    2,793   5,129    6,023       43,250      43,300         0     1,144   2,956   3,850         0    2,282   4,455    5,349
      40,100      40,150         0     1,647   3,619   4,513         0    2,785   5,119    6,013       43,300      43,350         0     1,136   2,945   3,839         0    2,274   4,445    5,339
      40,150      40,200         0     1,639   3,609   4,503         0    2,777   5,108    6,002       43,350      43,400         0     1,128   2,935   3,829         0    2,266   4,434    5,328
      40,200      40,250         0     1,631   3,598   4,492         0    2,769   5,098    5,992       43,400      43,450         0     1,120   2,924   3,818         0    2,258   4,424    5,318
      40,250      40,300         0     1,623   3,588   4,482         0    2,761   5,087    5,981       43,450      43,500         0     1,112   2,914   3,808         0    2,250   4,413    5,307
      40,300      40,350         0     1,615   3,577   4,471         0    2,753   5,077    5,971       43,500      43,550         0     1,104   2,903   3,797         0    2,242   4,403    5,297
      40,350      40,400         0     1,607   3,567   4,461         0    2,745   5,066    5,960       43,550      43,600         0     1,096   2,893   3,787         0    2,234   4,392    5,286
      40,400      40,450         0     1,599   3,556   4,450         0    2,737   5,055    5,949       43,600      43,650         0     1,088   2,882   3,776         0    2,226   4,382    5,276
      40,450      40,500         0     1,591   3,545   4,439         0    2,729   5,045    5,939       43,650      43,700         0     1,080   2,872   3,766         0    2,218   4,371    5,265
      40,500      40,550         0     1,583   3,535   4,429         0    2,721   5,034    5,928       43,700      43,750         0     1,072   2,861   3,755         0    2,210   4,360    5,254
      40,550      40,600         0     1,575   3,524   4,418         0    2,713   5,024    5,918       43,750      43,800         0     1,064   2,850   3,744         0    2,202   4,350    5,244
      40,600      40,650         0     1,567   3,514   4,408         0    2,705   5,013    5,907       43,800      43,850         0     1,056   2,840   3,734         0    2,194   4,339    5,233
      40,650      40,700         0     1,559   3,503   4,397         0    2,697   5,003    5,897       43,850      43,900         0     1,048   2,829   3,723         0    2,186   4,329    5,223
      40,700      40,750         0     1,551   3,493   4,387         0    2,689   4,992    5,886       43,900      43,950         0     1,040   2,819   3,713         0    2,178   4,318    5,212
      40,750      40,800         0     1,543   3,482   4,376         0    2,681   4,982    5,876       43,950      44,000         0     1,032   2,808   3,702         0    2,170   4,308    5,202




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                                                  And your filing status is–                                                                        And your filing status is–
If the amount you             Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you      If the amount you        Single, head of household,           Married filing jointly and you
are looking up from           or qualifying surviving             have–                               are looking up from      or qualifying surviving              have–
the worksheet is–             spouse★ and you have–                                                   the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                                0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3                                  0         1        2       3         0         1       2       3
     At least     But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                      Your credit is–
                   than                                                                                             than
         44,000      44,050         0     1,024   2,798   3,692         0    2,162   4,297    5,191       47,200      47,250         0      513     2,124   3,018         0    1,651   3,623    4,517
         44,050      44,100         0     1,016   2,787   3,681         0    2,154   4,287    5,181       47,250      47,300         0      505     2,113   3,007         0    1,643   3,613    4,507
         44,100      44,150         0     1,008   2,777   3,671         0    2,146   4,276    5,170       47,300      47,350         0      497     2,103   2,997         0    1,635   3,602    4,496
         44,150      44,200         0     1,000   2,766   3,660         0    2,138   4,266    5,160       47,350      47,400         0      489     2,092   2,986         0    1,627   3,592    4,486
         44,200      44,250         0      992    2,756   3,650         0    2,130   4,255    5,149       47,400      47,450         0      481     2,082   2,976         0    1,619   3,581    4,475
         44,250      44,300         0      984    2,745   3,639         0    2,122   4,245    5,139       47,450      47,500         0      473     2,071   2,965         0    1,611   3,571    4,465
         44,300      44,350         0      976    2,735   3,629         0    2,114   4,234    5,128       47,500      47,550         0      465     2,061   2,955         0    1,603   3,560    4,454
         44,350      44,400         0      968    2,724   3,618         0    2,106   4,224    5,118       47,550      47,600         0      457     2,050   2,944         0    1,595   3,550    4,444
         44,400      44,450         0      960    2,714   3,608         0    2,098   4,213    5,107       47,600      47,650         0      449     2,040   2,934         0    1,587   3,539    4,433
         44,450      44,500         0      952    2,703   3,597         0    2,090   4,203    5,097       47,650      47,700         0      441     2,029   2,923         0    1,579   3,529    4,423
         44,500      44,550         0      944    2,693   3,587         0    2,082   4,192    5,086       47,700      47,750         0      433     2,019   2,913         0    1,571   3,518    4,412
         44,550      44,600         0      936    2,682   3,576         0    2,074   4,181    5,075       47,750      47,800         0      425     2,008   2,902         0    1,563   3,508    4,402
         44,600      44,650         0      928    2,671   3,565         0    2,066   4,171    5,065       47,800      47,850         0      417     1,998   2,892         0    1,555   3,497    4,391
         44,650      44,700         0      920    2,661   3,555         0    2,058   4,160    5,054       47,850      47,900         0      409     1,987   2,881         0    1,547   3,487    4,381
         44,700      44,750         0      912    2,650   3,544         0    2,050   4,150    5,044       47,900      47,950         0      401     1,977   2,871         0    1,539   3,476    4,370
         44,750      44,800         0      904    2,640   3,534         0    2,042   4,139    5,033       47,950      48,000         0      393     1,966   2,860         0    1,531   3,465    4,359
         44,800      44,850         0      896    2,629   3,523         0    2,034   4,129    5,023       48,000      48,050         0      385     1,955   2,849         0    1,523   3,455    4,349
         44,850      44,900         0      888    2,619   3,513         0    2,026   4,118    5,012       48,050      48,100         0      377     1,945   2,839         0    1,515   3,444    4,338
         44,900      44,950         0      880    2,608   3,502         0    2,018   4,108    5,002       48,100      48,150         0      369     1,934   2,828         0    1,507   3,434    4,328
         44,950      45,000         0      872    2,598   3,492         0    2,010   4,097    4,991       48,150      48,200         0      361     1,924   2,818         0    1,499   3,423    4,317
         45,000      45,050         0      864    2,587   3,481         0    2,002   4,087    4,981       48,200      48,250         0      353     1,913   2,807         0    1,491   3,413    4,307
         45,050      45,100         0      856    2,577   3,471         0    1,994   4,076    4,970       48,250      48,300         0      345     1,903   2,797         0    1,483   3,402    4,296
         45,100      45,150         0      848    2,566   3,460         0    1,986   4,066    4,960       48,300      48,350         0      337     1,892   2,786         0    1,475   3,392    4,286
         45,150      45,200         0      840    2,556   3,450         0    1,978   4,055    4,949       48,350      48,400         0      329     1,882   2,776         0    1,467   3,381    4,275
         45,200      45,250         0      832    2,545   3,439         0    1,970   4,045    4,939       48,400      48,450         0      321     1,871   2,765         0    1,459   3,371    4,265
         45,250      45,300         0      824    2,535   3,429         0    1,962   4,034    4,928       48,450      48,500         0      313     1,861   2,755         0    1,451   3,360    4,254
         45,300      45,350         0      816    2,524   3,418         0    1,954   4,024    4,918       48,500      48,550         0      305     1,850   2,744         0    1,443   3,350    4,244
         45,350      45,400         0      808    2,514   3,408         0    1,946   4,013    4,907       48,550      48,600         0      297     1,840   2,734         0    1,435   3,339    4,233
         45,400      45,450         0      800    2,503   3,397         0    1,938   4,002    4,896       48,600      48,650         0      289     1,829   2,723         0    1,427   3,329    4,223
         45,450      45,500         0      792    2,492   3,386         0    1,930   3,992    4,886       48,650      48,700         0      281     1,819   2,713         0    1,419   3,318    4,212
         45,500      45,550         0      784    2,482   3,376         0    1,922   3,981    4,875       48,700      48,750         0      273     1,808   2,702         0    1,411   3,307    4,201
         45,550      45,600         0      776    2,471   3,365         0    1,914   3,971    4,865       48,750      48,800         0      265     1,797   2,691         0    1,403   3,297    4,191
         45,600      45,650         0      768    2,461   3,355         0    1,906   3,960    4,854       48,800      48,850         0      257     1,787   2,681         0    1,395   3,286    4,180
         45,650      45,700         0      760    2,450   3,344         0    1,898   3,950    4,844       48,850      48,900         0      249     1,776   2,670         0    1,387   3,276    4,170
         45,700      45,750         0      752    2,440   3,334         0    1,890   3,939    4,833       48,900      48,950         0      241     1,766   2,660         0    1,379   3,265    4,159
         45,750      45,800         0      744    2,429   3,323         0    1,882   3,929    4,823       48,950      49,000         0      233     1,755   2,649         0    1,371   3,255    4,149
         45,800      45,850         0      736    2,419   3,313         0    1,874   3,918    4,812       49,000      49,050         0      225     1,745   2,639         0    1,363   3,244    4,138
         45,850      45,900         0      729    2,408   3,302         0    1,866   3,908    4,802       49,050      49,100         0      217     1,734   2,628         0    1,355   3,234    4,128
         45,900      45,950         0      721    2,398   3,292         0    1,858   3,897    4,791       49,100      49,150         0      209     1,724   2,618         0    1,347   3,223    4,117
         45,950      46,000         0      713    2,387   3,281         0    1,850   3,887    4,781       49,150      49,200         0      201     1,713   2,607         0    1,339   3,213    4,107
         46,000      46,050         0      705    2,377   3,271         0    1,842   3,876    4,770       49,200      49,250         0      193     1,703   2,597         0    1,331   3,202    4,096
         46,050      46,100         0      697    2,366   3,260         0    1,834   3,866    4,760       49,250      49,300         0      185     1,692   2,586         0    1,323   3,192    4,086
         46,100      46,150         0      689    2,356   3,250         0    1,826   3,855    4,749       49,300      49,350         0      177     1,682   2,576         0    1,315   3,181    4,075
         46,150      46,200         0      681    2,345   3,239         0    1,818   3,845    4,739       49,350      49,400         0      169     1,671   2,565         0    1,307   3,171    4,065
         46,200      46,250         0      673    2,335   3,229         0    1,810   3,834    4,728       49,400      49,450         0      161     1,661   2,555         0    1,299   3,160    4,054
         46,250      46,300         0      665    2,324   3,218         0    1,802   3,823    4,717       49,450      49,500         0      153     1,650   2,544         0    1,291   3,150    4,044
         46,300      46,350         0      657    2,313   3,207         0    1,794   3,813    4,707       49,500      49,550         0      145     1,640   2,534         0    1,283   3,139    4,033
         46,350      46,400         0      649    2,303   3,197         0    1,786   3,802    4,696       49,550      49,600         0      137     1,629   2,523         0    1,275   3,128    4,022
         46,400      46,450         0      641    2,292   3,186         0    1,778   3,792    4,686       49,600      49,650         0      129     1,618   2,512         0    1,267   3,118    4,012
         46,450      46,500         0      633    2,282   3,176         0    1,770   3,781    4,675       49,650      49,700         0      121     1,608   2,502         0    1,259   3,107    4,001
         46,500      46,550         0      625    2,271   3,165         0    1,762   3,771    4,665       49,700      49,750         0      113     1,597   2,491         0    1,251   3,097    3,991
         46,550      46,600         0      617    2,261   3,155         0    1,754   3,760    4,654       49,750      49,800         0      105     1,587   2,481         0    1,243   3,086    3,980
         46,600      46,650         0      609    2,250   3,144         0    1,746   3,750    4,644       49,800      49,850         0         97   1,576   2,470         0    1,235   3,076    3,970
         46,650      46,700         0      601    2,240   3,134         0    1,738   3,739    4,633       49,850      49,900         0         89   1,566   2,460         0    1,227   3,065    3,959
         46,700      46,750         0      593    2,229   3,123         0    1,730   3,729    4,623       49,900      49,950         0         81   1,555   2,449         0    1,219   3,055    3,949
         46,750      46,800         0      585    2,219   3,113         0    1,722   3,718    4,612       49,950      50,000         0         73   1,545   2,439         0    1,211   3,044    3,938
         46,800      46,850         0      577    2,208   3,102         0    1,714   3,708    4,602       50,000      50,050         0         65   1,534   2,428         0    1,203   3,034    3,928
         46,850      46,900         0      569    2,198   3,092         0    1,706   3,697    4,591       50,050      50,100         0         57   1,524   2,418         0    1,195   3,023    3,917
         46,900      46,950         0      561    2,187   3,081         0    1,698   3,687    4,581       50,100      50,150         0         49   1,513   2,407         0    1,187   3,013    3,907
         46,950      47,000         0      553    2,177   3,071         0    1,691   3,676    4,570       50,150      50,200         0         41   1,503   2,397         0    1,179   3,002    3,896
         47,000      47,050         0      545    2,166   3,060         0    1,683   3,666    4,560       50,200      50,250         0         33   1,492   2,386         0    1,171   2,992    3,886
         47,050      47,100         0      537    2,156   3,050         0    1,675   3,655    4,549       50,250      50,300         0         25   1,482   2,376         0    1,163   2,981    3,875
         47,100      47,150         0      529    2,145   3,039         0    1,667   3,644    4,538       50,300      50,350         0         17   1,471   2,365         0    1,155   2,971    3,865
         47,150      47,200         0      521    2,134   3,028         0    1,659   3,634    4,528       50,350      50,400         0          9   1,461   2,355         0    1,147   2,960    3,854




     ★      Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.


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Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table - Continued                                                                                                       (Caution. This is not a tax table.)


                                                 And your filing status is–                                                                       And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you      If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–                               are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                   the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3                                  0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
      At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–             At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                             than
        50,400      50,450         0         *   1,450   2,344         0    1,139   2,949    3,843       53,600      53,650         0         0    776    1,670         0      628   2,276    3,170
        50,450      50,500         0         0   1,439   2,333         0    1,131   2,939    3,833       53,650      53,700         0         0    766    1,660         0      620   2,265    3,159
        50,500      50,550         0         0   1,429   2,323         0    1,123   2,928    3,822       53,700      53,750         0         0    755    1,649         0      612   2,254    3,148
        50,550      50,600         0         0   1,418   2,312         0    1,115   2,918    3,812       53,750      53,800         0         0    744    1,638         0      604   2,244    3,138
        50,600      50,650         0         0   1,408   2,302         0    1,107   2,907    3,801       53,800      53,850         0         0    734    1,628         0      596   2,233    3,127
        50,650      50,700         0         0   1,397   2,291         0    1,099   2,897    3,791       53,850      53,900         0         0    723    1,617         0      588   2,223    3,117
        50,700      50,750         0         0   1,387   2,281         0    1,091   2,886    3,780       53,900      53,950         0         0    713    1,607         0      580   2,212    3,106
        50,750      50,800         0         0   1,376   2,270         0    1,083   2,876    3,770       53,950      54,000         0         0    702    1,596         0      572   2,202    3,096
        50,800      50,850         0         0   1,366   2,260         0    1,075   2,865    3,759       54,000      54,050         0         0    692    1,586         0      564   2,191    3,085
        50,850      50,900         0         0   1,355   2,249         0    1,067   2,855    3,749       54,050      54,100         0         0    681    1,575         0      556   2,181    3,075
        50,900      50,950         0         0   1,345   2,239         0    1,059   2,844    3,738       54,100      54,150         0         0    671    1,565         0      548   2,170    3,064
        50,950      51,000         0         0   1,334   2,228         0    1,051   2,834    3,728       54,150      54,200         0         0    660    1,554         0      540   2,160    3,054
        51,000      51,050         0         0   1,324   2,218         0    1,043   2,823    3,717       54,200      54,250         0         0    650    1,544         0      532   2,149    3,043
        51,050      51,100         0         0   1,313   2,207         0    1,035   2,813    3,707       54,250      54,300         0         0    639    1,533         0      524   2,139    3,033
        51,100      51,150         0         0   1,303   2,197         0    1,027   2,802    3,696       54,300      54,350         0         0    629    1,523         0      516   2,128    3,022
        51,150      51,200         0         0   1,292   2,186         0    1,019   2,792    3,686       54,350      54,400         0         0    618    1,512         0      508   2,118    3,012
        51,200      51,250         0         0   1,282   2,176         0    1,011   2,781    3,675       54,400      54,450         0         0    608    1,502         0      500   2,107    3,001
        51,250      51,300         0         0   1,271   2,165         0    1,003   2,770    3,664       54,450      54,500         0         0    597    1,491         0      492   2,097    2,991
        51,300      51,350         0         0   1,260   2,154         0      995   2,760    3,654       54,500      54,550         0         0    587    1,481         0      484   2,086    2,980
        51,350      51,400         0         0   1,250   2,144         0      987   2,749    3,643       54,550      54,600         0         0    576    1,470         0      476   2,075    2,969
        51,400      51,450         0         0   1,239   2,133         0      979   2,739    3,633       54,600      54,650         0         0    565    1,459         0      468   2,065    2,959
        51,450      51,500         0         0   1,229   2,123         0      971   2,728    3,622       54,650      54,700         0         0    555    1,449         0      460   2,054    2,948
        51,500      51,550         0         0   1,218   2,112         0      963   2,718    3,612       54,700      54,750         0         0    544    1,438         0      452   2,044    2,938
        51,550      51,600         0         0   1,208   2,102         0      955   2,707    3,601       54,750      54,800         0         0    534    1,428         0      444   2,033    2,927
        51,600      51,650         0         0   1,197   2,091         0      947   2,697    3,591       54,800      54,850         0         0    523    1,417         0      436   2,023    2,917
        51,650      51,700         0         0   1,187   2,081         0      939   2,686    3,580       54,850      54,900         0         0    513    1,407         0      428   2,012    2,906
        51,700      51,750         0         0   1,176   2,070         0      931   2,676    3,570       54,900      54,950         0         0    502    1,396         0      420   2,002    2,896
        51,750      51,800         0         0   1,166   2,060         0      923   2,665    3,559       54,950      55,000         0         0    492    1,386         0      412   1,991    2,885
        51,800      51,850         0         0   1,155   2,049         0      915   2,655    3,549       55,000      55,050         0         0    481    1,375         0      404   1,981    2,875
        51,850      51,900         0         0   1,145   2,039         0      907   2,644    3,538       55,050      55,100         0         0    471    1,365         0      396   1,970    2,864
        51,900      51,950         0         0   1,134   2,028         0      899   2,634    3,528       55,100      55,150         0         0    460    1,354         0      388   1,960    2,854
        51,950      52,000         0         0   1,124   2,018         0      892   2,623    3,517       55,150      55,200         0         0    450    1,344         0      380   1,949    2,843
        52,000      52,050         0         0   1,113   2,007         0      884   2,613    3,507       55,200      55,250         0         0    439    1,333         0      372   1,939    2,833
        52,050      52,100         0         0   1,103   1,997         0      876   2,602    3,496       55,250      55,300         0         0    429    1,323         0      364   1,928    2,822
        52,100      52,150         0         0   1,092   1,986         0      868   2,591    3,485       55,300      55,350         0         0    418    1,312         0      356   1,918    2,812
        52,150      52,200         0         0   1,081   1,975         0      860   2,581    3,475       55,350      55,400         0         0    408    1,302         0      348   1,907    2,801
        52,200      52,250         0         0   1,071   1,965         0      852   2,570    3,464       55,400      55,450         0         0    397    1,291         0      340   1,896    2,790
        52,250      52,300         0         0   1,060   1,954         0      844   2,560    3,454       55,450      55,500         0         0    386    1,280         0      332   1,886    2,780
        52,300      52,350         0         0   1,050   1,944         0      836   2,549    3,443       55,500      55,550         0         0    376    1,270         0      324   1,875    2,769
        52,350      52,400         0         0   1,039   1,933         0      828   2,539    3,433       55,550      55,600         0         0    365    1,259         0      316   1,865    2,759
        52,400      52,450         0         0   1,029   1,923         0      820   2,528    3,422       55,600      55,650         0         0    355    1,249         0      308   1,854    2,748
        52,450      52,500         0         0   1,018   1,912         0      812   2,518    3,412       55,650      55,700         0         0    344    1,238         0      300   1,844    2,738
        52,500      52,550         0         0   1,008   1,902         0      804   2,507    3,401       55,700      55,750         0         0    334    1,228         0      292   1,833    2,727
        52,550      52,600         0         0     997   1,891         0      796   2,497    3,391       55,750      55,800         0         0    323    1,217         0      284   1,823    2,717
        52,600      52,650         0         0    987    1,881         0      788   2,486    3,380       55,800      55,850         0         0    313    1,207         0      276   1,812    2,706
        52,650      52,700         0         0    976    1,870         0      780   2,476    3,370       55,850      55,900         0         0    302    1,196         0      268   1,802    2,696
        52,700      52,750         0         0    966    1,860         0      772   2,465    3,359       55,900      55,950         0         0    292    1,186         0      260   1,791    2,685
        52,750      52,800         0         0    955    1,849         0      764   2,455    3,349       55,950      56,000         0         0    281    1,175         0      252   1,781    2,675
        52,800      52,850         0         0    945    1,839         0      756   2,444    3,338       56,000      56,050         0         0    271    1,165         0      244   1,770    2,664
        52,850      52,900         0         0    934    1,828         0      748   2,434    3,328       56,050      56,100         0         0    260    1,154         0      236   1,760    2,654
        52,900      52,950         0         0    924    1,818         0      740   2,423    3,317       56,100      56,150         0         0    250    1,144         0      228   1,749    2,643
        52,950      53,000         0         0    913    1,807         0      732   2,412    3,306       56,150      56,200         0         0    239    1,133         0      220   1,739    2,633
        53,000      53,050         0         0    902    1,796         0      724   2,402    3,296       56,200      56,250         0         0    229    1,123         0      212   1,728    2,622
        53,050      53,100         0         0    892    1,786         0      716   2,391    3,285       56,250      56,300         0         0    218    1,112         0      204   1,717    2,611
        53,100      53,150         0         0    881    1,775         0      708   2,381    3,275       56,300      56,350         0         0    207    1,101         0      196   1,707    2,601
        53,150      53,200         0         0    871    1,765         0      700   2,370    3,264       56,350      56,400         0         0    197    1,091         0      188   1,696    2,590
        53,200      53,250         0         0    860    1,754         0      692   2,360    3,254       56,400      56,450         0         0    186    1,080         0      180   1,686    2,580
        53,250      53,300         0         0    850    1,744         0      684   2,349    3,243       56,450      56,500         0         0    176    1,070         0      172   1,675    2,569
        53,300      53,350         0         0    839    1,733         0      676   2,339    3,233       56,500      56,550         0         0    165    1,059         0      164   1,665    2,559
        53,350      53,400         0         0    829    1,723         0      668   2,328    3,222       56,550      56,600         0         0    155    1,049         0      156   1,654    2,548
        53,400      53,450         0         0    818    1,712         0      660   2,318    3,212       56,600      56,650         0         0    144    1,038         0      148   1,644    2,538
        53,450      53,500         0         0    808    1,702         0      652   2,307    3,201       56,650      56,700         0         0    134    1,028         0      140   1,633    2,527
        53,500      53,550         0         0    797    1,691         0      644   2,297    3,191       56,700      56,750         0         0    123    1,017         0      132   1,623    2,517
        53,550      53,600         0         0    787    1,681         0      636   2,286    3,180       56,750      56,800         0         0    113    1,007         0      124   1,612    2,506


      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $50,400 but less than $50,434, and you have one qualifying child who has a valid SSN,
      your credit is $3.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $50,434 or more, and you have one qualifying child who has a valid SSN, you can’t take the
      credit.


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                                                 And your filing status is–                                                                        And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,         Married filing jointly and you        If the amount you        Single, head of household,            Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving            have–                                 are looking up from      or qualifying surviving               have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0         1       2        3       0         1         2       3                                  0         1       2       3           0         1       2       3
      At least   But less              Your credit is–                    Your credit is–               At least   But less              Your credit is–                       Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                              than
        56,800      56,850         0         0    102     996         0      116      1,602   2,496       59,200      59,250         0         0       0   491             0         0   1,096   1,990
        56,850      56,900         0         0     92     986         0      108      1,591   2,485       59,250      59,300         0         0       0   480             0         0   1,086   1,980
        56,900      56,950         0         0     81     975         0      100      1,581   2,475       59,300      59,350         0         0       0   470             0         0   1,075   1,969
        56,950      57,000         0         0     71     965         0       93      1,570   2,464       59,350      59,400         0         0       0   459             0         0   1,065   1,959
        57,000      57,050         0         0       60   954         0         85    1,560   2,454       59,400      59,450         0         0       0   449             0         0   1,054   1,948
        57,050      57,100         0         0       50   944         0         77    1,549   2,443       59,450      59,500         0         0       0   438             0         0   1,044   1,938
        57,100      57,150         0         0       39   933         0         69    1,538   2,432       59,500      59,550         0         0       0   428             0         0   1,033   1,927
        57,150      57,200         0         0       28   922         0         61    1,528   2,422       59,550      59,600         0         0       0   417             0         0   1,022   1,916
        57,200      57,250         0         0       18   912         0         53    1,517   2,411       59,600      59,650         0         0       0   406             0         0   1,012   1,906
        57,250      57,300         0         0        7   901         0         45    1,507   2,401       59,650      59,700         0         0       0   396             0         0   1,001   1,895
        57,300      57,350         0         0        *   891         0         37    1,496   2,390       59,700      59,750         0         0       0   385             0         0     991   1,885
        57,350      57,400         0         0        0   880         0         29    1,486   2,380       59,750      59,800         0         0       0   375             0         0     980   1,874
        57,400      57,450         0         0        0   870         0         21    1,475   2,369       59,800      59,850         0         0       0   364             0         0    970    1,864
        57,450      57,500         0         0        0   859         0         13    1,465   2,359       59,850      59,900         0         0       0   354             0         0    959    1,853
        57,500      57,550         0         0        0   849         0           5   1,454   2,348       59,900      59,950         0         0       0   343             0         0    949    1,843
        57,550      57,600         0         0        0   838         0          **   1,444   2,338       59,950      60,000         0         0       0   333             0         0    938    1,832
        57,600      57,650         0         0        0   828         0          0    1,433   2,327       60,000      60,050         0         0       0   322             0         0    928    1,822
        57,650      57,700         0         0        0   817         0          0    1,423   2,317       60,050      60,100         0         0       0   312             0         0    917    1,811
        57,700      57,750         0         0        0   807         0          0    1,412   2,306       60,100      60,150         0         0       0   301             0         0    907    1,801
        57,750      57,800         0         0        0   796         0          0    1,402   2,296       60,150      60,200         0         0       0   291             0         0    896    1,790
        57,800      57,850         0         0        0   786         0          0    1,391   2,285       60,200      60,250         0         0       0   280             0         0    886    1,780
        57,850      57,900         0         0        0   775         0          0    1,381   2,275       60,250      60,300         0         0       0   270             0         0    875    1,769
        57,900      57,950         0         0        0   765         0          0    1,370   2,264       60,300      60,350         0         0       0   259             0         0    865    1,759
        57,950      58,000         0         0        0   754         0          0    1,359   2,253       60,350      60,400         0         0       0   249             0         0    854    1,748
        58,000      58,050         0         0        0   743         0          0    1,349   2,243       60,400      60,450         0         0       0   238             0         0    843    1,737
        58,050      58,100         0         0        0   733         0          0    1,338   2,232       60,450      60,500         0         0       0   227             0         0    833    1,727
        58,100      58,150         0         0        0   722         0          0    1,328   2,222       60,500      60,550         0         0       0   217             0         0    822    1,716
        58,150      58,200         0         0        0   712         0          0    1,317   2,211       60,550      60,600         0         0       0   206             0         0    812    1,706
        58,200      58,250         0         0        0   701         0          0    1,307   2,201       60,600      60,650         0         0       0   196             0         0    801    1,695
        58,250      58,300         0         0        0   691         0          0    1,296   2,190       60,650      60,700         0         0       0   185             0         0    791    1,685
        58,300      58,350         0         0        0   680         0          0    1,286   2,180       60,700      60,750         0         0       0   175             0         0    780    1,674
        58,350      58,400         0         0        0   670         0          0    1,275   2,169       60,750      60,800         0         0       0   164             0         0    770    1,664
        58,400      58,450         0         0        0   659         0          0    1,265   2,159       60,800      60,850         0         0       0   154             0         0    759    1,653
        58,450      58,500         0         0        0   649         0          0    1,254   2,148       60,850      60,900         0         0       0   143             0         0    749    1,643
        58,500      58,550         0         0        0   638         0          0    1,244   2,138       60,900      60,950         0         0       0   133             0         0    738    1,632
        58,550      58,600         0         0        0   628         0          0    1,233   2,127       60,950      61,000         0         0       0   122             0         0    728    1,622
        58,600      58,650         0         0        0   617         0          0    1,223   2,117       61,000      61,050         0         0       0   112             0         0    717    1,611
        58,650      58,700         0         0        0   607         0          0    1,212   2,106       61,050      61,100         0         0       0   101             0         0    707    1,601
        58,700      58,750         0         0        0   596         0          0    1,201   2,095       61,100      61,150         0         0       0    91             0         0    696    1,590
        58,750      58,800         0         0        0   585         0          0    1,191   2,085       61,150      61,200         0         0       0    80             0         0    686    1,580
        58,800      58,850         0         0        0   575         0          0    1,180   2,074       61,200      61,250         0         0       0       70          0         0    675    1,569
        58,850      58,900         0         0        0   564         0          0    1,170   2,064       61,250      61,300         0         0       0       59          0         0    664    1,558
        58,900      58,950         0         0        0   554         0          0    1,159   2,053       61,300      61,350         0         0       0       48          0         0    654    1,548
        58,950      59,000         0         0        0   543         0          0    1,149   2,043       61,350      61,400         0         0       0       38          0         0    643    1,537
        59,000      59,050         0         0        0   533         0          0    1,138   2,032       61,400      61,450         0         0       0       27          0         0    633    1,527
        59,050      59,100         0         0        0   522         0          0    1,128   2,022       61,450      61,500         0         0       0       17          0         0    622    1,516
        59,100      59,150         0         0        0   512         0          0    1,117   2,011       61,500      61,550         0         0       0         6         0         0    612    1,506
        59,150      59,200         0         0        0   501         0          0    1,107   2,001       61,550      61,600         0         0       0       ***         0         0    601    1,495




      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $57,300 but less than $57,310, and you have two qualifying children who have valid
      SSNs, your credit is $1.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $57,310 or more, and you have two qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take
      the credit.
**    If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $57,550 but less than $57,554, and you have one qualifying child who has a valid SSN,
      your credit is $0.
    If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $57,554 or more, and you have one qualifying child who has a valid SSN, you can’t take the
    credit.
*** If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $61,550 but less than $61,555, and you have three qualifying children who have valid
    SSNs, your credit is $1.
    If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $61,555 or more, and you have three qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take
    the credit.


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                                                 And your filing status is–                                                                        And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you       If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–                                are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0         1       2       3         0         1       2        3                                  0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
      At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–              At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                              than
        61,600      61,650         0         0       0       0         0         0    591     1,485       64,800      64,850         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   811
        61,650      61,700         0         0       0       0         0         0    580     1,474       64,850      64,900         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   800
        61,700      61,750         0         0       0       0         0         0    570     1,464       64,900      64,950         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   790
        61,750      61,800         0         0       0       0         0         0    559     1,453       64,950      65,000         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   779
        61,800      61,850         0         0       0       0         0         0    549     1,443       65,000      65,050         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   769
        61,850      61,900         0         0       0       0         0         0    538     1,432       65,050      65,100         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   758
        61,900      61,950         0         0       0       0         0         0    528     1,422       65,100      65,150         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   748
        61,950      62,000         0         0       0       0         0         0    517     1,411       65,150      65,200         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   737
        62,000      62,050         0         0       0       0         0         0    507     1,401       65,200      65,250         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   727
        62,050      62,100         0         0       0       0         0         0    496     1,390       65,250      65,300         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   716
        62,100      62,150         0         0       0       0         0         0    485     1,379       65,300      65,350         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   706
        62,150      62,200         0         0       0       0         0         0    475     1,369       65,350      65,400         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   695
        62,200      62,250         0         0       0       0         0         0    464     1,358       65,400      65,450         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   684
        62,250      62,300         0         0       0       0         0         0    454     1,348       65,450      65,500         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   674
        62,300      62,350         0         0       0       0         0         0    443     1,337       65,500      65,550         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   663
        62,350      62,400         0         0       0       0         0         0    433     1,327       65,550      65,600         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   653
        62,400      62,450         0         0       0       0         0         0    422     1,316       65,600      65,650         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   642
        62,450      62,500         0         0       0       0         0         0    412     1,306       65,650      65,700         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   632
        62,500      62,550         0         0       0       0         0         0    401     1,295       65,700      65,750         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   621
        62,550      62,600         0         0       0       0         0         0    391     1,285       65,750      65,800         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   611
        62,600      62,650         0         0       0       0         0         0    380     1,274       65,800      65,850         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   600
        62,650      62,700         0         0       0       0         0         0    370     1,264       65,850      65,900         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   590
        62,700      62,750         0         0       0       0         0         0    359     1,253       65,900      65,950         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   579
        62,750      62,800         0         0       0       0         0         0    349     1,243       65,950      66,000         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   569
        62,800      62,850         0         0       0       0         0         0    338     1,232       66,000      66,050         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   558
        62,850      62,900         0         0       0       0         0         0    328     1,222       66,050      66,100         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   548
        62,900      62,950         0         0       0       0         0         0    317     1,211       66,100      66,150         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   537
        62,950      63,000         0         0       0       0         0         0    306     1,200       66,150      66,200         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   527
        63,000      63,050         0         0       0       0         0         0    296     1,190       66,200      66,250         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   516
        63,050      63,100         0         0       0       0         0         0    285     1,179       66,250      66,300         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   505
        63,100      63,150         0         0       0       0         0         0    275     1,169       66,300      66,350         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   495
        63,150      63,200         0         0       0       0         0         0    264     1,158       66,350      66,400         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   484
        63,200      63,250         0         0       0       0         0         0    254     1,148       66,400      66,450         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   474
        63,250      63,300         0         0       0       0         0         0    243     1,137       66,450      66,500         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   463
        63,300      63,350         0         0       0       0         0         0    233     1,127       66,500      66,550         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   453
        63,350      63,400         0         0       0       0         0         0    222     1,116       66,550      66,600         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   442
        63,400      63,450         0         0       0       0         0         0    212     1,106       66,600      66,650         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   432
        63,450      63,500         0         0       0       0         0         0    201     1,095       66,650      66,700         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   421
        63,500      63,550         0         0       0       0         0         0    191     1,085       66,700      66,750         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   411
        63,550      63,600         0         0       0       0         0         0    180     1,074       66,750      66,800         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   400
        63,600      63,650         0         0       0       0         0         0    170     1,064       66,800      66,850         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   390
        63,650      63,700         0         0       0       0         0         0    159     1,053       66,850      66,900         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   379
        63,700      63,750         0         0       0       0         0         0    148     1,042       66,900      66,950         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   369
        63,750      63,800         0         0       0       0         0         0    138     1,032       66,950      67,000         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   358
        63,800      63,850         0         0       0       0         0         0    127     1,021       67,000      67,050         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   348
        63,850      63,900         0         0       0       0         0         0    117     1,011       67,050      67,100         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   337
        63,900      63,950         0         0       0       0         0         0    106     1,000       67,100      67,150         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   326
        63,950      64,000         0         0       0       0         0         0     96       990       67,150      67,200         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   316
        64,000      64,050         0         0       0       0         0         0       85    979        67,200      67,250         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   305
        64,050      64,100         0         0       0       0         0         0       75    969        67,250      67,300         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   295
        64,100      64,150         0         0       0       0         0         0       64    958        67,300      67,350         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   284
        64,150      64,200         0         0       0       0         0         0       54    948        67,350      67,400         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   274
        64,200      64,250         0         0       0       0         0         0       43    937        67,400      67,450         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   263
        64,250      64,300         0         0       0       0         0         0       33    927        67,450      67,500         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   253
        64,300      64,350         0         0       0       0         0         0       22    916        67,500      67,550         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   242
        64,350      64,400         0         0       0       0         0         0       12    906        67,550      67,600         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   232
        64,400      64,450         0         0       0       0         0         0        *    895        67,600      67,650         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   221
        64,450      64,500         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    885        67,650      67,700         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   211
        64,500      64,550         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    874        67,700      67,750         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   200
        64,550      64,600         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    863        67,750      67,800         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   190
        64,600      64,650         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    853        67,800      67,850         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   179
        64,650      64,700         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    842        67,850      67,900         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   169
        64,700      64,750         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    832        67,900      67,950         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   158
        64,750      64,800         0         0       0       0         0         0        0    821        67,950      68,000         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   147


      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $64,400 but less than $64,430, and you have two qualifying children who have valid
      SSNs, your credit is $3.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $64,430 or more, and you have two qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take
      the credit.


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Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table - Continued                                                                                                        (Caution. This is not a tax table.)


                                                 And your filing status is–                                                                        And your filing status is–
    If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you       If the amount you        Single, head of household,          Married filing jointly and you
    are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–                                are looking up from      or qualifying surviving             have–
    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–                                                    the worksheet is–        spouse★ and you have–
                               0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3                                   0         1       2       3         0         1       2       3
      At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–              At least   But less              Your credit is–                     Your credit is–
                  than                                                                                              than
        68,000      68,050         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   137          68,400      68,450         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       53
        68,050      68,100         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   126          68,450      68,500         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       42
        68,100      68,150         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   116          68,500      68,550         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       32
        68,150      68,200         0         0       0       0         0         0       0   105          68,550      68,600         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       21
        68,200      68,250         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       95       68,600      68,650         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       11
        68,250      68,300         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       84       68,650      68,700         0         0       0       0         0         0       0        *
        68,300      68,350         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       74
        68,350      68,400         0         0       0       0         0         0       0       63




      ★ Use this column if your filing status is married filing separately and you qualify to claim the EIC. See the instructions for line 27a.
*     If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $68,650 but less than $68,675, and you have three qualifying children who have valid
      SSNs, your credit is $3.
      If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $68,675 or more, and you have three qualifying children who have valid SSNs, you can’t take
      the credit.




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                                              credit for other dependents, or the addi-
Line 28                                       tional child tax credit for 10 years. You     Line 30
                                              may also have to pay penalties.
Additional Child Tax Credit                                                                 Refundable Adoption Credit
         To claim the additional child                 Refunds for returns claiming         See Form 8839 and its instructions for
                                               TIP the additional child tax credit          information on figuring any refundable
   !     tax credit, you must have a val-
 CAUTION id SSN, which means it must be                 can’t be issued before mid-Feb-     adoption credit that you may be eligible
valid for employment and issued before        ruary 2026. This delay applies to the en-     to claim. If you are eligible to claim the
the due date of your return (including        tire refund, not just the portion associ-     refundable portion of the adoption cred-
extensions). If you are filing a joint re-    ated with the additional child tax credit.    it, enter on line 30 the amount from
turn, only one spouse is required to have                                                   Form 8839, line 13. You may also be eli-
                                                                                            gible to claim a nonrefundable adoption
a valid SSN in order to be eligible for
the credit. The other spouse must have
                                              Line 29                                       credit on Schedule 3, line 6c. See the In-
                                                                                            structions for Form 8839 for more infor-
either an SSN or ITIN, and it must have       American Opportunity                          mation.
been issued on or before the due date of
the return.
                                              Credit
                                              If you meet the requirements to claim an
   See Schedule 8812 and its instruc-
tions for information on figuring and
                                              education credit (see the instructions for
                                              Schedule 3, line 3), enter on line 29 the
                                                                                            Refund
claiming any additional child tax credit      amount, if any, from Form 8863, line 8.
that you may qualify to claim. If you are     You may be able to increase an educa-         Line 34
claiming the additional child tax credit,     tion credit and reduce your total tax or
complete Schedule 8812 and attach it to       increase your tax refund if the student       Amount Overpaid
your Form 1040 or 1040-SR.                    chooses to include all or part of a Pell      If line 34 is under $1, we will send a re-
    If you do not want to claim the addi-     grant or certain other scholarships or fel-   fund only on written request.
tional child tax credit, check the box on     lowships in income. See Pub. 970 and
line 28.                                      the Instructions for Form 8863 for more       Refund Offset
Form 8862, who must file. You must            information.                                  If you owe past-due federal tax, state in-
file Form 8862 to claim the additional        Form 8862 required. You must file             come tax, state unemployment compen-
child tax credit if your child tax credit     Form 8862 to claim the American op-           sation debts, child support, spousal sup-
(refundable or nonrefundable depending        portunity credit if your American oppor-      port, or certain federal nontax debts,
on the tax year), additional child tax        tunity credit for a year after 2015 was       such as student loans, all or part of the
credit, or credit for other dependents for    denied or reduced for any reason other        overpayment on line 34 may be used
a year after 2015 was denied or reduced       than a math or clerical error. Attach a       (offset) to pay the past-due amount. Off-
for any reason other than a math or cleri-    completed Form 8862 to your 2025 re-          sets for federal taxes are made by the
cal error. Attach a completed Form 8862       turn to claim the credit for 2025. Don’t      IRS. All other offsets are made by the
to your 2025 return to claim the credit       file Form 8862 if you filed Form 8862         Treasury Department’s Bureau of the
for 2025. Don’t file Form 8862 if you         for 2024 and the American opportunity         Fiscal Service. For federal tax offsets,
filed Form 8862 for 2024 and the child        credit was allowed for that year. See         you will receive a notice from the IRS.
tax credit, additional child tax credit, or   Form 8862 and its instructions for de-        For all other offsets, you will receive a
credit for other dependents was allowed       tails.                                        notice from the Fiscal Service. To find
for that year. See Form 8862 and its in-                If you claim the American op-       out if you may have an offset or if you
structions for details.                                                                     have any questions about it, contact the
          If you claim the additional
                                                 !      portunity credit even though
                                               CAUTION you aren’t eligible and it is de-    agency to which you owe the debt.
   !      child tax credit even though
 CAUTION you aren’t eligible and it is de-
                                              termined that your error is due to reck-
                                              less or intentional disregard of the          Deposit Refund Into Multiple
termined that your error is due to reck-      American opportunity credit rules, you        Accounts
less or intentional disregard of the addi-    won’t be allowed to take the credit for 2     If you want your refund to be split and
tional child tax credit rules, you won’t      years even if you’re otherwise eligible to    direct deposited into more than one ac-
be allowed to take the child tax credit,      do so. If you claim the American oppor-       count, file Form 8888. Use Form 8888
the credit for other dependents, or the       tunity credit even though you aren’t eli-     to direct deposit your refund (or part of
additional child tax credit for 2 years       gible and it is determined that you frau-     it) to one or more accounts in your name
even if you’re otherwise eligible to do       dulently claimed the credit, you won’t be     at a bank or other financial institution
so. If you claim the additional child tax     allowed to take the credit for 10 years.      (such as a mutual fund, brokerage firm,
credit even though you aren’t eligible        You may also have to pay penalties.           or credit union) in the United States.
and it is later determined that you frau-
dulently claimed the credit, you won’t be
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Injured Spouse                                trition Assistance Program (formerly                   • It is more convenient. You don’t
                                              food stamps). In addition, when deter-             have to make a trip to the bank to depos-
If you file a joint return and your spouse    mining eligibility, the refund can’t be            it your check.
hasn’t paid past-due federal tax, state in-
come tax, state unemployment compen-
                                              counted as a resource for at least 12                  • It saves tax dollars. It costs the
                                              months after you receive it. Check with            government less to refund by direct de-
sation debts, child support, spousal sup-     your local benefit coordinator to find out         posit.
port, or a federal nontax debt, such as a
student loan, part or all of the overpay-
                                              if your refund will affect your benefits.              • It’s proven itself. Nearly 98% of
                                                                                                 social security and veterans’ benefits are
ment on line 34 may be used (offset) to                                                          sent electronically using direct deposit.
pay the past-due amount. But your part          DIRECT DEPOSIT
of the overpayment may be refunded to
                                                    Simple. Safe. Secure.                                  If you file a joint return and
you if certain conditions apply and you        Have your refund deposited automatically to
                                               your checking or savings account, including an
                                                                                                    !      check the box on line 35a and
                                                                                                  CAUTION attach Form 8888 or fill in
complete Form 8379. For details, see
                                               individual retirement arrangement (IRA). See      lines 35b through 35d, your spouse may
Form 8379.                                     the information about IRAs, later.
                                                                                                 get at least part of the refund.
Lines 35a Through 35d                                                                            IRA. You can have your refund (or part
                                                 Starting in October 2025, the IRS               of it) directly deposited to a traditional
Amount Refunded to You                        will generally stop issuing paper checks           IRA or Roth IRA, but not a SIMPLE
If you want to check the status of your       for federal disbursements, including tax           IRA. You must establish the IRA at a
refund, just use the IRS2Go app or go to      refunds, unless an exception applies. For          bank or other financial institution before
IRS.gov/Refunds. See Refund Informa-          more      information,    go    IRS.gov/           you request direct deposit. Make sure
tion, later. Information about your re-       ModernPayments.                                    your direct deposit will be accepted. You
fund will generally be available within                                                          must also notify the trustee or custodian
24 hours after the IRS receives your             To directly deposit the amount shown            of your account of the year to which the
e-filed return, or 4 weeks after you mail     on line 35a to your checking, savings,             deposit is to be applied (unless the trust-
your paper return. If you filed Form          health savings, brokerage, or other simi-          ee or custodian won’t accept a deposit
8379 with your return, wait 14 weeks          lar account, including an IRA, at a bank           for 2025). If you don’t, the trustee or
(11 weeks if you filed electronically).       or other financial institution (such as a          custodian can assume the deposit is for
Have your 2025 tax return handy so you        mutual fund, brokerage firm, or credit             the year during which you are filing the
can enter your social security number,        union) in the United States:                       return. For example, if you file your
your filing status, and the exact whole           • Complete lines 35b through 35d (if           2025 return during 2026 and don’t noti-
dollar amount of your refund.                 you want your refund deposited to only             fy the trustee or custodian in advance,
                                              one account), or                                   the trustee or custodian can assume the
   Where’s My Refund will provide a               • Check the box on line 35a and at-            deposit to your IRA is for 2026. If you
personalized refund date as soon as the       tach Form 8888 if you want to split the            designate your deposit to be for 2025,
IRS processes your tax return and appro-      direct deposit of your refund into more            you must verify that the deposit was ac-
ves your refund.                              than one account.                                  tually made to the account by the due
Claiming a refund for a deceased tax-         Account must be in your name. Don’t                date of the return (not counting exten-
payer. If you are filing a joint return       request a deposit of your refund to an             sions). If the deposit isn’t made by that
with your deceased spouse, you only           account that isn’t in your name, such as           date, the deposit isn’t an IRA contribu-
need to file the tax return to claim the      your tax return preparer’s account. Al-            tion for 2025. In that case, you must file
refund. If you are a court-appointed rep-     though you may owe your tax return                 an amended 2025 return and reduce any
resentative, file the return and include a    preparer a fee for preparing your return,          IRA deduction and any retirement sav-
copy of the certificate that shows your       don’t have any part of your refund de-             ings contributions credit you claimed.
appointment. All other filers requesting      posited into the preparer’s account to
                                                                                                           You and your spouse, if filing
the deceased taxpayer’s refund must file      pay the fee.
the return and attach Form 1310.                 The number of refunds that can be di-
                                                                                                    !      jointly, each may be able to
                                                                                                  CAUTION contribute up to $7,000 ($8,000

Effect of refund on benefits. Any re-         rectly deposited to a single account or            if age 50 or older at the end of 2025) to
fund you receive can’t be counted as in-      prepaid debit card is limited to three a           a traditional IRA or Roth IRA for 2025.
come when determining if you or any-          year. Learn more at IRS.gov/                       You may owe an additional tax if your
one else is eligible for benefits or          DepositLimit.                                      contributions exceed these limits, and
assistance, or how much you or anyone                                                            the limits may be lower depending on
else can receive, under any federal pro-      Benefits of Direct Deposit                         your compensation and income. For
gram or under any state or local program         • You get your refund faster by di-             more information on IRA contributions,
financed in whole or in part with federal     rect deposit than you do by check.                 see Pub. 590-A.
funds. These programs include Tempo-             • Payment is more secure. There is
rary Assistance for Needy Families                                                                 For more information on IRAs, see
                                              no check that can get lost or stolen.
(TANF), Medicaid, Supplemental Secur-                                                            Pub. 590-A and Pub. 590-B.
ity Income (SSI), and Supplemental Nu-


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                                              Sample Check—Lines 35b Through 35d
Form 8888. You can have your refund
directly deposited into more than one ac-
count. For more information, see the
Form 8888 instructions.
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                                                   ORDER OF
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                                                                              SA
                                                                                                                       DOLLARS
                                                                        Routing          Account
   You can’t have your refund deposited                                 number           number
                                                   ANYPLACE BANK                                                  Do not include
into more than one account if you file             Anyplace, MI 00000
                                                                        (line 35b)   (line 35d)                   the check number.
Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation.
                                                   For

Line 35b                                                                         "’86". 1234
                                                   |:250250025|:202020


The routing number must be nine digits.
The first two digits must be 01 through                  The routing and account numbers may be in different places on your check.
                                               CAUTION
12 or 21 through 32. On the sample
check shown later, the routing number is      the account number is 20202086. Don’t                      The IRS isn’t responsible for a
250250025. Stella and Bailey Keys
would use that routing number unless
                                              include the check number.                             !    lost refund if you enter the
                                                                                                CAUTION wrong     account information.
                                                 If the direct deposit to your ac-
their financial institution instructed them                                                    Check with your financial institution to
                                              count(s) is different from the amount
to use a different routing number for di-                                                      get the correct routing and account
                                              you expected, you will receive an ex-
rect deposits.                                                                                 numbers to make sure your direct depos-
                                              planation in the mail about 2 weeks after
    Ask your financial institution for the    your refund is deposited.                        it will be accepted.
correct routing number to enter on
line 35b if:
    • The routing number on a deposit
                                              Reasons Your Direct Deposit                      Line 36
                                              Request Will Be Rejected
slip is different from the routing number
                                              If any of the following apply, your direct       Applied to Your 2026
on your checks,
    • Your deposit is to a savings ac-        deposit request will be rejected and your        Estimated Tax
count that doesn’t allow you to write         refund may be delayed.                           Enter on line 36 the amount, if any, of
checks, or                                        • You are asking to have a joint re-         the overpayment on line 34 you want
    • Your checks state they are payable      fund deposited to an individual account,         applied to your 2026 estimated tax. We
through a financial institution different     and your financial institution(s) won’t          will apply this amount to your account
from the one at which you have your           allow this. The IRS isn’t responsible if a       unless you include a statement request-
checking account.                             financial institution rejects a direct de-       ing us to apply it to your spouse’s ac-
                                              posit.                                           count. Include your spouse’s social se-
Line 35c                                          • The name on your account doesn’t           curity number in the statement.
                                              match the name on the refund, and your
Check the appropriate box for the type        financial institution(s) won’t allow a re-               This election to apply part or
of account. Don’t check more than one
box. If the deposit is to an account such
                                              fund to be deposited unless the name on               !  all of the amount overpaid to
                                                                                               CAUTION your 2026 estimated tax can’t
                                              the refund matches the name on the ac-
as an IRA, health savings account, bro-       count.                                           be changed later.
kerage account, or other similar account,
ask your financial institution whether
                                                  • Three direct deposits of tax re-
                                              funds already have been made to the
you should check the “Checking” or
“Savings” box. You must check the cor-
                                              same account or prepaid debit card.
                                                  • You haven't given a valid account          Amount You Owe
rect box to ensure your deposit is accep-     number.
ted.                                                                                                     To avoid interest and penalties,
                                                  • Any numbers or letters on lines                TIP pay your taxes in full by the
                                              35b through 35d are crossed out or whi-                    due date of your return (not in-
Line 35d                                      ted out.                                         cluding extensions)—April 15, 2026, for
The account number can be up to 17                                                             most taxpayers. You don’t have to pay if
characters (both numbers and letters).                                                         line 37 is under $1.
Include hyphens but omit spaces and
special symbols. Enter the number from                                                         Include any estimated tax penalty from
left to right and leave any unused boxes                                                       line 38 in the amount you enter on
blank. On the sample check shown later,                                                        line 37. Don’t include any estimated
                                                                                               payments for 2026 in this payment. In-



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stead, make the estimated payment sepa-      ment has been approved. A user fee is        Pay by Check or Money Order
rately.                                      charged.
Insufficient funds. The penalty for             • Electronic Federal Tax Payment          Before submitting a payment through
                                                                                          the mail, please consider alternative
making a payment to the IRS that was         System (EFTPS). Allows you to pay
                                             your taxes online or by phone directly       methods. One of our safe, quick, and
dishonored is $25 or 2% of the dishon-
                                             from your checking or savings account.       easy electronic payment options might
ored payment amount, whichever is
                                             There is no fee for this service. You        be right for you. If you choose to mail a
more. However, if the dishonored pay-
                                             must be enrolled either online or have an    tax payment, attach Form 1040-V. For
ment amount is less than $25, the penal-
                                             enrollment form mailed to you. See           the most up-to-date information on
ty equals the amount paid. Use Tax
                                             EFTPS under Pay by Phone, later.             Form 1040-V, go to IRS.gov/
Topic 206.
                                                                                          Form1040V.
                                             Pay by Phone
Line 37                                                                                   What if You Can’t Pay?
                                             Paying by phone is another safe and se-
Amount You Owe                               cure method of paying electronically.        If you can’t pay the full amount shown
                                             Use one of the following methods: (1)        on line 37 when you file, you can ask
The IRS offers several payment options.
                                             call one of the debit or credit card serv-   for:
Go to IRS.gov/ModernPayments to see
your options.                                ice providers, or (2) use the Electronic         • An installment agreement, or
                                             Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)               • An extension of time to pay.
Pay Online                                   to pay directly from your checking or        Installment agreement. Under an in-
                                             savings account.                             stallment agreement, you can pay all or
Paying online is convenient and secure                                                    part of the tax you owe in monthly in-
and helps make sure we get your pay-         Debit or credit card. Call one of our
                                             service providers. Each charges a fee        stallments. However, even if an install-
ments on time. To pay your taxes online                                                   ment agreement is granted, you will be
or for more information, go to IRS.gov/      that varies by provider, card type, and
                                             payment amount.                              charged interest and may be charged a
ModernPayments. You can pay using                                                         late payment penalty on the tax not paid
any of the following methods.                    Link2Gov Corporation                     by the due date of your return (not
   • Your Online Account. You can                888-PAY-1040TM                           counting extensions)—April 15, 2026,
make tax payments through your online                                                     for most people. You must also pay a
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account, including balance payments,                                                      fee. To limit the interest and penalty
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   • IRS Direct Pay. For online trans-           fed.acipayonline.com                     such as a bank loan or credit card pay-
fers directly from your checking or sav-                                                  ment.
ings account at no cost to you, go to
IRS.gov/Payments.                            EFTPS. To get more information about            To ask for an installment agreement,
                                                                                          you can apply online or use Form 9465.
   • Pay by Card or Digital Wallet.          EFTPS or to enroll in EFTPS, visit
                                                                                          To apply online, go to IRS.gov/OPA.
To pay by debit or credit card, or digital   EFTPS.gov or call 800-555-4477. To
wallet, go to IRS.gov/Payments. A fee is     contact EFTPS using Telecommunica-           Extension of time to pay. If paying the
charged by these service providers. You      tions Relay Services (TRS) for people        tax when it is due would cause you an
can also pay by phone with a debit or        who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a     undue hardship, you can ask for an ex-
credit card. See Debit or credit card un-    speech disability, dial 711 and then pro-    tension of time to pay by filing Form
der Pay by Phone, later.                     vide the TRS assistant the 800-555-4477      1127 by the due date of your return (not
   • Electronic Funds Withdrawal             number or 800-733-4829. Additional in-       counting extensions)—April 15, 2026,
(EFW) is an integrated e-file/e-pay op-      formation about EFTPS is also available      for most people. An extension generally
tion offered when filing your federal        in Pub. 966.                                 won’t be granted for more than 6
taxes electronically using tax return                                                     months. You will be charged interest on
preparation software, through a tax pro-     Pay by Mobile Device                         the tax not paid by April 15, 2026. You
fessional or the IRS at IRS.gov/             To pay through your mobile device,           must pay the tax before the extension
Payments.                                    download the IRS2Go app.                     runs out. If you do not pay the tax by the
   • Online Payment Agreement. If                                                         extended due date, penalties and interest
you can’t pay in full by the due date of                                                  will be imposed until taxes are paid in
                                             Pay by Cash
your tax return, you can apply for an on-                                                 full. For the most up-to-date information
line monthly installment agreement at        You can pay your taxes in cash. To find      on Form 1127, go to IRS.gov/Form1127.
IRS.gov/OPA. Once you complete the           out about the different cash payment
online process, you will receive immedi-     methods, go to IRS.gov/PayCash. Don’t
ate notification of whether your agree-      send cash payments through the mail.




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                                            lines 9 and 12; and Forms 8828, 4137,
Line 38                                     5329 (Parts III through IX only), and        Third Party Designee
                                            8919. Also subtract from line 24 any:        If you want to allow your preparer, a
Estimated Tax Penalty
                                               • Tax on an excess parachute pay-         friend, a family member, or any other
You may owe this penalty if:                ment,                                        person you choose to discuss your 2025
   • Line 37 is at least $1,000 and it is      • Excise tax on insider stock com-        tax return with the IRS, check the “Yes”
more than 10% of the tax shown on your      pensation of an expatriated corporation,     box in the “Third Party Designee” area
return, or                                     • Uncollected social security and         of your return. Also enter the designee’s
   • You didn’t pay enough estimated        Medicare or RRTA tax on tips or              name, phone number, and any five digits
tax by any of the due dates. This is true   group-term life insurance, and               the designee chooses as their personal
even if you are due a refund.                  • Look-back interest due under sec-       identification number (PIN).
                                            tion 167(g) or 460(b).
   For most people, the “tax shown on                                                       If you check the “Yes” box, you, and
your return” is the amount on your 2025        When figuring the amount on line 24,      your spouse if filing a joint return, are
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 24, minus        include household employment taxes           authorizing the IRS to call the designee
the total of any amounts shown on lines     only if line 25d is more than zero or you    to answer any questions that may arise
27a, 28, 29, and 30; Schedule 3, lines 9    would have owed the estimated tax pen-       during the processing of your return.
and 12; and Forms 8828, 4137, 5329          alty for 2024 even if you didn't include     You are also authorizing the designee to:
(Parts III through IX only), and 8919.      those taxes.                                    • Give the IRS any information that
Also subtract from line 24 any:                If the Exception just described           is missing from your return;
   • Tax on an excess parachute pay-        doesn’t apply, see the Instructions for         • Call the IRS for information about
ment,                                       Form 2210 for other situations in which      the processing of your return or the sta-
   • Excise tax on insider stock com-       you may be able to lower your penalty        tus of your refund or payment(s);
pensation of an expatriated corporation,    by filing Form 2210.                            • Receive copies of notices or tran-
   • Uncollected social security and                                                     scripts related to your return, upon re-
Medicare or RRTA tax on tips or             Figuring the Penalty                         quest; and
group-term life insurance,
                                            If you choose to figure the penalty your-       • Respond to certain IRS notices
   • Look-back interest due under sec-      self, use Form 2210 (or 2210-F for farm-
                                                                                         about math errors, offsets, and return
tion 167(g) or 460(b).                                                                   preparation.
                                            ers and fishers).
   When figuring the amount on line 24,         Enter any penalty on line 38. Add the       You aren’t authorizing the designee
include household employment taxes          penalty to any tax due and enter the total   to receive any refund check, bind you to
only if line 25d is more than zero or you   on line 37.                                  anything (including any additional tax
would owe the penalty even if you                                                        liability), or otherwise represent you be-
                                                However, if you have an overpay-
didn’t include those taxes.                                                              fore the IRS. If you want to expand the
                                            ment on line 34, subtract the penalty        designee’s authorization, see Pub. 947.
Exception. You won’t owe the penalty        from the amount you would otherwise
if your 2024 tax return was for a tax       enter on line 35a or line 36. Lines 35a,        This authorization will automatically
year of 12 full months and either of the    36, and 38 must equal line 34.               end no later than the due date (not
following applies.                              If the penalty is more than the over-    counting extensions) for filing your
   1. You had no tax shown on your          payment on line 34, enter -0- on lines       2026 tax return. This is April 15, 2027,
2024 return and you were a U.S. citizen     35a and 36. Then, subtract line 34 from      for most people.
or resident for all of 2024.                line 38 and enter the result on line 37.
   2. The total of lines 25d, 26, and
                                                                                         Sign Your Return
                                                Don’t file Form 2210 with your re-
Schedule 3, line 11, on your 2025 return    turn unless Form 2210 indicates that you
is at least 100% of the tax shown on        must do so. Instead, keep it for your re-
                                                                                         Form 1040 or 1040-SR isn’t considered
your 2024 return (110% of that amount       cords.
                                                                                         a valid return unless you sign it in ac-
if you aren’t in the business of farming
                                                     Because Form 2210 is compli-        cordance with the requirements in these
or fishing, and your adjusted gross in-
come (AGI) shown on your 2024 return
                                             TIP cated, you can leave line 38            instructions. If you are filing a joint re-
                                                     blank and the IRS will figure       turn, your spouse must also sign. If your
was more than $150,000 (more than
                                            the penalty and send you a bill. We won’t    spouse can’t sign the return, see Pub.
$75,000 if married filing separately for
                                            charge you interest on the penalty if you    501. Be sure to date your return and en-
2025)). Your estimated tax payments for
                                            pay by the date specified on the bill.       ter your occupation(s). If you have
2025 must have been made on time and
                                            There are situations where the IRS can’t     someone prepare your return, you are
for the required amount.
                                            figure your penalty for you and you must     still responsible for the correctness of
  For most people, the “tax shown on        file Form 2210. See Form 2210 for de-        the return. If your return is signed by a
your 2024 return” is the amount on your     tails.                                       representative for you, you must have a
2024 Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 24,                                                      power of attorney attached that specifi-
minus the total of any amounts shown                                                     cally authorizes the representative to
on lines 27, 28, and 29; Schedule 3,                                                     sign your return. To do this, you can use



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Form 2848. If you are filing a joint re-       Self-Select PIN. The Self-Select PIN          birth, and IP PIN, if applicable. If you’re
turn with your spouse who died in 2025,        method allows you to create your own          filing jointly, your electronic return must
see Death of a Taxpayer, earlier.              PIN. If you are married filing jointly,       also include your spouse's PIN, last
                                                                                             name, date of birth, and IP PIN, if appli-
Court-Appointed                                you and your spouse will each need to
                                                                                             cable, in order to be considered validly
                                               create a PIN and enter these PINs as
Conservator, Guardian, or                      your electronic signatures.                   signed. The practitioner can provide you
Other Fiduciary                                    A PIN is any combination of five dig-
                                                                                             with details.
If you are a court-appointed conservator,      its you choose except five zeros. If you      Form 8453. You must send in a paper
guardian, or other fiduciary for a men-        use a PIN, there are no papers to sign        Form 8453 if you have to attach certain
tally or physically incompetent individu-      and nothing to mail—not even your             forms or other documents that can't be
al who has to file Form 1040 or                Form(s) W-2.                                  electronically filed. See Form 8453.
1040-SR, sign your name for the indi-              Your electronic return signed with a
vidual and file Form 56.                       Self-Select PIN is considered a validly
Child’s Return                                 signed return only when it includes your      Identity Protection
If your child can’t sign their return, ei-
                                               PIN, last name, date of birth, IP PIN, if
                                               applicable, and your adjusted gross in-
                                                                                             PIN
ther parent can sign the child’s name in       come (AGI) from your originally filed                  All taxpayers are now eligible
the space provided. Then, enter “By            2024 federal income tax return, if appli-
(your signature), parent for minor
                                                                                              TIP for an Identity Protection Per-
                                               cable. If you’re filing jointly, your elec-            sonal Identification Number
child.”                                        tronic return must also include your          (IP PIN). For more information, see
Requirements for a Paper                       spouse’s PIN, last name, date of birth, IP    Pub. 5477. To apply for an IP PIN, go to
                                               PIN, if applicable, and AGI, if applica-
Return                                         ble, in order to be considered validly
                                                                                             IRS.gov/IPPIN and use the Get an IP
                                                                                             PIN tool.
You must handwrite your signature on           signed. (You, and your spouse if filing
your return if you file it on paper. Digi-     jointly, may each use your own pri-           If you received an IP PIN from the IRS,
tal, electronic, or typed-font signatures      or-year PIN to verify your identity if        enter it in the IP PIN spaces provided
are not valid signatures for Form 1040         you filed electronically last year. If you    next to the space for your occupation.
or 1040-SR filed on paper.                     use your prior-year PIN or enter your IP      You must correctly enter all six numbers
                                               PIN, you are not required to enter your       of your IP PIN. If you didn’t receive an
Requirements for an                                                                          IP PIN, leave these spaces blank.
                                               prior-year AGI. The prior-year PIN is
Electronic Return                              the five-digit PIN you used to electroni-              New IP PINs are generated ev-
The requirements for signing an elec-          cally sign your 2024 return.)
tronic return will be different depending          If you need your AGI from your orig-
                                                                                                !     ery year. They will generally be
                                                                                             CAUTION sent out by mid-January 2026.

on whether you use tax software or a tax       inally filed 2024 federal income tax re-      Use this IP PIN on your 2025 return as
practitioner. To file your return electron-    turn, and you don’t have your 2024 in-        well as any prior-year returns you file in
ically, you must sign the return electron-     come tax return, you can access your          2026.
ically using a personal identification         transcript through your online account at
number (PIN) and provide the informa-          IRS.gov/Account. You can also go to              If you are filing a joint return and
tion described below. If you are filing        IRS.gov/Transcript or call the IRS at         both taxpayers receive an IP PIN, enter
online using software, you must use a          800-908-9946 to get a free transcript of      both IP PINs in the spaces provided.
Self-Select PIN. If you are filing elec-       your return. Don’t use your AGI from an          If you need more information, includ-
tronically using a tax practitioner, you       amended return (Form 1040-X) or a             ing how to retrieve your IP PIN online,
can use a Self-Select PIN or a Practi-         math error correction made by the IRS.        go to IRS.gov/IPPIN. If you’re unable to
tioner PIN.                                    AGI is the amount shown on your 2024          retrieve your IP PIN online, you can call
    If we issued you an identity protec-       Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 11.                800-908-4490.
tion personal identification number (IP            For more information, go to IRS.gov/      Phone Number and Email
PIN) (as described in more detail next),       Efile.
all six digits of your IP PIN must appear
                                                                                             Address
                                                        You can’t use the Self-Select
in the IP PIN spaces provided next to the                                                    You have the option of entering your
space for your occupation for your elec-          !     PIN method if you are a
                                                CAUTION first-time filer under age 16 at
                                                                                             phone number and email address in the
tronic signature to be complete. Failure                                                     spaces provided. There will be no effect
                                               the end of 2025.
to include an issued IP PIN on the elec-                                                     on the processing of your return if you
tronic return will result in an invalid sig-   Practitioner PIN. The Practitioner PIN        choose not to enter this information.
nature and a rejected return. If you are       method allows you to authorize your tax       Note that the IRS initiates most contacts
filing a joint return and both taxpayers       practitioner to enter or generate your        through regular mail delivered by the
were issued an IP PIN, enter both IP           PIN. Your electronic return is considered     United States Postal Service.
PINs in the spaces provided.                   a validly signed return only when it in-         For information on how to report
                                               cludes your PIN, last name, date of           phone scams or unsolicited emails


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claiming to be from the IRS, see Secure         If your paid preparer is self-em-         ules, and other attachments on standard
Your Tax Records From Identity Theft,        ployed, then they should check the           size paper. Cutting the paper may cause
later.                                       “self-employed” checkbox.                    problems in processing your return.
                                                                                          Don’t attach correspondence or other
                                                                                          items unless required to do so. Attach
Paid Preparer Must                           Assemble Your                                Forms W-2 and 2439 to Form 1040 or
                                                                                          1040-SR. If you received a Form W-2c
Sign Your Return                             Return                                       (a corrected Form W-2), attach your
                                                                                          original Forms W-2 and any Forms
Generally, anyone you pay to prepare         Assemble any schedules and forms be-
                                                                                          W-2c. Attach Forms W-2G and 1099-R
your return must sign it and include their   hind Form 1040 or 1040-SR in order of
                                                                                          to Form 1040 or 1040-SR if tax was
Preparer Tax Identification Number           the “Attachment Sequence No.” shown
                                                                                          withheld.
(PTIN) in the space provided. The pre-       in the upper-right corner of the schedule
parer must give you a copy of the return     or form. If you have supporting state-
for your records. Someone who prepares       ments, arrange them in the same order as
your return but doesn’t charge you           the schedules or forms they support and
shouldn’t sign your return.                  attach them last. File your return, sched-




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 2025                                             See the instructions for line 16 to see if you must use the
                                                                                                              Sample Table
                                                  Tax Table below to figure your tax.
 Tax Table                                !
                                       CAUTION
                                                                                                                         At    But
                                                                                                                         Least Less
                                                                                                                                             Single    Married Married Head
                                                                                                                                                       filing   filing of a
                                                                                                                               Than                    jointly* sepa-  house-
                                                                                                                                                                rately hold
                                      Example. A married couple is filing a joint return. Their taxable
                                                                                                                                                       Your tax is—
                                      income on Form 1040, line 15, is $25,300. First, they find the                     25,200 25,250       2,789      2,550 2,789        2,687
                                      $25,300-25,350 taxable income line. Next, they find the column for                 25,250 25,300       2,795      2,556 2,795        2,693
                                      married filing jointly and read down the column. The amount shown                  25,300 25,350       2,801      2,562 2,801        2,699
                                                                                                                         25,350 25,400       2,807      2,568 2,807        2,705
                                      where the taxable income line and filing status column meet is
                                      $2,562. This is the tax amount they should enter in the entry space
                                      on Form 1040, line 16.

If line 15                                                       If line 15                                              If line 15
(taxable                               And you are—              (taxable                       And you are—             (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                                      income) is—                                             income) is—

At           But         Single       Married Married Head of    At        But       Single    Married Married Head of   At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least        less                     filing    filing house-    least     less                filing    filing house-   least     less                 filing    filing house-
             than                     jointly * sepa-  hold                than                jointly * sepa-  hold               than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                                rately                                                   rately                                                   rately

                                        Your tax is—                                             Your tax is—                                             Your tax is—
         0           5            0         0           0    0
         5
        15
                    15
                    25
                                  1
                                  2
                                            1
                                            2
                                                        1
                                                        2
                                                             1
                                                             2
                                                                         1,000                                                   2,000
        25          50            4         4           4    4
        50          75            6         6           6    6     1,000     1,025       101       101      101    101     2,000     2,025       201        201      201       201
                                                                   1,025     1,050       104       104      104    104     2,025     2,050       204        204      204       204
      75        100            9            9           9    9     1,050     1,075       106       106      106    106     2,050     2,075       206        206      206       206
     100        125           11           11          11   11     1,075     1,100       109       109      109    109     2,075     2,100       209        209      209       209
     125        150           14           14          14   14     1,100     1,125       111       111      111    111     2,100     2,125       211        211      211       211
     150        175           16           16          16   16
     175        200           19           19          19   19     1,125     1,150       114       114      114    114     2,125     2,150       214        214      214       214
                                                                   1,150     1,175       116       116      116    116     2,150     2,175       216        216      216       216
     200        225           21           21          21   21     1,175     1,200       119       119      119    119     2,175     2,200       219        219      219       219
     225        250           24           24          24   24     1,200     1,225       121       121      121    121     2,200     2,225       221        221      221       221
     250        275           26           26          26   26     1,225     1,250       124       124      124    124     2,225     2,250       224        224      224       224
     275        300           29           29          29   29
     300        325           31           31          31   31     1,250     1,275       126       126      126    126     2,250     2,275       226        226      226       226
                                                                   1,275     1,300       129       129      129    129     2,275     2,300       229        229      229       229
     325        350           34           34          34   34     1,300     1,325       131       131      131    131     2,300     2,325       231        231      231       231
     350        375           36           36          36   36     1,325     1,350       134       134      134    134     2,325     2,350       234        234      234       234
     375        400           39           39          39   39     1,350     1,375       136       136      136    136     2,350     2,375       236        236      236       236
     400        425           41           41          41   41
                                                                   1,375     1,400       139       139      139    139     2,375     2,400       239        239      239       239
     425        450           44           44          44   44
                                                                   1,400     1,425       141       141      141    141     2,400     2,425       241        241      241       241
     450        475           46           46          46   46     1,425     1,450       144       144      144    144     2,425     2,450       244        244      244       244
     475        500           49           49          49   49     1,450     1,475       146       146      146    146     2,450     2,475       246        246      246       246
     500        525           51           51          51   51     1,475     1,500       149       149      149    149     2,475     2,500       249        249      249       249
     525        550           54           54          54   54     1,500     1,525       151       151      151    151     2,500     2,525       251        251      251       251
     550        575           56           56          56   56     1,525     1,550       154       154      154    154     2,525     2,550       254        254      254       254
                                                                   1,550     1,575       156       156      156    156     2,550     2,575       256        256      256       256
     575        600           59           59          59   59     1,575     1,600       159       159      159    159     2,575     2,600       259        259      259       259
     600        625           61           61          61   61     1,600     1,625       161       161      161    161     2,600     2,625       261        261      261       261
     625        650           64           64          64   64
     650        675           66           66          66   66     1,625     1,650       164       164      164    164     2,625     2,650       264        264      264       264
     675        700           69           69          69   69     1,650     1,675       166       166      166    166     2,650     2,675       266        266      266       266
                                                                   1,675     1,700       169       169      169    169     2,675     2,700       269        269      269       269
     700        725           71           71          71   71     1,700     1,725       171       171      171    171     2,700     2,725       271        271      271       271
     725        750           74           74          74   74     1,725     1,750       174       174      174    174     2,725     2,750       274        274      274       274
     750        775           76           76          76   76
     775        800           79           79          79   79     1,750     1,775       176       176      176    176     2,750     2,775       276        276      276       276
     800        825           81           81          81   81     1,775     1,800       179       179      179    179     2,775     2,800       279        279      279       279
                                                                   1,800     1,825       181       181      181    181     2,800     2,825       281        281      281       281
     825        850           84           84          84   84     1,825     1,850       184       184      184    184     2,825     2,850       284        284      284       284
     850        875           86           86          86   86     1,850     1,875       186       186      186    186     2,850     2,875       286        286      286       286
     875        900           89           89          89   89
     900        925           91           91          91   91     1,875     1,900       189       189      189    189     2,875     2,900       289        289      289       289
     925        950           94           94          94   94     1,900     1,925       191       191      191    191     2,900     2,925       291        291      291       291
                                                                   1,925     1,950       194       194      194    194     2,925     2,950       294        294      294       294
     950         975          96           96          96   96     1,950     1,975       196       196      196    196     2,950     2,975       296        296      296       296
     975       1,000          99           99          99   99     1,975     2,000       199       199      199    199     2,975     3,000       299        299      299       299




                                                                                                                                                                    (Continued)
* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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                                                                                                                              2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                              If line 15                                              If line 15
(taxable                       And you are—             (taxable                       And you are—             (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                             income) is—                                             income) is—

At        But       Single    Married Married Head of   At        But       Single    Married Married Head of   At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                filing    filing house-   least     less                filing    filing house-   least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                jointly * sepa-  hold               than                jointly * sepa-  hold               than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                        rately                                                  rately                                                   rately

                                Your tax is—                                            Your tax is—                                             Your tax is—


        3,000                                                   6,000                                                   9,000
  3,000     3,050       303       303      303    303     6,000     6,050       603       603      603    603     9,000     9,050       903        903      903    903
  3,050     3,100       308       308      308    308     6,050     6,100       608       608      608    608     9,050     9,100       908        908      908    908
  3,100     3,150       313       313      313    313     6,100     6,150       613       613      613    613     9,100     9,150       913        913      913    913
  3,150     3,200       318       318      318    318     6,150     6,200       618       618      618    618     9,150     9,200       918        918      918    918
  3,200     3,250       323       323      323    323     6,200     6,250       623       623      623    623     9,200     9,250       923        923      923    923
  3,250     3,300       328       328      328    328     6,250     6,300       628       628      628    628     9,250     9,300       928        928      928    928
  3,300     3,350       333       333      333    333     6,300     6,350       633       633      633    633     9,300     9,350       933        933      933    933
  3,350     3,400       338       338      338    338     6,350     6,400       638       638      638    638     9,350     9,400       938        938      938    938
  3,400     3,450       343       343      343    343     6,400     6,450       643       643      643    643     9,400     9,450       943        943      943    943
  3,450     3,500       348       348      348    348     6,450     6,500       648       648      648    648     9,450     9,500       948        948      948    948
  3,500     3,550       353       353      353    353     6,500     6,550       653       653      653    653     9,500     9,550       953        953      953    953
  3,550     3,600       358       358      358    358     6,550     6,600       658       658      658    658     9,550     9,600       958        958      958    958
  3,600     3,650       363       363      363    363     6,600     6,650       663       663      663    663     9,600     9,650       963        963      963    963
  3,650     3,700       368       368      368    368     6,650     6,700       668       668      668    668     9,650     9,700       968        968      968    968
  3,700     3,750       373       373      373    373     6,700     6,750       673       673      673    673     9,700     9,750       973        973      973    973
  3,750     3,800       378       378      378    378     6,750     6,800       678       678      678    678     9,750     9,800       978        978      978    978
  3,800     3,850       383       383      383    383     6,800     6,850       683       683      683    683     9,800     9,850       983        983      983    983
  3,850     3,900       388       388      388    388     6,850     6,900       688       688      688    688     9,850     9,900       988        988      988    988
  3,900     3,950       393       393      393    393     6,900     6,950       693       693      693    693     9,900     9,950       993        993      993    993
  3,950     4,000       398       398      398    398     6,950     7,000       698       698      698    698     9,950    10,000       998        998      998    998


        4,000                                                   7,000                                                   10,000
  4,000     4,050       403       403      403    403     7,000     7,050       703       703      703    703    10,000    10,050      1,003     1,003    1,003   1,003
  4,050     4,100       408       408      408    408     7,050     7,100       708       708      708    708    10,050    10,100      1,008     1,008    1,008   1,008
  4,100     4,150       413       413      413    413     7,100     7,150       713       713      713    713    10,100    10,150      1,013     1,013    1,013   1,013
  4,150     4,200       418       418      418    418     7,150     7,200       718       718      718    718    10,150    10,200      1,018     1,018    1,018   1,018
  4,200     4,250       423       423      423    423     7,200     7,250       723       723      723    723    10,200    10,250      1,023     1,023    1,023   1,023
  4,250     4,300       428       428      428    428     7,250     7,300       728       728      728    728    10,250    10,300      1,028     1,028    1,028   1,028
  4,300     4,350       433       433      433    433     7,300     7,350       733       733      733    733    10,300    10,350      1,033     1,033    1,033   1,033
  4,350     4,400       438       438      438    438     7,350     7,400       738       738      738    738    10,350    10,400      1,038     1,038    1,038   1,038
  4,400     4,450       443       443      443    443     7,400     7,450       743       743      743    743    10,400    10,450      1,043     1,043    1,043   1,043
  4,450     4,500       448       448      448    448     7,450     7,500       748       748      748    748    10,450    10,500      1,048     1,048    1,048   1,048
  4,500     4,550       453       453      453    453     7,500     7,550       753       753      753    753    10,500    10,550      1,053     1,053    1,053   1,053
  4,550     4,600       458       458      458    458     7,550     7,600       758       758      758    758    10,550    10,600      1,058     1,058    1,058   1,058
  4,600     4,650       463       463      463    463     7,600     7,650       763       763      763    763    10,600    10,650      1,063     1,063    1,063   1,063
  4,650     4,700       468       468      468    468     7,650     7,700       768       768      768    768    10,650    10,700      1,068     1,068    1,068   1,068
  4,700     4,750       473       473      473    473     7,700     7,750       773       773      773    773    10,700    10,750      1,073     1,073    1,073   1,073
  4,750     4,800       478       478      478    478     7,750     7,800       778       778      778    778    10,750    10,800      1,078     1,078    1,078   1,078
  4,800     4,850       483       483      483    483     7,800     7,850       783       783      783    783    10,800    10,850      1,083     1,083    1,083   1,083
  4,850     4,900       488       488      488    488     7,850     7,900       788       788      788    788    10,850    10,900      1,088     1,088    1,088   1,088
  4,900     4,950       493       493      493    493     7,900     7,950       793       793      793    793    10,900    10,950      1,093     1,093    1,093   1,093
  4,950     5,000       498       498      498    498     7,950     8,000       798       798      798    798    10,950    11,000      1,098     1,098    1,098   1,098


        5,000                                                   8,000                                                   11,000
  5,000     5,050       503       503      503    503     8,000     8,050       803       803      803    803    11,000    11,050      1,103     1,103    1,103   1,103
  5,050     5,100       508       508      508    508     8,050     8,100       808       808      808    808    11,050    11,100      1,108     1,108    1,108   1,108
  5,100     5,150       513       513      513    513     8,100     8,150       813       813      813    813    11,100    11,150      1,113     1,113    1,113   1,113
  5,150     5,200       518       518      518    518     8,150     8,200       818       818      818    818    11,150    11,200      1,118     1,118    1,118   1,118
  5,200     5,250       523       523      523    523     8,200     8,250       823       823      823    823    11,200    11,250      1,123     1,123    1,123   1,123
  5,250     5,300       528       528      528    528     8,250     8,300       828       828      828    828    11,250    11,300      1,128     1,128    1,128   1,128
  5,300     5,350       533       533      533    533     8,300     8,350       833       833      833    833    11,300    11,350      1,133     1,133    1,133   1,133
  5,350     5,400       538       538      538    538     8,350     8,400       838       838      838    838    11,350    11,400      1,138     1,138    1,138   1,138
  5,400     5,450       543       543      543    543     8,400     8,450       843       843      843    843    11,400    11,450      1,143     1,143    1,143   1,143
  5,450     5,500       548       548      548    548     8,450     8,500       848       848      848    848    11,450    11,500      1,148     1,148    1,148   1,148
  5,500     5,550       553       553      553    553     8,500     8,550       853       853      853    853    11,500    11,550      1,153     1,153    1,153   1,153
  5,550     5,600       558       558      558    558     8,550     8,600       858       858      858    858    11,550    11,600      1,158     1,158    1,158   1,158
  5,600     5,650       563       563      563    563     8,600     8,650       863       863      863    863    11,600    11,650      1,163     1,163    1,163   1,163
  5,650     5,700       568       568      568    568     8,650     8,700       868       868      868    868    11,650    11,700      1,168     1,168    1,168   1,168
  5,700     5,750       573       573      573    573     8,700     8,750       873       873      873    873    11,700    11,750      1,173     1,173    1,173   1,173
  5,750     5,800       578       578      578    578     8,750     8,800       878       878      878    878    11,750    11,800      1,178     1,178    1,178   1,178
  5,800     5,850       583       583      583    583     8,800     8,850       883       883      883    883    11,800    11,850      1,183     1,183    1,183   1,183
  5,850     5,900       588       588      588    588     8,850     8,900       888       888      888    888    11,850    11,900      1,188     1,188    1,188   1,188
  5,900     5,950       593       593      593    593     8,900     8,950       893       893      893    893    11,900    11,950      1,193     1,193    1,193   1,193
  5,950     6,000       598       598      598    598     8,950     9,000       898       898      898    898    11,950    12,000      1,199     1,198    1,199   1,198

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                                                                                                                                  2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        12,000                                                    15,000                                                    18,000
 12,000    12,050      1,205     1,203    1,205   1,203    15,000    15,050      1,565     1,503    1,565   1,503    18,000    18,050      1,925     1,803    1,925   1,823
 12,050    12,100      1,211     1,208    1,211   1,208    15,050    15,100      1,571     1,508    1,571   1,508    18,050    18,100      1,931     1,808    1,931   1,829
 12,100    12,150      1,217     1,213    1,217   1,213    15,100    15,150      1,577     1,513    1,577   1,513    18,100    18,150      1,937     1,813    1,937   1,835
 12,150    12,200      1,223     1,218    1,223   1,218    15,150    15,200      1,583     1,518    1,583   1,518    18,150    18,200      1,943     1,818    1,943   1,841
 12,200    12,250      1,229     1,223    1,229   1,223    15,200    15,250      1,589     1,523    1,589   1,523    18,200    18,250      1,949     1,823    1,949   1,847
 12,250    12,300      1,235     1,228    1,235   1,228    15,250    15,300      1,595     1,528    1,595   1,528    18,250    18,300      1,955     1,828    1,955   1,853
 12,300    12,350      1,241     1,233    1,241   1,233    15,300    15,350      1,601     1,533    1,601   1,533    18,300    18,350      1,961     1,833    1,961   1,859
 12,350    12,400      1,247     1,238    1,247   1,238    15,350    15,400      1,607     1,538    1,607   1,538    18,350    18,400      1,967     1,838    1,967   1,865
 12,400    12,450      1,253     1,243    1,253   1,243    15,400    15,450      1,613     1,543    1,613   1,543    18,400    18,450      1,973     1,843    1,973   1,871
 12,450    12,500      1,259     1,248    1,259   1,248    15,450    15,500      1,619     1,548    1,619   1,548    18,450    18,500      1,979     1,848    1,979   1,877
 12,500    12,550      1,265     1,253    1,265   1,253    15,500    15,550      1,625     1,553    1,625   1,553    18,500    18,550      1,985     1,853    1,985   1,883
 12,550    12,600      1,271     1,258    1,271   1,258    15,550    15,600      1,631     1,558    1,631   1,558    18,550    18,600      1,991     1,858    1,991   1,889
 12,600    12,650      1,277     1,263    1,277   1,263    15,600    15,650      1,637     1,563    1,637   1,563    18,600    18,650      1,997     1,863    1,997   1,895
 12,650    12,700      1,283     1,268    1,283   1,268    15,650    15,700      1,643     1,568    1,643   1,568    18,650    18,700      2,003     1,868    2,003   1,901
 12,700    12,750      1,289     1,273    1,289   1,273    15,700    15,750      1,649     1,573    1,649   1,573    18,700    18,750      2,009     1,873    2,009   1,907
 12,750    12,800      1,295     1,278    1,295   1,278    15,750    15,800      1,655     1,578    1,655   1,578    18,750    18,800      2,015     1,878    2,015   1,913
 12,800    12,850      1,301     1,283    1,301   1,283    15,800    15,850      1,661     1,583    1,661   1,583    18,800    18,850      2,021     1,883    2,021   1,919
 12,850    12,900      1,307     1,288    1,307   1,288    15,850    15,900      1,667     1,588    1,667   1,588    18,850    18,900      2,027     1,888    2,027   1,925
 12,900    12,950      1,313     1,293    1,313   1,293    15,900    15,950      1,673     1,593    1,673   1,593    18,900    18,950      2,033     1,893    2,033   1,931
 12,950    13,000      1,319     1,298    1,319   1,298    15,950    16,000      1,679     1,598    1,679   1,598    18,950    19,000      2,039     1,898    2,039   1,937


        13,000                                                    16,000                                                    19,000
 13,000    13,050      1,325     1,303    1,325   1,303    16,000    16,050      1,685     1,603    1,685   1,603    19,000    19,050      2,045     1,903    2,045   1,943
 13,050    13,100      1,331     1,308    1,331   1,308    16,050    16,100      1,691     1,608    1,691   1,608    19,050    19,100      2,051     1,908    2,051   1,949
 13,100    13,150      1,337     1,313    1,337   1,313    16,100    16,150      1,697     1,613    1,697   1,613    19,100    19,150      2,057     1,913    2,057   1,955
 13,150    13,200      1,343     1,318    1,343   1,318    16,150    16,200      1,703     1,618    1,703   1,618    19,150    19,200      2,063     1,918    2,063   1,961
 13,200    13,250      1,349     1,323    1,349   1,323    16,200    16,250      1,709     1,623    1,709   1,623    19,200    19,250      2,069     1,923    2,069   1,967
 13,250    13,300      1,355     1,328    1,355   1,328    16,250    16,300      1,715     1,628    1,715   1,628    19,250    19,300      2,075     1,928    2,075   1,973
 13,300    13,350      1,361     1,333    1,361   1,333    16,300    16,350      1,721     1,633    1,721   1,633    19,300    19,350      2,081     1,933    2,081   1,979
 13,350    13,400      1,367     1,338    1,367   1,338    16,350    16,400      1,727     1,638    1,727   1,638    19,350    19,400      2,087     1,938    2,087   1,985
 13,400    13,450      1,373     1,343    1,373   1,343    16,400    16,450      1,733     1,643    1,733   1,643    19,400    19,450      2,093     1,943    2,093   1,991
 13,450    13,500      1,379     1,348    1,379   1,348    16,450    16,500      1,739     1,648    1,739   1,648    19,450    19,500      2,099     1,948    2,099   1,997
 13,500    13,550      1,385     1,353    1,385   1,353    16,500    16,550      1,745     1,653    1,745   1,653    19,500    19,550      2,105     1,953    2,105   2,003
 13,550    13,600      1,391     1,358    1,391   1,358    16,550    16,600      1,751     1,658    1,751   1,658    19,550    19,600      2,111     1,958    2,111   2,009
 13,600    13,650      1,397     1,363    1,397   1,363    16,600    16,650      1,757     1,663    1,757   1,663    19,600    19,650      2,117     1,963    2,117   2,015
 13,650    13,700      1,403     1,368    1,403   1,368    16,650    16,700      1,763     1,668    1,763   1,668    19,650    19,700      2,123     1,968    2,123   2,021
 13,700    13,750      1,409     1,373    1,409   1,373    16,700    16,750      1,769     1,673    1,769   1,673    19,700    19,750      2,129     1,973    2,129   2,027
 13,750    13,800      1,415     1,378    1,415   1,378    16,750    16,800      1,775     1,678    1,775   1,678    19,750    19,800      2,135     1,978    2,135   2,033
 13,800    13,850      1,421     1,383    1,421   1,383    16,800    16,850      1,781     1,683    1,781   1,683    19,800    19,850      2,141     1,983    2,141   2,039
 13,850    13,900      1,427     1,388    1,427   1,388    16,850    16,900      1,787     1,688    1,787   1,688    19,850    19,900      2,147     1,988    2,147   2,045
 13,900    13,950      1,433     1,393    1,433   1,393    16,900    16,950      1,793     1,693    1,793   1,693    19,900    19,950      2,153     1,993    2,153   2,051
 13,950    14,000      1,439     1,398    1,439   1,398    16,950    17,000      1,799     1,698    1,799   1,698    19,950    20,000      2,159     1,998    2,159   2,057


        14,000                                                    17,000                                                    20,000
 14,000    14,050      1,445     1,403    1,445   1,403    17,000    17,050      1,805     1,703    1,805   1,703    20,000    20,050      2,165     2,003    2,165   2,063
 14,050    14,100      1,451     1,408    1,451   1,408    17,050    17,100      1,811     1,708    1,811   1,709    20,050    20,100      2,171     2,008    2,171   2,069
 14,100    14,150      1,457     1,413    1,457   1,413    17,100    17,150      1,817     1,713    1,817   1,715    20,100    20,150      2,177     2,013    2,177   2,075
 14,150    14,200      1,463     1,418    1,463   1,418    17,150    17,200      1,823     1,718    1,823   1,721    20,150    20,200      2,183     2,018    2,183   2,081
 14,200    14,250      1,469     1,423    1,469   1,423    17,200    17,250      1,829     1,723    1,829   1,727    20,200    20,250      2,189     2,023    2,189   2,087
 14,250    14,300      1,475     1,428    1,475   1,428    17,250    17,300      1,835     1,728    1,835   1,733    20,250    20,300      2,195     2,028    2,195   2,093
 14,300    14,350      1,481     1,433    1,481   1,433    17,300    17,350      1,841     1,733    1,841   1,739    20,300    20,350      2,201     2,033    2,201   2,099
 14,350    14,400      1,487     1,438    1,487   1,438    17,350    17,400      1,847     1,738    1,847   1,745    20,350    20,400      2,207     2,038    2,207   2,105
 14,400    14,450      1,493     1,443    1,493   1,443    17,400    17,450      1,853     1,743    1,853   1,751    20,400    20,450      2,213     2,043    2,213   2,111
 14,450    14,500      1,499     1,448    1,499   1,448    17,450    17,500      1,859     1,748    1,859   1,757    20,450    20,500      2,219     2,048    2,219   2,117
 14,500    14,550      1,505     1,453    1,505   1,453    17,500    17,550      1,865     1,753    1,865   1,763    20,500    20,550      2,225     2,053    2,225   2,123
 14,550    14,600      1,511     1,458    1,511   1,458    17,550    17,600      1,871     1,758    1,871   1,769    20,550    20,600      2,231     2,058    2,231   2,129
 14,600    14,650      1,517     1,463    1,517   1,463    17,600    17,650      1,877     1,763    1,877   1,775    20,600    20,650      2,237     2,063    2,237   2,135
 14,650    14,700      1,523     1,468    1,523   1,468    17,650    17,700      1,883     1,768    1,883   1,781    20,650    20,700      2,243     2,068    2,243   2,141
 14,700    14,750      1,529     1,473    1,529   1,473    17,700    17,750      1,889     1,773    1,889   1,787    20,700    20,750      2,249     2,073    2,249   2,147
 14,750    14,800      1,535     1,478    1,535   1,478    17,750    17,800      1,895     1,778    1,895   1,793    20,750    20,800      2,255     2,078    2,255   2,153
 14,800    14,850      1,541     1,483    1,541   1,483    17,800    17,850      1,901     1,783    1,901   1,799    20,800    20,850      2,261     2,083    2,261   2,159
 14,850    14,900      1,547     1,488    1,547   1,488    17,850    17,900      1,907     1,788    1,907   1,805    20,850    20,900      2,267     2,088    2,267   2,165
 14,900    14,950      1,553     1,493    1,553   1,493    17,900    17,950      1,913     1,793    1,913   1,811    20,900    20,950      2,273     2,093    2,273   2,171
 14,950    15,000      1,559     1,498    1,559   1,498    17,950    18,000      1,919     1,798    1,919   1,817    20,950    21,000      2,279     2,098    2,279   2,177

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                                                                                                                                  2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        21,000                                                    24,000                                                    27,000
 21,000    21,050      2,285     2,103    2,285   2,183    24,000    24,050      2,645     2,406    2,645   2,543    27,000    27,050      3,005     2,766    3,005   2,903
 21,050    21,100      2,291     2,108    2,291   2,189    24,050    24,100      2,651     2,412    2,651   2,549    27,050    27,100      3,011     2,772    3,011   2,909
 21,100    21,150      2,297     2,113    2,297   2,195    24,100    24,150      2,657     2,418    2,657   2,555    27,100    27,150      3,017     2,778    3,017   2,915
 21,150    21,200      2,303     2,118    2,303   2,201    24,150    24,200      2,663     2,424    2,663   2,561    27,150    27,200      3,023     2,784    3,023   2,921
 21,200    21,250      2,309     2,123    2,309   2,207    24,200    24,250      2,669     2,430    2,669   2,567    27,200    27,250      3,029     2,790    3,029   2,927
 21,250    21,300      2,315     2,128    2,315   2,213    24,250    24,300      2,675     2,436    2,675   2,573    27,250    27,300      3,035     2,796    3,035   2,933
 21,300    21,350      2,321     2,133    2,321   2,219    24,300    24,350      2,681     2,442    2,681   2,579    27,300    27,350      3,041     2,802    3,041   2,939
 21,350    21,400      2,327     2,138    2,327   2,225    24,350    24,400      2,687     2,448    2,687   2,585    27,350    27,400      3,047     2,808    3,047   2,945
 21,400    21,450      2,333     2,143    2,333   2,231    24,400    24,450      2,693     2,454    2,693   2,591    27,400    27,450      3,053     2,814    3,053   2,951
 21,450    21,500      2,339     2,148    2,339   2,237    24,450    24,500      2,699     2,460    2,699   2,597    27,450    27,500      3,059     2,820    3,059   2,957
 21,500    21,550      2,345     2,153    2,345   2,243    24,500    24,550      2,705     2,466    2,705   2,603    27,500    27,550      3,065     2,826    3,065   2,963
 21,550    21,600      2,351     2,158    2,351   2,249    24,550    24,600      2,711     2,472    2,711   2,609    27,550    27,600      3,071     2,832    3,071   2,969
 21,600    21,650      2,357     2,163    2,357   2,255    24,600    24,650      2,717     2,478    2,717   2,615    27,600    27,650      3,077     2,838    3,077   2,975
 21,650    21,700      2,363     2,168    2,363   2,261    24,650    24,700      2,723     2,484    2,723   2,621    27,650    27,700      3,083     2,844    3,083   2,981
 21,700    21,750      2,369     2,173    2,369   2,267    24,700    24,750      2,729     2,490    2,729   2,627    27,700    27,750      3,089     2,850    3,089   2,987
 21,750    21,800      2,375     2,178    2,375   2,273    24,750    24,800      2,735     2,496    2,735   2,633    27,750    27,800      3,095     2,856    3,095   2,993
 21,800    21,850      2,381     2,183    2,381   2,279    24,800    24,850      2,741     2,502    2,741   2,639    27,800    27,850      3,101     2,862    3,101   2,999
 21,850    21,900      2,387     2,188    2,387   2,285    24,850    24,900      2,747     2,508    2,747   2,645    27,850    27,900      3,107     2,868    3,107   3,005
 21,900    21,950      2,393     2,193    2,393   2,291    24,900    24,950      2,753     2,514    2,753   2,651    27,900    27,950      3,113     2,874    3,113   3,011
 21,950    22,000      2,399     2,198    2,399   2,297    24,950    25,000      2,759     2,520    2,759   2,657    27,950    28,000      3,119     2,880    3,119   3,017


        22,000                                                    25,000                                                    28,000
 22,000    22,050      2,405     2,203    2,405   2,303    25,000    25,050      2,765     2,526    2,765   2,663    28,000    28,050      3,125     2,886    3,125   3,023
 22,050    22,100      2,411     2,208    2,411   2,309    25,050    25,100      2,771     2,532    2,771   2,669    28,050    28,100      3,131     2,892    3,131   3,029
 22,100    22,150      2,417     2,213    2,417   2,315    25,100    25,150      2,777     2,538    2,777   2,675    28,100    28,150      3,137     2,898    3,137   3,035
 22,150    22,200      2,423     2,218    2,423   2,321    25,150    25,200      2,783     2,544    2,783   2,681    28,150    28,200      3,143     2,904    3,143   3,041
 22,200    22,250      2,429     2,223    2,429   2,327    25,200    25,250      2,789     2,550    2,789   2,687    28,200    28,250      3,149     2,910    3,149   3,047
 22,250    22,300      2,435     2,228    2,435   2,333    25,250    25,300      2,795     2,556    2,795   2,693    28,250    28,300      3,155     2,916    3,155   3,053
 22,300    22,350      2,441     2,233    2,441   2,339    25,300    25,350      2,801     2,562    2,801   2,699    28,300    28,350      3,161     2,922    3,161   3,059
 22,350    22,400      2,447     2,238    2,447   2,345    25,350    25,400      2,807     2,568    2,807   2,705    28,350    28,400      3,167     2,928    3,167   3,065
 22,400    22,450      2,453     2,243    2,453   2,351    25,400    25,450      2,813     2,574    2,813   2,711    28,400    28,450      3,173     2,934    3,173   3,071
 22,450    22,500      2,459     2,248    2,459   2,357    25,450    25,500      2,819     2,580    2,819   2,717    28,450    28,500      3,179     2,940    3,179   3,077
 22,500    22,550      2,465     2,253    2,465   2,363    25,500    25,550      2,825     2,586    2,825   2,723    28,500    28,550      3,185     2,946    3,185   3,083
 22,550    22,600      2,471     2,258    2,471   2,369    25,550    25,600      2,831     2,592    2,831   2,729    28,550    28,600      3,191     2,952    3,191   3,089
 22,600    22,650      2,477     2,263    2,477   2,375    25,600    25,650      2,837     2,598    2,837   2,735    28,600    28,650      3,197     2,958    3,197   3,095
 22,650    22,700      2,483     2,268    2,483   2,381    25,650    25,700      2,843     2,604    2,843   2,741    28,650    28,700      3,203     2,964    3,203   3,101
 22,700    22,750      2,489     2,273    2,489   2,387    25,700    25,750      2,849     2,610    2,849   2,747    28,700    28,750      3,209     2,970    3,209   3,107
 22,750    22,800      2,495     2,278    2,495   2,393    25,750    25,800      2,855     2,616    2,855   2,753    28,750    28,800      3,215     2,976    3,215   3,113
 22,800    22,850      2,501     2,283    2,501   2,399    25,800    25,850      2,861     2,622    2,861   2,759    28,800    28,850      3,221     2,982    3,221   3,119
 22,850    22,900      2,507     2,288    2,507   2,405    25,850    25,900      2,867     2,628    2,867   2,765    28,850    28,900      3,227     2,988    3,227   3,125
 22,900    22,950      2,513     2,293    2,513   2,411    25,900    25,950      2,873     2,634    2,873   2,771    28,900    28,950      3,233     2,994    3,233   3,131
 22,950    23,000      2,519     2,298    2,519   2,417    25,950    26,000      2,879     2,640    2,879   2,777    28,950    29,000      3,239     3,000    3,239   3,137


        23,000                                                    26,000                                                    29,000
 23,000    23,050      2,525     2,303    2,525   2,423    26,000    26,050      2,885     2,646    2,885   2,783    29,000    29,050      3,245     3,006    3,245   3,143
 23,050    23,100      2,531     2,308    2,531   2,429    26,050    26,100      2,891     2,652    2,891   2,789    29,050    29,100      3,251     3,012    3,251   3,149
 23,100    23,150      2,537     2,313    2,537   2,435    26,100    26,150      2,897     2,658    2,897   2,795    29,100    29,150      3,257     3,018    3,257   3,155
 23,150    23,200      2,543     2,318    2,543   2,441    26,150    26,200      2,903     2,664    2,903   2,801    29,150    29,200      3,263     3,024    3,263   3,161
 23,200    23,250      2,549     2,323    2,549   2,447    26,200    26,250      2,909     2,670    2,909   2,807    29,200    29,250      3,269     3,030    3,269   3,167
 23,250    23,300      2,555     2,328    2,555   2,453    26,250    26,300      2,915     2,676    2,915   2,813    29,250    29,300      3,275     3,036    3,275   3,173
 23,300    23,350      2,561     2,333    2,561   2,459    26,300    26,350      2,921     2,682    2,921   2,819    29,300    29,350      3,281     3,042    3,281   3,179
 23,350    23,400      2,567     2,338    2,567   2,465    26,350    26,400      2,927     2,688    2,927   2,825    29,350    29,400      3,287     3,048    3,287   3,185
 23,400    23,450      2,573     2,343    2,573   2,471    26,400    26,450      2,933     2,694    2,933   2,831    29,400    29,450      3,293     3,054    3,293   3,191
 23,450    23,500      2,579     2,348    2,579   2,477    26,450    26,500      2,939     2,700    2,939   2,837    29,450    29,500      3,299     3,060    3,299   3,197
 23,500    23,550      2,585     2,353    2,585   2,483    26,500    26,550      2,945     2,706    2,945   2,843    29,500    29,550      3,305     3,066    3,305   3,203
 23,550    23,600      2,591     2,358    2,591   2,489    26,550    26,600      2,951     2,712    2,951   2,849    29,550    29,600      3,311     3,072    3,311   3,209
 23,600    23,650      2,597     2,363    2,597   2,495    26,600    26,650      2,957     2,718    2,957   2,855    29,600    29,650      3,317     3,078    3,317   3,215
 23,650    23,700      2,603     2,368    2,603   2,501    26,650    26,700      2,963     2,724    2,963   2,861    29,650    29,700      3,323     3,084    3,323   3,221
 23,700    23,750      2,609     2,373    2,609   2,507    26,700    26,750      2,969     2,730    2,969   2,867    29,700    29,750      3,329     3,090    3,329   3,227
 23,750    23,800      2,615     2,378    2,615   2,513    26,750    26,800      2,975     2,736    2,975   2,873    29,750    29,800      3,335     3,096    3,335   3,233
 23,800    23,850      2,621     2,383    2,621   2,519    26,800    26,850      2,981     2,742    2,981   2,879    29,800    29,850      3,341     3,102    3,341   3,239
 23,850    23,900      2,627     2,388    2,627   2,525    26,850    26,900      2,987     2,748    2,987   2,885    29,850    29,900      3,347     3,108    3,347   3,245
 23,900    23,950      2,633     2,394    2,633   2,531    26,900    26,950      2,993     2,754    2,993   2,891    29,900    29,950      3,353     3,114    3,353   3,251
 23,950    24,000      2,639     2,400    2,639   2,537    26,950    27,000      2,999     2,760    2,999   2,897    29,950    30,000      3,359     3,120    3,359   3,257

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* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        30,000                                                    33,000                                                    36,000
 30,000    30,050      3,365     3,126    3,365   3,263    33,000    33,050      3,725     3,486    3,725   3,623    36,000    36,050      4,085     3,846    4,085   3,983
 30,050    30,100      3,371     3,132    3,371   3,269    33,050    33,100      3,731     3,492    3,731   3,629    36,050    36,100      4,091     3,852    4,091   3,989
 30,100    30,150      3,377     3,138    3,377   3,275    33,100    33,150      3,737     3,498    3,737   3,635    36,100    36,150      4,097     3,858    4,097   3,995
 30,150    30,200      3,383     3,144    3,383   3,281    33,150    33,200      3,743     3,504    3,743   3,641    36,150    36,200      4,103     3,864    4,103   4,001
 30,200    30,250      3,389     3,150    3,389   3,287    33,200    33,250      3,749     3,510    3,749   3,647    36,200    36,250      4,109     3,870    4,109   4,007
 30,250    30,300      3,395     3,156    3,395   3,293    33,250    33,300      3,755     3,516    3,755   3,653    36,250    36,300      4,115     3,876    4,115   4,013
 30,300    30,350      3,401     3,162    3,401   3,299    33,300    33,350      3,761     3,522    3,761   3,659    36,300    36,350      4,121     3,882    4,121   4,019
 30,350    30,400      3,407     3,168    3,407   3,305    33,350    33,400      3,767     3,528    3,767   3,665    36,350    36,400      4,127     3,888    4,127   4,025
 30,400    30,450      3,413     3,174    3,413   3,311    33,400    33,450      3,773     3,534    3,773   3,671    36,400    36,450      4,133     3,894    4,133   4,031
 30,450    30,500      3,419     3,180    3,419   3,317    33,450    33,500      3,779     3,540    3,779   3,677    36,450    36,500      4,139     3,900    4,139   4,037
 30,500    30,550      3,425     3,186    3,425   3,323    33,500    33,550      3,785     3,546    3,785   3,683    36,500    36,550      4,145     3,906    4,145   4,043
 30,550    30,600      3,431     3,192    3,431   3,329    33,550    33,600      3,791     3,552    3,791   3,689    36,550    36,600      4,151     3,912    4,151   4,049
 30,600    30,650      3,437     3,198    3,437   3,335    33,600    33,650      3,797     3,558    3,797   3,695    36,600    36,650      4,157     3,918    4,157   4,055
 30,650    30,700      3,443     3,204    3,443   3,341    33,650    33,700      3,803     3,564    3,803   3,701    36,650    36,700      4,163     3,924    4,163   4,061
 30,700    30,750      3,449     3,210    3,449   3,347    33,700    33,750      3,809     3,570    3,809   3,707    36,700    36,750      4,169     3,930    4,169   4,067
 30,750    30,800      3,455     3,216    3,455   3,353    33,750    33,800      3,815     3,576    3,815   3,713    36,750    36,800      4,175     3,936    4,175   4,073
 30,800    30,850      3,461     3,222    3,461   3,359    33,800    33,850      3,821     3,582    3,821   3,719    36,800    36,850      4,181     3,942    4,181   4,079
 30,850    30,900      3,467     3,228    3,467   3,365    33,850    33,900      3,827     3,588    3,827   3,725    36,850    36,900      4,187     3,948    4,187   4,085
 30,900    30,950      3,473     3,234    3,473   3,371    33,900    33,950      3,833     3,594    3,833   3,731    36,900    36,950      4,193     3,954    4,193   4,091
 30,950    31,000      3,479     3,240    3,479   3,377    33,950    34,000      3,839     3,600    3,839   3,737    36,950    37,000      4,199     3,960    4,199   4,097


        31,000                                                    34,000                                                    37,000
 31,000    31,050      3,485     3,246    3,485   3,383    34,000    34,050      3,845     3,606    3,845   3,743    37,000    37,050      4,205     3,966    4,205   4,103
 31,050    31,100      3,491     3,252    3,491   3,389    34,050    34,100      3,851     3,612    3,851   3,749    37,050    37,100      4,211     3,972    4,211   4,109
 31,100    31,150      3,497     3,258    3,497   3,395    34,100    34,150      3,857     3,618    3,857   3,755    37,100    37,150      4,217     3,978    4,217   4,115
 31,150    31,200      3,503     3,264    3,503   3,401    34,150    34,200      3,863     3,624    3,863   3,761    37,150    37,200      4,223     3,984    4,223   4,121
 31,200    31,250      3,509     3,270    3,509   3,407    34,200    34,250      3,869     3,630    3,869   3,767    37,200    37,250      4,229     3,990    4,229   4,127
 31,250    31,300      3,515     3,276    3,515   3,413    34,250    34,300      3,875     3,636    3,875   3,773    37,250    37,300      4,235     3,996    4,235   4,133
 31,300    31,350      3,521     3,282    3,521   3,419    34,300    34,350      3,881     3,642    3,881   3,779    37,300    37,350      4,241     4,002    4,241   4,139
 31,350    31,400      3,527     3,288    3,527   3,425    34,350    34,400      3,887     3,648    3,887   3,785    37,350    37,400      4,247     4,008    4,247   4,145
 31,400    31,450      3,533     3,294    3,533   3,431    34,400    34,450      3,893     3,654    3,893   3,791    37,400    37,450      4,253     4,014    4,253   4,151
 31,450    31,500      3,539     3,300    3,539   3,437    34,450    34,500      3,899     3,660    3,899   3,797    37,450    37,500      4,259     4,020    4,259   4,157
 31,500    31,550      3,545     3,306    3,545   3,443    34,500    34,550      3,905     3,666    3,905   3,803    37,500    37,550      4,265     4,026    4,265   4,163
 31,550    31,600      3,551     3,312    3,551   3,449    34,550    34,600      3,911     3,672    3,911   3,809    37,550    37,600      4,271     4,032    4,271   4,169
 31,600    31,650      3,557     3,318    3,557   3,455    34,600    34,650      3,917     3,678    3,917   3,815    37,600    37,650      4,277     4,038    4,277   4,175
 31,650    31,700      3,563     3,324    3,563   3,461    34,650    34,700      3,923     3,684    3,923   3,821    37,650    37,700      4,283     4,044    4,283   4,181
 31,700    31,750      3,569     3,330    3,569   3,467    34,700    34,750      3,929     3,690    3,929   3,827    37,700    37,750      4,289     4,050    4,289   4,187
 31,750    31,800      3,575     3,336    3,575   3,473    34,750    34,800      3,935     3,696    3,935   3,833    37,750    37,800      4,295     4,056    4,295   4,193
 31,800    31,850      3,581     3,342    3,581   3,479    34,800    34,850      3,941     3,702    3,941   3,839    37,800    37,850      4,301     4,062    4,301   4,199
 31,850    31,900      3,587     3,348    3,587   3,485    34,850    34,900      3,947     3,708    3,947   3,845    37,850    37,900      4,307     4,068    4,307   4,205
 31,900    31,950      3,593     3,354    3,593   3,491    34,900    34,950      3,953     3,714    3,953   3,851    37,900    37,950      4,313     4,074    4,313   4,211
 31,950    32,000      3,599     3,360    3,599   3,497    34,950    35,000      3,959     3,720    3,959   3,857    37,950    38,000      4,319     4,080    4,319   4,217


        32,000                                                    35,000                                                    38,000
 32,000    32,050      3,605     3,366    3,605   3,503    35,000    35,050      3,965     3,726    3,965   3,863    38,000    38,050      4,325     4,086    4,325   4,223
 32,050    32,100      3,611     3,372    3,611   3,509    35,050    35,100      3,971     3,732    3,971   3,869    38,050    38,100      4,331     4,092    4,331   4,229
 32,100    32,150      3,617     3,378    3,617   3,515    35,100    35,150      3,977     3,738    3,977   3,875    38,100    38,150      4,337     4,098    4,337   4,235
 32,150    32,200      3,623     3,384    3,623   3,521    35,150    35,200      3,983     3,744    3,983   3,881    38,150    38,200      4,343     4,104    4,343   4,241
 32,200    32,250      3,629     3,390    3,629   3,527    35,200    35,250      3,989     3,750    3,989   3,887    38,200    38,250      4,349     4,110    4,349   4,247
 32,250    32,300      3,635     3,396    3,635   3,533    35,250    35,300      3,995     3,756    3,995   3,893    38,250    38,300      4,355     4,116    4,355   4,253
 32,300    32,350      3,641     3,402    3,641   3,539    35,300    35,350      4,001     3,762    4,001   3,899    38,300    38,350      4,361     4,122    4,361   4,259
 32,350    32,400      3,647     3,408    3,647   3,545    35,350    35,400      4,007     3,768    4,007   3,905    38,350    38,400      4,367     4,128    4,367   4,265
 32,400    32,450      3,653     3,414    3,653   3,551    35,400    35,450      4,013     3,774    4,013   3,911    38,400    38,450      4,373     4,134    4,373   4,271
 32,450    32,500      3,659     3,420    3,659   3,557    35,450    35,500      4,019     3,780    4,019   3,917    38,450    38,500      4,379     4,140    4,379   4,277
 32,500    32,550      3,665     3,426    3,665   3,563    35,500    35,550      4,025     3,786    4,025   3,923    38,500    38,550      4,385     4,146    4,385   4,283
 32,550    32,600      3,671     3,432    3,671   3,569    35,550    35,600      4,031     3,792    4,031   3,929    38,550    38,600      4,391     4,152    4,391   4,289
 32,600    32,650      3,677     3,438    3,677   3,575    35,600    35,650      4,037     3,798    4,037   3,935    38,600    38,650      4,397     4,158    4,397   4,295
 32,650    32,700      3,683     3,444    3,683   3,581    35,650    35,700      4,043     3,804    4,043   3,941    38,650    38,700      4,403     4,164    4,403   4,301
 32,700    32,750      3,689     3,450    3,689   3,587    35,700    35,750      4,049     3,810    4,049   3,947    38,700    38,750      4,409     4,170    4,409   4,307
 32,750    32,800      3,695     3,456    3,695   3,593    35,750    35,800      4,055     3,816    4,055   3,953    38,750    38,800      4,415     4,176    4,415   4,313
 32,800    32,850      3,701     3,462    3,701   3,599    35,800    35,850      4,061     3,822    4,061   3,959    38,800    38,850      4,421     4,182    4,421   4,319
 32,850    32,900      3,707     3,468    3,707   3,605    35,850    35,900      4,067     3,828    4,067   3,965    38,850    38,900      4,427     4,188    4,427   4,325
 32,900    32,950      3,713     3,474    3,713   3,611    35,900    35,950      4,073     3,834    4,073   3,971    38,900    38,950      4,433     4,194    4,433   4,331
 32,950    33,000      3,719     3,480    3,719   3,617    35,950    36,000      4,079     3,840    4,079   3,977    38,950    39,000      4,439     4,200    4,439   4,337

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If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        39,000                                                    42,000                                                    45,000
 39,000    39,050      4,445     4,206    4,445   4,343    42,000    42,050      4,805     4,566    4,805   4,703    45,000    45,050      5,165     4,926    5,165   5,063
 39,050    39,100      4,451     4,212    4,451   4,349    42,050    42,100      4,811     4,572    4,811   4,709    45,050    45,100      5,171     4,932    5,171   5,069
 39,100    39,150      4,457     4,218    4,457   4,355    42,100    42,150      4,817     4,578    4,817   4,715    45,100    45,150      5,177     4,938    5,177   5,075
 39,150    39,200      4,463     4,224    4,463   4,361    42,150    42,200      4,823     4,584    4,823   4,721    45,150    45,200      5,183     4,944    5,183   5,081
 39,200    39,250      4,469     4,230    4,469   4,367    42,200    42,250      4,829     4,590    4,829   4,727    45,200    45,250      5,189     4,950    5,189   5,087
 39,250    39,300      4,475     4,236    4,475   4,373    42,250    42,300      4,835     4,596    4,835   4,733    45,250    45,300      5,195     4,956    5,195   5,093
 39,300    39,350      4,481     4,242    4,481   4,379    42,300    42,350      4,841     4,602    4,841   4,739    45,300    45,350      5,201     4,962    5,201   5,099
 39,350    39,400      4,487     4,248    4,487   4,385    42,350    42,400      4,847     4,608    4,847   4,745    45,350    45,400      5,207     4,968    5,207   5,105
 39,400    39,450      4,493     4,254    4,493   4,391    42,400    42,450      4,853     4,614    4,853   4,751    45,400    45,450      5,213     4,974    5,213   5,111
 39,450    39,500      4,499     4,260    4,499   4,397    42,450    42,500      4,859     4,620    4,859   4,757    45,450    45,500      5,219     4,980    5,219   5,117
 39,500    39,550      4,505     4,266    4,505   4,403    42,500    42,550      4,865     4,626    4,865   4,763    45,500    45,550      5,225     4,986    5,225   5,123
 39,550    39,600      4,511     4,272    4,511   4,409    42,550    42,600      4,871     4,632    4,871   4,769    45,550    45,600      5,231     4,992    5,231   5,129
 39,600    39,650      4,517     4,278    4,517   4,415    42,600    42,650      4,877     4,638    4,877   4,775    45,600    45,650      5,237     4,998    5,237   5,135
 39,650    39,700      4,523     4,284    4,523   4,421    42,650    42,700      4,883     4,644    4,883   4,781    45,650    45,700      5,243     5,004    5,243   5,141
 39,700    39,750      4,529     4,290    4,529   4,427    42,700    42,750      4,889     4,650    4,889   4,787    45,700    45,750      5,249     5,010    5,249   5,147
 39,750    39,800      4,535     4,296    4,535   4,433    42,750    42,800      4,895     4,656    4,895   4,793    45,750    45,800      5,255     5,016    5,255   5,153
 39,800    39,850      4,541     4,302    4,541   4,439    42,800    42,850      4,901     4,662    4,901   4,799    45,800    45,850      5,261     5,022    5,261   5,159
 39,850    39,900      4,547     4,308    4,547   4,445    42,850    42,900      4,907     4,668    4,907   4,805    45,850    45,900      5,267     5,028    5,267   5,165
 39,900    39,950      4,553     4,314    4,553   4,451    42,900    42,950      4,913     4,674    4,913   4,811    45,900    45,950      5,273     5,034    5,273   5,171
 39,950    40,000      4,559     4,320    4,559   4,457    42,950    43,000      4,919     4,680    4,919   4,817    45,950    46,000      5,279     5,040    5,279   5,177


        40,000                                                    43,000                                                    46,000
 40,000    40,050      4,565     4,326    4,565   4,463    43,000    43,050      4,925     4,686    4,925   4,823    46,000    46,050      5,285     5,046    5,285   5,183
 40,050    40,100      4,571     4,332    4,571   4,469    43,050    43,100      4,931     4,692    4,931   4,829    46,050    46,100      5,291     5,052    5,291   5,189
 40,100    40,150      4,577     4,338    4,577   4,475    43,100    43,150      4,937     4,698    4,937   4,835    46,100    46,150      5,297     5,058    5,297   5,195
 40,150    40,200      4,583     4,344    4,583   4,481    43,150    43,200      4,943     4,704    4,943   4,841    46,150    46,200      5,303     5,064    5,303   5,201
 40,200    40,250      4,589     4,350    4,589   4,487    43,200    43,250      4,949     4,710    4,949   4,847    46,200    46,250      5,309     5,070    5,309   5,207
 40,250    40,300      4,595     4,356    4,595   4,493    43,250    43,300      4,955     4,716    4,955   4,853    46,250    46,300      5,315     5,076    5,315   5,213
 40,300    40,350      4,601     4,362    4,601   4,499    43,300    43,350      4,961     4,722    4,961   4,859    46,300    46,350      5,321     5,082    5,321   5,219
 40,350    40,400      4,607     4,368    4,607   4,505    43,350    43,400      4,967     4,728    4,967   4,865    46,350    46,400      5,327     5,088    5,327   5,225
 40,400    40,450      4,613     4,374    4,613   4,511    43,400    43,450      4,973     4,734    4,973   4,871    46,400    46,450      5,333     5,094    5,333   5,231
 40,450    40,500      4,619     4,380    4,619   4,517    43,450    43,500      4,979     4,740    4,979   4,877    46,450    46,500      5,339     5,100    5,339   5,237
 40,500    40,550      4,625     4,386    4,625   4,523    43,500    43,550      4,985     4,746    4,985   4,883    46,500    46,550      5,345     5,106    5,345   5,243
 40,550    40,600      4,631     4,392    4,631   4,529    43,550    43,600      4,991     4,752    4,991   4,889    46,550    46,600      5,351     5,112    5,351   5,249
 40,600    40,650      4,637     4,398    4,637   4,535    43,600    43,650      4,997     4,758    4,997   4,895    46,600    46,650      5,357     5,118    5,357   5,255
 40,650    40,700      4,643     4,404    4,643   4,541    43,650    43,700      5,003     4,764    5,003   4,901    46,650    46,700      5,363     5,124    5,363   5,261
 40,700    40,750      4,649     4,410    4,649   4,547    43,700    43,750      5,009     4,770    5,009   4,907    46,700    46,750      5,369     5,130    5,369   5,267
 40,750    40,800      4,655     4,416    4,655   4,553    43,750    43,800      5,015     4,776    5,015   4,913    46,750    46,800      5,375     5,136    5,375   5,273
 40,800    40,850      4,661     4,422    4,661   4,559    43,800    43,850      5,021     4,782    5,021   4,919    46,800    46,850      5,381     5,142    5,381   5,279
 40,850    40,900      4,667     4,428    4,667   4,565    43,850    43,900      5,027     4,788    5,027   4,925    46,850    46,900      5,387     5,148    5,387   5,285
 40,900    40,950      4,673     4,434    4,673   4,571    43,900    43,950      5,033     4,794    5,033   4,931    46,900    46,950      5,393     5,154    5,393   5,291
 40,950    41,000      4,679     4,440    4,679   4,577    43,950    44,000      5,039     4,800    5,039   4,937    46,950    47,000      5,399     5,160    5,399   5,297


        41,000                                                    44,000                                                    47,000
 41,000    41,050      4,685     4,446    4,685   4,583    44,000    44,050      5,045     4,806    5,045   4,943    47,000    47,050      5,405     5,166    5,405   5,303
 41,050    41,100      4,691     4,452    4,691   4,589    44,050    44,100      5,051     4,812    5,051   4,949    47,050    47,100      5,411     5,172    5,411   5,309
 41,100    41,150      4,697     4,458    4,697   4,595    44,100    44,150      5,057     4,818    5,057   4,955    47,100    47,150      5,417     5,178    5,417   5,315
 41,150    41,200      4,703     4,464    4,703   4,601    44,150    44,200      5,063     4,824    5,063   4,961    47,150    47,200      5,423     5,184    5,423   5,321
 41,200    41,250      4,709     4,470    4,709   4,607    44,200    44,250      5,069     4,830    5,069   4,967    47,200    47,250      5,429     5,190    5,429   5,327
 41,250    41,300      4,715     4,476    4,715   4,613    44,250    44,300      5,075     4,836    5,075   4,973    47,250    47,300      5,435     5,196    5,435   5,333
 41,300    41,350      4,721     4,482    4,721   4,619    44,300    44,350      5,081     4,842    5,081   4,979    47,300    47,350      5,441     5,202    5,441   5,339
 41,350    41,400      4,727     4,488    4,727   4,625    44,350    44,400      5,087     4,848    5,087   4,985    47,350    47,400      5,447     5,208    5,447   5,345
 41,400    41,450      4,733     4,494    4,733   4,631    44,400    44,450      5,093     4,854    5,093   4,991    47,400    47,450      5,453     5,214    5,453   5,351
 41,450    41,500      4,739     4,500    4,739   4,637    44,450    44,500      5,099     4,860    5,099   4,997    47,450    47,500      5,459     5,220    5,459   5,357
 41,500    41,550      4,745     4,506    4,745   4,643    44,500    44,550      5,105     4,866    5,105   5,003    47,500    47,550      5,465     5,226    5,465   5,363
 41,550    41,600      4,751     4,512    4,751   4,649    44,550    44,600      5,111     4,872    5,111   5,009    47,550    47,600      5,471     5,232    5,471   5,369
 41,600    41,650      4,757     4,518    4,757   4,655    44,600    44,650      5,117     4,878    5,117   5,015    47,600    47,650      5,477     5,238    5,477   5,375
 41,650    41,700      4,763     4,524    4,763   4,661    44,650    44,700      5,123     4,884    5,123   5,021    47,650    47,700      5,483     5,244    5,483   5,381
 41,700    41,750      4,769     4,530    4,769   4,667    44,700    44,750      5,129     4,890    5,129   5,027    47,700    47,750      5,489     5,250    5,489   5,387
 41,750    41,800      4,775     4,536    4,775   4,673    44,750    44,800      5,135     4,896    5,135   5,033    47,750    47,800      5,495     5,256    5,495   5,393
 41,800    41,850      4,781     4,542    4,781   4,679    44,800    44,850      5,141     4,902    5,141   5,039    47,800    47,850      5,501     5,262    5,501   5,399
 41,850    41,900      4,787     4,548    4,787   4,685    44,850    44,900      5,147     4,908    5,147   5,045    47,850    47,900      5,507     5,268    5,507   5,405
 41,900    41,950      4,793     4,554    4,793   4,691    44,900    44,950      5,153     4,914    5,153   5,051    47,900    47,950      5,513     5,274    5,513   5,411
 41,950    42,000      4,799     4,560    4,799   4,697    44,950    45,000      5,159     4,920    5,159   5,057    47,950    48,000      5,519     5,280    5,519   5,417

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                                                                                                                                  2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        48,000                                                    51,000                                                    54,000
 48,000    48,050      5,525     5,286    5,525   5,423    51,000    51,050      6,140     5,646    6,140   5,783    54,000    54,050      6,800     6,006    6,800   6,143
 48,050    48,100      5,531     5,292    5,531   5,429    51,050    51,100      6,151     5,652    6,151   5,789    54,050    54,100      6,811     6,012    6,811   6,149
 48,100    48,150      5,537     5,298    5,537   5,435    51,100    51,150      6,162     5,658    6,162   5,795    54,100    54,150      6,822     6,018    6,822   6,155
 48,150    48,200      5,543     5,304    5,543   5,441    51,150    51,200      6,173     5,664    6,173   5,801    54,150    54,200      6,833     6,024    6,833   6,161
 48,200    48,250      5,549     5,310    5,549   5,447    51,200    51,250      6,184     5,670    6,184   5,807    54,200    54,250      6,844     6,030    6,844   6,167
 48,250    48,300      5,555     5,316    5,555   5,453    51,250    51,300      6,195     5,676    6,195   5,813    54,250    54,300      6,855     6,036    6,855   6,173
 48,300    48,350      5,561     5,322    5,561   5,459    51,300    51,350      6,206     5,682    6,206   5,819    54,300    54,350      6,866     6,042    6,866   6,179
 48,350    48,400      5,567     5,328    5,567   5,465    51,350    51,400      6,217     5,688    6,217   5,825    54,350    54,400      6,877     6,048    6,877   6,185
 48,400    48,450      5,573     5,334    5,573   5,471    51,400    51,450      6,228     5,694    6,228   5,831    54,400    54,450      6,888     6,054    6,888   6,191
 48,450    48,500      5,579     5,340    5,579   5,477    51,450    51,500      6,239     5,700    6,239   5,837    54,450    54,500      6,899     6,060    6,899   6,197
 48,500    48,550      5,590     5,346    5,590   5,483    51,500    51,550      6,250     5,706    6,250   5,843    54,500    54,550      6,910     6,066    6,910   6,203
 48,550    48,600      5,601     5,352    5,601   5,489    51,550    51,600      6,261     5,712    6,261   5,849    54,550    54,600      6,921     6,072    6,921   6,209
 48,600    48,650      5,612     5,358    5,612   5,495    51,600    51,650      6,272     5,718    6,272   5,855    54,600    54,650      6,932     6,078    6,932   6,215
 48,650    48,700      5,623     5,364    5,623   5,501    51,650    51,700      6,283     5,724    6,283   5,861    54,650    54,700      6,943     6,084    6,943   6,221
 48,700    48,750      5,634     5,370    5,634   5,507    51,700    51,750      6,294     5,730    6,294   5,867    54,700    54,750      6,954     6,090    6,954   6,227
 48,750    48,800      5,645     5,376    5,645   5,513    51,750    51,800      6,305     5,736    6,305   5,873    54,750    54,800      6,965     6,096    6,965   6,233
 48,800    48,850      5,656     5,382    5,656   5,519    51,800    51,850      6,316     5,742    6,316   5,879    54,800    54,850      6,976     6,102    6,976   6,239
 48,850    48,900      5,667     5,388    5,667   5,525    51,850    51,900      6,327     5,748    6,327   5,885    54,850    54,900      6,987     6,108    6,987   6,245
 48,900    48,950      5,678     5,394    5,678   5,531    51,900    51,950      6,338     5,754    6,338   5,891    54,900    54,950      6,998     6,114    6,998   6,251
 48,950    49,000      5,689     5,400    5,689   5,537    51,950    52,000      6,349     5,760    6,349   5,897    54,950    55,000      7,009     6,120    7,009   6,257


        49,000                                                    52,000                                                    55,000
 49,000    49,050      5,700     5,406    5,700   5,543    52,000    52,050      6,360     5,766    6,360   5,903    55,000    55,050      7,020     6,126    7,020   6,263
 49,050    49,100      5,711     5,412    5,711   5,549    52,050    52,100      6,371     5,772    6,371   5,909    55,050    55,100      7,031     6,132    7,031   6,269
 49,100    49,150      5,722     5,418    5,722   5,555    52,100    52,150      6,382     5,778    6,382   5,915    55,100    55,150      7,042     6,138    7,042   6,275
 49,150    49,200      5,733     5,424    5,733   5,561    52,150    52,200      6,393     5,784    6,393   5,921    55,150    55,200      7,053     6,144    7,053   6,281
 49,200    49,250      5,744     5,430    5,744   5,567    52,200    52,250      6,404     5,790    6,404   5,927    55,200    55,250      7,064     6,150    7,064   6,287
 49,250    49,300      5,755     5,436    5,755   5,573    52,250    52,300      6,415     5,796    6,415   5,933    55,250    55,300      7,075     6,156    7,075   6,293
 49,300    49,350      5,766     5,442    5,766   5,579    52,300    52,350      6,426     5,802    6,426   5,939    55,300    55,350      7,086     6,162    7,086   6,299
 49,350    49,400      5,777     5,448    5,777   5,585    52,350    52,400      6,437     5,808    6,437   5,945    55,350    55,400      7,097     6,168    7,097   6,305
 49,400    49,450      5,788     5,454    5,788   5,591    52,400    52,450      6,448     5,814    6,448   5,951    55,400    55,450      7,108     6,174    7,108   6,311
 49,450    49,500      5,799     5,460    5,799   5,597    52,450    52,500      6,459     5,820    6,459   5,957    55,450    55,500      7,119     6,180    7,119   6,317
 49,500    49,550      5,810     5,466    5,810   5,603    52,500    52,550      6,470     5,826    6,470   5,963    55,500    55,550      7,130     6,186    7,130   6,323
 49,550    49,600      5,821     5,472    5,821   5,609    52,550    52,600      6,481     5,832    6,481   5,969    55,550    55,600      7,141     6,192    7,141   6,329
 49,600    49,650      5,832     5,478    5,832   5,615    52,600    52,650      6,492     5,838    6,492   5,975    55,600    55,650      7,152     6,198    7,152   6,335
 49,650    49,700      5,843     5,484    5,843   5,621    52,650    52,700      6,503     5,844    6,503   5,981    55,650    55,700      7,163     6,204    7,163   6,341
 49,700    49,750      5,854     5,490    5,854   5,627    52,700    52,750      6,514     5,850    6,514   5,987    55,700    55,750      7,174     6,210    7,174   6,347
 49,750    49,800      5,865     5,496    5,865   5,633    52,750    52,800      6,525     5,856    6,525   5,993    55,750    55,800      7,185     6,216    7,185   6,353
 49,800    49,850      5,876     5,502    5,876   5,639    52,800    52,850      6,536     5,862    6,536   5,999    55,800    55,850      7,196     6,222    7,196   6,359
 49,850    49,900      5,887     5,508    5,887   5,645    52,850    52,900      6,547     5,868    6,547   6,005    55,850    55,900      7,207     6,228    7,207   6,365
 49,900    49,950      5,898     5,514    5,898   5,651    52,900    52,950      6,558     5,874    6,558   6,011    55,900    55,950      7,218     6,234    7,218   6,371
 49,950    50,000      5,909     5,520    5,909   5,657    52,950    53,000      6,569     5,880    6,569   6,017    55,950    56,000      7,229     6,240    7,229   6,377


        50,000                                                    53,000                                                    56,000
 50,000    50,050      5,920     5,526    5,920   5,663    53,000    53,050      6,580     5,886    6,580   6,023    56,000    56,050      7,240     6,246    7,240   6,383
 50,050    50,100      5,931     5,532    5,931   5,669    53,050    53,100      6,591     5,892    6,591   6,029    56,050    56,100      7,251     6,252    7,251   6,389
 50,100    50,150      5,942     5,538    5,942   5,675    53,100    53,150      6,602     5,898    6,602   6,035    56,100    56,150      7,262     6,258    7,262   6,395
 50,150    50,200      5,953     5,544    5,953   5,681    53,150    53,200      6,613     5,904    6,613   6,041    56,150    56,200      7,273     6,264    7,273   6,401
 50,200    50,250      5,964     5,550    5,964   5,687    53,200    53,250      6,624     5,910    6,624   6,047    56,200    56,250      7,284     6,270    7,284   6,407
 50,250    50,300      5,975     5,556    5,975   5,693    53,250    53,300      6,635     5,916    6,635   6,053    56,250    56,300      7,295     6,276    7,295   6,413
 50,300    50,350      5,986     5,562    5,986   5,699    53,300    53,350      6,646     5,922    6,646   6,059    56,300    56,350      7,306     6,282    7,306   6,419
 50,350    50,400      5,997     5,568    5,997   5,705    53,350    53,400      6,657     5,928    6,657   6,065    56,350    56,400      7,317     6,288    7,317   6,425
 50,400    50,450      6,008     5,574    6,008   5,711    53,400    53,450      6,668     5,934    6,668   6,071    56,400    56,450      7,328     6,294    7,328   6,431
 50,450    50,500      6,019     5,580    6,019   5,717    53,450    53,500      6,679     5,940    6,679   6,077    56,450    56,500      7,339     6,300    7,339   6,437
 50,500    50,550      6,030     5,586    6,030   5,723    53,500    53,550      6,690     5,946    6,690   6,083    56,500    56,550      7,350     6,306    7,350   6,443
 50,550    50,600      6,041     5,592    6,041   5,729    53,550    53,600      6,701     5,952    6,701   6,089    56,550    56,600      7,361     6,312    7,361   6,449
 50,600    50,650      6,052     5,598    6,052   5,735    53,600    53,650      6,712     5,958    6,712   6,095    56,600    56,650      7,372     6,318    7,372   6,455
 50,650    50,700      6,063     5,604    6,063   5,741    53,650    53,700      6,723     5,964    6,723   6,101    56,650    56,700      7,383     6,324    7,383   6,461
 50,700    50,750      6,074     5,610    6,074   5,747    53,700    53,750      6,734     5,970    6,734   6,107    56,700    56,750      7,394     6,330    7,394   6,467
 50,750    50,800      6,085     5,616    6,085   5,753    53,750    53,800      6,745     5,976    6,745   6,113    56,750    56,800      7,405     6,336    7,405   6,473
 50,800    50,850      6,096     5,622    6,096   5,759    53,800    53,850      6,756     5,982    6,756   6,119    56,800    56,850      7,416     6,342    7,416   6,479
 50,850    50,900      6,107     5,628    6,107   5,765    53,850    53,900      6,767     5,988    6,767   6,125    56,850    56,900      7,427     6,348    7,427   6,485
 50,900    50,950      6,118     5,634    6,118   5,771    53,900    53,950      6,778     5,994    6,778   6,131    56,900    56,950      7,438     6,354    7,438   6,491
 50,950    51,000      6,129     5,640    6,129   5,777    53,950    54,000      6,789     6,000    6,789   6,137    56,950    57,000      7,449     6,360    7,449   6,497

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If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        57,000                                                    60,000                                                    63,000
 57,000    57,050      7,460     6,366    7,460   6,503    60,000    60,050      8,120     6,726    8,120   6,863    63,000    63,050      8,780     7,086    8,780   7,223
 57,050    57,100      7,471     6,372    7,471   6,509    60,050    60,100      8,131     6,732    8,131   6,869    63,050    63,100      8,791     7,092    8,791   7,229
 57,100    57,150      7,482     6,378    7,482   6,515    60,100    60,150      8,142     6,738    8,142   6,875    63,100    63,150      8,802     7,098    8,802   7,235
 57,150    57,200      7,493     6,384    7,493   6,521    60,150    60,200      8,153     6,744    8,153   6,881    63,150    63,200      8,813     7,104    8,813   7,241
 57,200    57,250      7,504     6,390    7,504   6,527    60,200    60,250      8,164     6,750    8,164   6,887    63,200    63,250      8,824     7,110    8,824   7,247
 57,250    57,300      7,515     6,396    7,515   6,533    60,250    60,300      8,175     6,756    8,175   6,893    63,250    63,300      8,835     7,116    8,835   7,253
 57,300    57,350      7,526     6,402    7,526   6,539    60,300    60,350      8,186     6,762    8,186   6,899    63,300    63,350      8,846     7,122    8,846   7,259
 57,350    57,400      7,537     6,408    7,537   6,545    60,350    60,400      8,197     6,768    8,197   6,905    63,350    63,400      8,857     7,128    8,857   7,265
 57,400    57,450      7,548     6,414    7,548   6,551    60,400    60,450      8,208     6,774    8,208   6,911    63,400    63,450      8,868     7,134    8,868   7,271
 57,450    57,500      7,559     6,420    7,559   6,557    60,450    60,500      8,219     6,780    8,219   6,917    63,450    63,500      8,879     7,140    8,879   7,277
 57,500    57,550      7,570     6,426    7,570   6,563    60,500    60,550      8,230     6,786    8,230   6,923    63,500    63,550      8,890     7,146    8,890   7,283
 57,550    57,600      7,581     6,432    7,581   6,569    60,550    60,600      8,241     6,792    8,241   6,929    63,550    63,600      8,901     7,152    8,901   7,289
 57,600    57,650      7,592     6,438    7,592   6,575    60,600    60,650      8,252     6,798    8,252   6,935    63,600    63,650      8,912     7,158    8,912   7,295
 57,650    57,700      7,603     6,444    7,603   6,581    60,650    60,700      8,263     6,804    8,263   6,941    63,650    63,700      8,923     7,164    8,923   7,301
 57,700    57,750      7,614     6,450    7,614   6,587    60,700    60,750      8,274     6,810    8,274   6,947    63,700    63,750      8,934     7,170    8,934   7,307
 57,750    57,800      7,625     6,456    7,625   6,593    60,750    60,800      8,285     6,816    8,285   6,953    63,750    63,800      8,945     7,176    8,945   7,313
 57,800    57,850      7,636     6,462    7,636   6,599    60,800    60,850      8,296     6,822    8,296   6,959    63,800    63,850      8,956     7,182    8,956   7,319
 57,850    57,900      7,647     6,468    7,647   6,605    60,850    60,900      8,307     6,828    8,307   6,965    63,850    63,900      8,967     7,188    8,967   7,325
 57,900    57,950      7,658     6,474    7,658   6,611    60,900    60,950      8,318     6,834    8,318   6,971    63,900    63,950      8,978     7,194    8,978   7,331
 57,950    58,000      7,669     6,480    7,669   6,617    60,950    61,000      8,329     6,840    8,329   6,977    63,950    64,000      8,989     7,200    8,989   7,337


        58,000                                                    61,000                                                    64,000
 58,000    58,050      7,680     6,486    7,680   6,623    61,000    61,050      8,340     6,846    8,340   6,983    64,000    64,050      9,000     7,206    9,000   7,343
 58,050    58,100      7,691     6,492    7,691   6,629    61,050    61,100      8,351     6,852    8,351   6,989    64,050    64,100      9,011     7,212    9,011   7,349
 58,100    58,150      7,702     6,498    7,702   6,635    61,100    61,150      8,362     6,858    8,362   6,995    64,100    64,150      9,022     7,218    9,022   7,355
 58,150    58,200      7,713     6,504    7,713   6,641    61,150    61,200      8,373     6,864    8,373   7,001    64,150    64,200      9,033     7,224    9,033   7,361
 58,200    58,250      7,724     6,510    7,724   6,647    61,200    61,250      8,384     6,870    8,384   7,007    64,200    64,250      9,044     7,230    9,044   7,367
 58,250    58,300      7,735     6,516    7,735   6,653    61,250    61,300      8,395     6,876    8,395   7,013    64,250    64,300      9,055     7,236    9,055   7,373
 58,300    58,350      7,746     6,522    7,746   6,659    61,300    61,350      8,406     6,882    8,406   7,019    64,300    64,350      9,066     7,242    9,066   7,379
 58,350    58,400      7,757     6,528    7,757   6,665    61,350    61,400      8,417     6,888    8,417   7,025    64,350    64,400      9,077     7,248    9,077   7,385
 58,400    58,450      7,768     6,534    7,768   6,671    61,400    61,450      8,428     6,894    8,428   7,031    64,400    64,450      9,088     7,254    9,088   7,391
 58,450    58,500      7,779     6,540    7,779   6,677    61,450    61,500      8,439     6,900    8,439   7,037    64,450    64,500      9,099     7,260    9,099   7,397
 58,500    58,550      7,790     6,546    7,790   6,683    61,500    61,550      8,450     6,906    8,450   7,043    64,500    64,550      9,110     7,266    9,110   7,403
 58,550    58,600      7,801     6,552    7,801   6,689    61,550    61,600      8,461     6,912    8,461   7,049    64,550    64,600      9,121     7,272    9,121   7,409
 58,600    58,650      7,812     6,558    7,812   6,695    61,600    61,650      8,472     6,918    8,472   7,055    64,600    64,650      9,132     7,278    9,132   7,415
 58,650    58,700      7,823     6,564    7,823   6,701    61,650    61,700      8,483     6,924    8,483   7,061    64,650    64,700      9,143     7,284    9,143   7,421
 58,700    58,750      7,834     6,570    7,834   6,707    61,700    61,750      8,494     6,930    8,494   7,067    64,700    64,750      9,154     7,290    9,154   7,427
 58,750    58,800      7,845     6,576    7,845   6,713    61,750    61,800      8,505     6,936    8,505   7,073    64,750    64,800      9,165     7,296    9,165   7,433
 58,800    58,850      7,856     6,582    7,856   6,719    61,800    61,850      8,516     6,942    8,516   7,079    64,800    64,850      9,176     7,302    9,176   7,439
 58,850    58,900      7,867     6,588    7,867   6,725    61,850    61,900      8,527     6,948    8,527   7,085    64,850    64,900      9,187     7,308    9,187   7,448
 58,900    58,950      7,878     6,594    7,878   6,731    61,900    61,950      8,538     6,954    8,538   7,091    64,900    64,950      9,198     7,314    9,198   7,459
 58,950    59,000      7,889     6,600    7,889   6,737    61,950    62,000      8,549     6,960    8,549   7,097    64,950    65,000      9,209     7,320    9,209   7,470


        59,000                                                    62,000                                                    65,000
 59,000    59,050      7,900     6,606    7,900   6,743    62,000    62,050      8,560     6,966    8,560   7,103    65,000    65,050      9,220     7,326    9,220   7,481
 59,050    59,100      7,911     6,612    7,911   6,749    62,050    62,100      8,571     6,972    8,571   7,109    65,050    65,100      9,231     7,332    9,231   7,492
 59,100    59,150      7,922     6,618    7,922   6,755    62,100    62,150      8,582     6,978    8,582   7,115    65,100    65,150      9,242     7,338    9,242   7,503
 59,150    59,200      7,933     6,624    7,933   6,761    62,150    62,200      8,593     6,984    8,593   7,121    65,150    65,200      9,253     7,344    9,253   7,514
 59,200    59,250      7,944     6,630    7,944   6,767    62,200    62,250      8,604     6,990    8,604   7,127    65,200    65,250      9,264     7,350    9,264   7,525
 59,250    59,300      7,955     6,636    7,955   6,773    62,250    62,300      8,615     6,996    8,615   7,133    65,250    65,300      9,275     7,356    9,275   7,536
 59,300    59,350      7,966     6,642    7,966   6,779    62,300    62,350      8,626     7,002    8,626   7,139    65,300    65,350      9,286     7,362    9,286   7,547
 59,350    59,400      7,977     6,648    7,977   6,785    62,350    62,400      8,637     7,008    8,637   7,145    65,350    65,400      9,297     7,368    9,297   7,558
 59,400    59,450      7,988     6,654    7,988   6,791    62,400    62,450      8,648     7,014    8,648   7,151    65,400    65,450      9,308     7,374    9,308   7,569
 59,450    59,500      7,999     6,660    7,999   6,797    62,450    62,500      8,659     7,020    8,659   7,157    65,450    65,500      9,319     7,380    9,319   7,580
 59,500    59,550      8,010     6,666    8,010   6,803    62,500    62,550      8,670     7,026    8,670   7,163    65,500    65,550      9,330     7,386    9,330   7,591
 59,550    59,600      8,021     6,672    8,021   6,809    62,550    62,600      8,681     7,032    8,681   7,169    65,550    65,600      9,341     7,392    9,341   7,602
 59,600    59,650      8,032     6,678    8,032   6,815    62,600    62,650      8,692     7,038    8,692   7,175    65,600    65,650      9,352     7,398    9,352   7,613
 59,650    59,700      8,043     6,684    8,043   6,821    62,650    62,700      8,703     7,044    8,703   7,181    65,650    65,700      9,363     7,404    9,363   7,624
 59,700    59,750      8,054     6,690    8,054   6,827    62,700    62,750      8,714     7,050    8,714   7,187    65,700    65,750      9,374     7,410    9,374   7,635
 59,750    59,800      8,065     6,696    8,065   6,833    62,750    62,800      8,725     7,056    8,725   7,193    65,750    65,800      9,385     7,416    9,385   7,646
 59,800    59,850      8,076     6,702    8,076   6,839    62,800    62,850      8,736     7,062    8,736   7,199    65,800    65,850      9,396     7,422    9,396   7,657
 59,850    59,900      8,087     6,708    8,087   6,845    62,850    62,900      8,747     7,068    8,747   7,205    65,850    65,900      9,407     7,428    9,407   7,668
 59,900    59,950      8,098     6,714    8,098   6,851    62,900    62,950      8,758     7,074    8,758   7,211    65,900    65,950      9,418     7,434    9,418   7,679
 59,950    60,000      8,109     6,720    8,109   6,857    62,950    63,000      8,769     7,080    8,769   7,217    65,950    66,000      9,429     7,440    9,429   7,690

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* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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                                                                                                                                  2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                If line 15                                                If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—              (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                               income) is—                                               income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of    At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-    least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                    rately                                                    rately

                                 Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—                                              Your tax is—


        66,000                                                    69,000                                                    72,000
 66,000    66,050      9,440     7,446    9,440   7,701    69,000    69,050     10,100     7,806   10,100   8,361    72,000    72,050     10,760     8,166   10,760   9,021
 66,050    66,100      9,451     7,452    9,451   7,712    69,050    69,100     10,111     7,812   10,111   8,372    72,050    72,100     10,771     8,172   10,771   9,032
 66,100    66,150      9,462     7,458    9,462   7,723    69,100    69,150     10,122     7,818   10,122   8,383    72,100    72,150     10,782     8,178   10,782   9,043
 66,150    66,200      9,473     7,464    9,473   7,734    69,150    69,200     10,133     7,824   10,133   8,394    72,150    72,200     10,793     8,184   10,793   9,054
 66,200    66,250      9,484     7,470    9,484   7,745    69,200    69,250     10,144     7,830   10,144   8,405    72,200    72,250     10,804     8,190   10,804   9,065
 66,250    66,300      9,495     7,476    9,495   7,756    69,250    69,300     10,155     7,836   10,155   8,416    72,250    72,300     10,815     8,196   10,815   9,076
 66,300    66,350      9,506     7,482    9,506   7,767    69,300    69,350     10,166     7,842   10,166   8,427    72,300    72,350     10,826     8,202   10,826   9,087
 66,350    66,400      9,517     7,488    9,517   7,778    69,350    69,400     10,177     7,848   10,177   8,438    72,350    72,400     10,837     8,208   10,837   9,098
 66,400    66,450      9,528     7,494    9,528   7,789    69,400    69,450     10,188     7,854   10,188   8,449    72,400    72,450     10,848     8,214   10,848   9,109
 66,450    66,500      9,539     7,500    9,539   7,800    69,450    69,500     10,199     7,860   10,199   8,460    72,450    72,500     10,859     8,220   10,859   9,120
 66,500    66,550      9,550     7,506    9,550   7,811    69,500    69,550     10,210     7,866   10,210   8,471    72,500    72,550     10,870     8,226   10,870   9,131
 66,550    66,600      9,561     7,512    9,561   7,822    69,550    69,600     10,221     7,872   10,221   8,482    72,550    72,600     10,881     8,232   10,881   9,142
 66,600    66,650      9,572     7,518    9,572   7,833    69,600    69,650     10,232     7,878   10,232   8,493    72,600    72,650     10,892     8,238   10,892   9,153
 66,650    66,700      9,583     7,524    9,583   7,844    69,650    69,700     10,243     7,884   10,243   8,504    72,650    72,700     10,903     8,244   10,903   9,164
 66,700    66,750      9,594     7,530    9,594   7,855    69,700    69,750     10,254     7,890   10,254   8,515    72,700    72,750     10,914     8,250   10,914   9,175
 66,750    66,800      9,605     7,536    9,605   7,866    69,750    69,800     10,265     7,896   10,265   8,526    72,750    72,800     10,925     8,256   10,925   9,186
 66,800    66,850      9,616     7,542    9,616   7,877    69,800    69,850     10,276     7,902   10,276   8,537    72,800    72,850     10,936     8,262   10,936   9,197
 66,850    66,900      9,627     7,548    9,627   7,888    69,850    69,900     10,287     7,908   10,287   8,548    72,850    72,900     10,947     8,268   10,947   9,208
 66,900    66,950      9,638     7,554    9,638   7,899    69,900    69,950     10,298     7,914   10,298   8,559    72,900    72,950     10,958     8,274   10,958   9,219
 66,950    67,000      9,649     7,560    9,649   7,910    69,950    70,000     10,309     7,920   10,309   8,570    72,950    73,000     10,969     8,280   10,969   9,230


        67,000                                                    70,000                                                    73,000
 67,000    67,050      9,660     7,566    9,660   7,921    70,000    70,050     10,320     7,926   10,320   8,581    73,000    73,050     10,980     8,286   10,980   9,241
 67,050    67,100      9,671     7,572    9,671   7,932    70,050    70,100     10,331     7,932   10,331   8,592    73,050    73,100     10,991     8,292   10,991   9,252
 67,100    67,150      9,682     7,578    9,682   7,943    70,100    70,150     10,342     7,938   10,342   8,603    73,100    73,150     11,002     8,298   11,002   9,263
 67,150    67,200      9,693     7,584    9,693   7,954    70,150    70,200     10,353     7,944   10,353   8,614    73,150    73,200     11,013     8,304   11,013   9,274
 67,200    67,250      9,704     7,590    9,704   7,965    70,200    70,250     10,364     7,950   10,364   8,625    73,200    73,250     11,024     8,310   11,024   9,285
 67,250    67,300      9,715     7,596    9,715   7,976    70,250    70,300     10,375     7,956   10,375   8,636    73,250    73,300     11,035     8,316   11,035   9,296
 67,300    67,350      9,726     7,602    9,726   7,987    70,300    70,350     10,386     7,962   10,386   8,647    73,300    73,350     11,046     8,322   11,046   9,307
 67,350    67,400      9,737     7,608    9,737   7,998    70,350    70,400     10,397     7,968   10,397   8,658    73,350    73,400     11,057     8,328   11,057   9,318
 67,400    67,450      9,748     7,614    9,748   8,009    70,400    70,450     10,408     7,974   10,408   8,669    73,400    73,450     11,068     8,334   11,068   9,329
 67,450    67,500      9,759     7,620    9,759   8,020    70,450    70,500     10,419     7,980   10,419   8,680    73,450    73,500     11,079     8,340   11,079   9,340
 67,500    67,550      9,770     7,626    9,770   8,031    70,500    70,550     10,430     7,986   10,430   8,691    73,500    73,550     11,090     8,346   11,090   9,351
 67,550    67,600      9,781     7,632    9,781   8,042    70,550    70,600     10,441     7,992   10,441   8,702    73,550    73,600     11,101     8,352   11,101   9,362
 67,600    67,650      9,792     7,638    9,792   8,053    70,600    70,650     10,452     7,998   10,452   8,713    73,600    73,650     11,112     8,358   11,112   9,373
 67,650    67,700      9,803     7,644    9,803   8,064    70,650    70,700     10,463     8,004   10,463   8,724    73,650    73,700     11,123     8,364   11,123   9,384
 67,700    67,750      9,814     7,650    9,814   8,075    70,700    70,750     10,474     8,010   10,474   8,735    73,700    73,750     11,134     8,370   11,134   9,395
 67,750    67,800      9,825     7,656    9,825   8,086    70,750    70,800     10,485     8,016   10,485   8,746    73,750    73,800     11,145     8,376   11,145   9,406
 67,800    67,850      9,836     7,662    9,836   8,097    70,800    70,850     10,496     8,022   10,496   8,757    73,800    73,850     11,156     8,382   11,156   9,417
 67,850    67,900      9,847     7,668    9,847   8,108    70,850    70,900     10,507     8,028   10,507   8,768    73,850    73,900     11,167     8,388   11,167   9,428
 67,900    67,950      9,858     7,674    9,858   8,119    70,900    70,950     10,518     8,034   10,518   8,779    73,900    73,950     11,178     8,394   11,178   9,439
 67,950    68,000      9,869     7,680    9,869   8,130    70,950    71,000     10,529     8,040   10,529   8,790    73,950    74,000     11,189     8,400   11,189   9,450


        68,000                                                    71,000                                                    74,000
 68,000    68,050      9,880     7,686    9,880   8,141    71,000    71,050     10,540     8,046   10,540   8,801    74,000    74,050     11,200     8,406   11,200   9,461
 68,050    68,100      9,891     7,692    9,891   8,152    71,050    71,100     10,551     8,052   10,551   8,812    74,050    74,100     11,211     8,412   11,211   9,472
 68,100    68,150      9,902     7,698    9,902   8,163    71,100    71,150     10,562     8,058   10,562   8,823    74,100    74,150     11,222     8,418   11,222   9,483
 68,150    68,200      9,913     7,704    9,913   8,174    71,150    71,200     10,573     8,064   10,573   8,834    74,150    74,200     11,233     8,424   11,233   9,494
 68,200    68,250      9,924     7,710    9,924   8,185    71,200    71,250     10,584     8,070   10,584   8,845    74,200    74,250     11,244     8,430   11,244   9,505
 68,250    68,300      9,935     7,716    9,935   8,196    71,250    71,300     10,595     8,076   10,595   8,856    74,250    74,300     11,255     8,436   11,255   9,516
 68,300    68,350      9,946     7,722    9,946   8,207    71,300    71,350     10,606     8,082   10,606   8,867    74,300    74,350     11,266     8,442   11,266   9,527
 68,350    68,400      9,957     7,728    9,957   8,218    71,350    71,400     10,617     8,088   10,617   8,878    74,350    74,400     11,277     8,448   11,277   9,538
 68,400    68,450      9,968     7,734    9,968   8,229    71,400    71,450     10,628     8,094   10,628   8,889    74,400    74,450     11,288     8,454   11,288   9,549
 68,450    68,500      9,979     7,740    9,979   8,240    71,450    71,500     10,639     8,100   10,639   8,900    74,450    74,500     11,299     8,460   11,299   9,560
 68,500    68,550      9,990     7,746    9,990   8,251    71,500    71,550     10,650     8,106   10,650   8,911    74,500    74,550     11,310     8,466   11,310   9,571
 68,550    68,600     10,001     7,752   10,001   8,262    71,550    71,600     10,661     8,112   10,661   8,922    74,550    74,600     11,321     8,472   11,321   9,582
 68,600    68,650     10,012     7,758   10,012   8,273    71,600    71,650     10,672     8,118   10,672   8,933    74,600    74,650     11,332     8,478   11,332   9,593
 68,650    68,700     10,023     7,764   10,023   8,284    71,650    71,700     10,683     8,124   10,683   8,944    74,650    74,700     11,343     8,484   11,343   9,604
 68,700    68,750     10,034     7,770   10,034   8,295    71,700    71,750     10,694     8,130   10,694   8,955    74,700    74,750     11,354     8,490   11,354   9,615
 68,750    68,800     10,045     7,776   10,045   8,306    71,750    71,800     10,705     8,136   10,705   8,966    74,750    74,800     11,365     8,496   11,365   9,626
 68,800    68,850     10,056     7,782   10,056   8,317    71,800    71,850     10,716     8,142   10,716   8,977    74,800    74,850     11,376     8,502   11,376   9,637
 68,850    68,900     10,067     7,788   10,067   8,328    71,850    71,900     10,727     8,148   10,727   8,988    74,850    74,900     11,387     8,508   11,387   9,648
 68,900    68,950     10,078     7,794   10,078   8,339    71,900    71,950     10,738     8,154   10,738   8,999    74,900    74,950     11,398     8,514   11,398   9,659
 68,950    69,000     10,089     7,800   10,089   8,350    71,950    72,000     10,749     8,160   10,749   9,010    74,950    75,000     11,409     8,520   11,409   9,670

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* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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(taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                                income) is—                                                income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                     rately                                                     rately

                                 Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—


        75,000                                                     78,000                                                     81,000
 75,000    75,050     11,420     8,526   11,420    9,681    78,000    78,050     12,080     8,886   12,080   10,341    81,000    81,050     12,740     9,246   12,740   11,001
 75,050    75,100     11,431     8,532   11,431    9,692    78,050    78,100     12,091     8,892   12,091   10,352    81,050    81,100     12,751     9,252   12,751   11,012
 75,100    75,150     11,442     8,538   11,442    9,703    78,100    78,150     12,102     8,898   12,102   10,363    81,100    81,150     12,762     9,258   12,762   11,023
 75,150    75,200     11,453     8,544   11,453    9,714    78,150    78,200     12,113     8,904   12,113   10,374    81,150    81,200     12,773     9,264   12,773   11,034
 75,200    75,250     11,464     8,550   11,464    9,725    78,200    78,250     12,124     8,910   12,124   10,385    81,200    81,250     12,784     9,270   12,784   11,045
 75,250    75,300     11,475     8,556   11,475    9,736    78,250    78,300     12,135     8,916   12,135   10,396    81,250    81,300     12,795     9,276   12,795   11,056
 75,300    75,350     11,486     8,562   11,486    9,747    78,300    78,350     12,146     8,922   12,146   10,407    81,300    81,350     12,806     9,282   12,806   11,067
 75,350    75,400     11,497     8,568   11,497    9,758    78,350    78,400     12,157     8,928   12,157   10,418    81,350    81,400     12,817     9,288   12,817   11,078
 75,400    75,450     11,508     8,574   11,508    9,769    78,400    78,450     12,168     8,934   12,168   10,429    81,400    81,450     12,828     9,294   12,828   11,089
 75,450    75,500     11,519     8,580   11,519    9,780    78,450    78,500     12,179     8,940   12,179   10,440    81,450    81,500     12,839     9,300   12,839   11,100
 75,500    75,550     11,530     8,586   11,530    9,791    78,500    78,550     12,190     8,946   12,190   10,451    81,500    81,550     12,850     9,306   12,850   11,111
 75,550    75,600     11,541     8,592   11,541    9,802    78,550    78,600     12,201     8,952   12,201   10,462    81,550    81,600     12,861     9,312   12,861   11,122
 75,600    75,650     11,552     8,598   11,552    9,813    78,600    78,650     12,212     8,958   12,212   10,473    81,600    81,650     12,872     9,318   12,872   11,133
 75,650    75,700     11,563     8,604   11,563    9,824    78,650    78,700     12,223     8,964   12,223   10,484    81,650    81,700     12,883     9,324   12,883   11,144
 75,700    75,750     11,574     8,610   11,574    9,835    78,700    78,750     12,234     8,970   12,234   10,495    81,700    81,750     12,894     9,330   12,894   11,155
 75,750    75,800     11,585     8,616   11,585    9,846    78,750    78,800     12,245     8,976   12,245   10,506    81,750    81,800     12,905     9,336   12,905   11,166
 75,800    75,850     11,596     8,622   11,596    9,857    78,800    78,850     12,256     8,982   12,256   10,517    81,800    81,850     12,916     9,342   12,916   11,177
 75,850    75,900     11,607     8,628   11,607    9,868    78,850    78,900     12,267     8,988   12,267   10,528    81,850    81,900     12,927     9,348   12,927   11,188
 75,900    75,950     11,618     8,634   11,618    9,879    78,900    78,950     12,278     8,994   12,278   10,539    81,900    81,950     12,938     9,354   12,938   11,199
 75,950    76,000     11,629     8,640   11,629    9,890    78,950    79,000     12,289     9,000   12,289   10,550    81,950    82,000     12,949     9,360   12,949   11,210


        76,000                                                     79,000                                                     82,000
 76,000    76,050     11,640     8,646   11,640    9,901    79,000    79,050     12,300     9,006   12,300   10,561    82,000    82,050     12,960     9,366   12,960   11,221
 76,050    76,100     11,651     8,652   11,651    9,912    79,050    79,100     12,311     9,012   12,311   10,572    82,050    82,100     12,971     9,372   12,971   11,232
 76,100    76,150     11,662     8,658   11,662    9,923    79,100    79,150     12,322     9,018   12,322   10,583    82,100    82,150     12,982     9,378   12,982   11,243
 76,150    76,200     11,673     8,664   11,673    9,934    79,150    79,200     12,333     9,024   12,333   10,594    82,150    82,200     12,993     9,384   12,993   11,254
 76,200    76,250     11,684     8,670   11,684    9,945    79,200    79,250     12,344     9,030   12,344   10,605    82,200    82,250     13,004     9,390   13,004   11,265
 76,250    76,300     11,695     8,676   11,695    9,956    79,250    79,300     12,355     9,036   12,355   10,616    82,250    82,300     13,015     9,396   13,015   11,276
 76,300    76,350     11,706     8,682   11,706    9,967    79,300    79,350     12,366     9,042   12,366   10,627    82,300    82,350     13,026     9,402   13,026   11,287
 76,350    76,400     11,717     8,688   11,717    9,978    79,350    79,400     12,377     9,048   12,377   10,638    82,350    82,400     13,037     9,408   13,037   11,298
 76,400    76,450     11,728     8,694   11,728    9,989    79,400    79,450     12,388     9,054   12,388   10,649    82,400    82,450     13,048     9,414   13,048   11,309
 76,450    76,500     11,739     8,700   11,739   10,000    79,450    79,500     12,399     9,060   12,399   10,660    82,450    82,500     13,059     9,420   13,059   11,320
 76,500    76,550     11,750     8,706   11,750   10,011    79,500    79,550     12,410     9,066   12,410   10,671    82,500    82,550     13,070     9,426   13,070   11,331
 76,550    76,600     11,761     8,712   11,761   10,022    79,550    79,600     12,421     9,072   12,421   10,682    82,550    82,600     13,081     9,432   13,081   11,342
 76,600    76,650     11,772     8,718   11,772   10,033    79,600    79,650     12,432     9,078   12,432   10,693    82,600    82,650     13,092     9,438   13,092   11,353
 76,650    76,700     11,783     8,724   11,783   10,044    79,650    79,700     12,443     9,084   12,443   10,704    82,650    82,700     13,103     9,444   13,103   11,364
 76,700    76,750     11,794     8,730   11,794   10,055    79,700    79,750     12,454     9,090   12,454   10,715    82,700    82,750     13,114     9,450   13,114   11,375
 76,750    76,800     11,805     8,736   11,805   10,066    79,750    79,800     12,465     9,096   12,465   10,726    82,750    82,800     13,125     9,456   13,125   11,386
 76,800    76,850     11,816     8,742   11,816   10,077    79,800    79,850     12,476     9,102   12,476   10,737    82,800    82,850     13,136     9,462   13,136   11,397
 76,850    76,900     11,827     8,748   11,827   10,088    79,850    79,900     12,487     9,108   12,487   10,748    82,850    82,900     13,147     9,468   13,147   11,408
 76,900    76,950     11,838     8,754   11,838   10,099    79,900    79,950     12,498     9,114   12,498   10,759    82,900    82,950     13,158     9,474   13,158   11,419
 76,950    77,000     11,849     8,760   11,849   10,110    79,950    80,000     12,509     9,120   12,509   10,770    82,950    83,000     13,169     9,480   13,169   11,430


        77,000                                                     80,000                                                     83,000
 77,000    77,050     11,860     8,766   11,860   10,121    80,000    80,050     12,520     9,126   12,520   10,781    83,000    83,050     13,180     9,486   13,180   11,441
 77,050    77,100     11,871     8,772   11,871   10,132    80,050    80,100     12,531     9,132   12,531   10,792    83,050    83,100     13,191     9,492   13,191   11,452
 77,100    77,150     11,882     8,778   11,882   10,143    80,100    80,150     12,542     9,138   12,542   10,803    83,100    83,150     13,202     9,498   13,202   11,463
 77,150    77,200     11,893     8,784   11,893   10,154    80,150    80,200     12,553     9,144   12,553   10,814    83,150    83,200     13,213     9,504   13,213   11,474
 77,200    77,250     11,904     8,790   11,904   10,165    80,200    80,250     12,564     9,150   12,564   10,825    83,200    83,250     13,224     9,510   13,224   11,485
 77,250    77,300     11,915     8,796   11,915   10,176    80,250    80,300     12,575     9,156   12,575   10,836    83,250    83,300     13,235     9,516   13,235   11,496
 77,300    77,350     11,926     8,802   11,926   10,187    80,300    80,350     12,586     9,162   12,586   10,847    83,300    83,350     13,246     9,522   13,246   11,507
 77,350    77,400     11,937     8,808   11,937   10,198    80,350    80,400     12,597     9,168   12,597   10,858    83,350    83,400     13,257     9,528   13,257   11,518
 77,400    77,450     11,948     8,814   11,948   10,209    80,400    80,450     12,608     9,174   12,608   10,869    83,400    83,450     13,268     9,534   13,268   11,529
 77,450    77,500     11,959     8,820   11,959   10,220    80,450    80,500     12,619     9,180   12,619   10,880    83,450    83,500     13,279     9,540   13,279   11,540
 77,500    77,550     11,970     8,826   11,970   10,231    80,500    80,550     12,630     9,186   12,630   10,891    83,500    83,550     13,290     9,546   13,290   11,551
 77,550    77,600     11,981     8,832   11,981   10,242    80,550    80,600     12,641     9,192   12,641   10,902    83,550    83,600     13,301     9,552   13,301   11,562
 77,600    77,650     11,992     8,838   11,992   10,253    80,600    80,650     12,652     9,198   12,652   10,913    83,600    83,650     13,312     9,558   13,312   11,573
 77,650    77,700     12,003     8,844   12,003   10,264    80,650    80,700     12,663     9,204   12,663   10,924    83,650    83,700     13,323     9,564   13,323   11,584
 77,700    77,750     12,014     8,850   12,014   10,275    80,700    80,750     12,674     9,210   12,674   10,935    83,700    83,750     13,334     9,570   13,334   11,595
 77,750    77,800     12,025     8,856   12,025   10,286    80,750    80,800     12,685     9,216   12,685   10,946    83,750    83,800     13,345     9,576   13,345   11,606
 77,800    77,850     12,036     8,862   12,036   10,297    80,800    80,850     12,696     9,222   12,696   10,957    83,800    83,850     13,356     9,582   13,356   11,617
 77,850    77,900     12,047     8,868   12,047   10,308    80,850    80,900     12,707     9,228   12,707   10,968    83,850    83,900     13,367     9,588   13,367   11,628
 77,900    77,950     12,058     8,874   12,058   10,319    80,900    80,950     12,718     9,234   12,718   10,979    83,900    83,950     13,378     9,594   13,378   11,639
 77,950    78,000     12,069     8,880   12,069   10,330    80,950    81,000     12,729     9,240   12,729   10,990    83,950    84,000     13,389     9,600   13,389   11,650

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                                                                                                                                    2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                 If line 15                                                 If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                                income) is—                                                income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                     rately                                                     rately

                                 Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—


        84,000                                                     87,000                                                     90,000
 84,000    84,050     13,400     9,606   13,400   11,661    87,000    87,050     14,060     9,966   14,060   12,321    90,000    90,050     14,720    10,326   14,720   12,981
 84,050    84,100     13,411     9,612   13,411   11,672    87,050    87,100     14,071     9,972   14,071   12,332    90,050    90,100     14,731    10,332   14,731   12,992
 84,100    84,150     13,422     9,618   13,422   11,683    87,100    87,150     14,082     9,978   14,082   12,343    90,100    90,150     14,742    10,338   14,742   13,003
 84,150    84,200     13,433     9,624   13,433   11,694    87,150    87,200     14,093     9,984   14,093   12,354    90,150    90,200     14,753    10,344   14,753   13,014
 84,200    84,250     13,444     9,630   13,444   11,705    87,200    87,250     14,104     9,990   14,104   12,365    90,200    90,250     14,764    10,350   14,764   13,025
 84,250    84,300     13,455     9,636   13,455   11,716    87,250    87,300     14,115     9,996   14,115   12,376    90,250    90,300     14,775    10,356   14,775   13,036
 84,300    84,350     13,466     9,642   13,466   11,727    87,300    87,350     14,126    10,002   14,126   12,387    90,300    90,350     14,786    10,362   14,786   13,047
 84,350    84,400     13,477     9,648   13,477   11,738    87,350    87,400     14,137    10,008   14,137   12,398    90,350    90,400     14,797    10,368   14,797   13,058
 84,400    84,450     13,488     9,654   13,488   11,749    87,400    87,450     14,148    10,014   14,148   12,409    90,400    90,450     14,808    10,374   14,808   13,069
 84,450    84,500     13,499     9,660   13,499   11,760    87,450    87,500     14,159    10,020   14,159   12,420    90,450    90,500     14,819    10,380   14,819   13,080
 84,500    84,550     13,510     9,666   13,510   11,771    87,500    87,550     14,170    10,026   14,170   12,431    90,500    90,550     14,830    10,386   14,830   13,091
 84,550    84,600     13,521     9,672   13,521   11,782    87,550    87,600     14,181    10,032   14,181   12,442    90,550    90,600     14,841    10,392   14,841   13,102
 84,600    84,650     13,532     9,678   13,532   11,793    87,600    87,650     14,192    10,038   14,192   12,453    90,600    90,650     14,852    10,398   14,852   13,113
 84,650    84,700     13,543     9,684   13,543   11,804    87,650    87,700     14,203    10,044   14,203   12,464    90,650    90,700     14,863    10,404   14,863   13,124
 84,700    84,750     13,554     9,690   13,554   11,815    87,700    87,750     14,214    10,050   14,214   12,475    90,700    90,750     14,874    10,410   14,874   13,135
 84,750    84,800     13,565     9,696   13,565   11,826    87,750    87,800     14,225    10,056   14,225   12,486    90,750    90,800     14,885    10,416   14,885   13,146
 84,800    84,850     13,576     9,702   13,576   11,837    87,800    87,850     14,236    10,062   14,236   12,497    90,800    90,850     14,896    10,422   14,896   13,157
 84,850    84,900     13,587     9,708   13,587   11,848    87,850    87,900     14,247    10,068   14,247   12,508    90,850    90,900     14,907    10,428   14,907   13,168
 84,900    84,950     13,598     9,714   13,598   11,859    87,900    87,950     14,258    10,074   14,258   12,519    90,900    90,950     14,918    10,434   14,918   13,179
 84,950    85,000     13,609     9,720   13,609   11,870    87,950    88,000     14,269    10,080   14,269   12,530    90,950    91,000     14,929    10,440   14,929   13,190


        85,000                                                     88,000                                                     91,000
 85,000    85,050     13,620     9,726   13,620   11,881    88,000    88,050     14,280    10,086   14,280   12,541    91,000    91,050     14,940    10,446   14,940   13,201
 85,050    85,100     13,631     9,732   13,631   11,892    88,050    88,100     14,291    10,092   14,291   12,552    91,050    91,100     14,951    10,452   14,951   13,212
 85,100    85,150     13,642     9,738   13,642   11,903    88,100    88,150     14,302    10,098   14,302   12,563    91,100    91,150     14,962    10,458   14,962   13,223
 85,150    85,200     13,653     9,744   13,653   11,914    88,150    88,200     14,313    10,104   14,313   12,574    91,150    91,200     14,973    10,464   14,973   13,234
 85,200    85,250     13,664     9,750   13,664   11,925    88,200    88,250     14,324    10,110   14,324   12,585    91,200    91,250     14,984    10,470   14,984   13,245
 85,250    85,300     13,675     9,756   13,675   11,936    88,250    88,300     14,335    10,116   14,335   12,596    91,250    91,300     14,995    10,476   14,995   13,256
 85,300    85,350     13,686     9,762   13,686   11,947    88,300    88,350     14,346    10,122   14,346   12,607    91,300    91,350     15,006    10,482   15,006   13,267
 85,350    85,400     13,697     9,768   13,697   11,958    88,350    88,400     14,357    10,128   14,357   12,618    91,350    91,400     15,017    10,488   15,017   13,278
 85,400    85,450     13,708     9,774   13,708   11,969    88,400    88,450     14,368    10,134   14,368   12,629    91,400    91,450     15,028    10,494   15,028   13,289
 85,450    85,500     13,719     9,780   13,719   11,980    88,450    88,500     14,379    10,140   14,379   12,640    91,450    91,500     15,039    10,500   15,039   13,300
 85,500    85,550     13,730     9,786   13,730   11,991    88,500    88,550     14,390    10,146   14,390   12,651    91,500    91,550     15,050    10,506   15,050   13,311
 85,550    85,600     13,741     9,792   13,741   12,002    88,550    88,600     14,401    10,152   14,401   12,662    91,550    91,600     15,061    10,512   15,061   13,322
 85,600    85,650     13,752     9,798   13,752   12,013    88,600    88,650     14,412    10,158   14,412   12,673    91,600    91,650     15,072    10,518   15,072   13,333
 85,650    85,700     13,763     9,804   13,763   12,024    88,650    88,700     14,423    10,164   14,423   12,684    91,650    91,700     15,083    10,524   15,083   13,344
 85,700    85,750     13,774     9,810   13,774   12,035    88,700    88,750     14,434    10,170   14,434   12,695    91,700    91,750     15,094    10,530   15,094   13,355
 85,750    85,800     13,785     9,816   13,785   12,046    88,750    88,800     14,445    10,176   14,445   12,706    91,750    91,800     15,105    10,536   15,105   13,366
 85,800    85,850     13,796     9,822   13,796   12,057    88,800    88,850     14,456    10,182   14,456   12,717    91,800    91,850     15,116    10,542   15,116   13,377
 85,850    85,900     13,807     9,828   13,807   12,068    88,850    88,900     14,467    10,188   14,467   12,728    91,850    91,900     15,127    10,548   15,127   13,388
 85,900    85,950     13,818     9,834   13,818   12,079    88,900    88,950     14,478    10,194   14,478   12,739    91,900    91,950     15,138    10,554   15,138   13,399
 85,950    86,000     13,829     9,840   13,829   12,090    88,950    89,000     14,489    10,200   14,489   12,750    91,950    92,000     15,149    10,560   15,149   13,410


        86,000                                                     89,000                                                     92,000
 86,000    86,050     13,840     9,846   13,840   12,101    89,000    89,050     14,500    10,206   14,500   12,761    92,000    92,050     15,160    10,566   15,160   13,421
 86,050    86,100     13,851     9,852   13,851   12,112    89,050    89,100     14,511    10,212   14,511   12,772    92,050    92,100     15,171    10,572   15,171   13,432
 86,100    86,150     13,862     9,858   13,862   12,123    89,100    89,150     14,522    10,218   14,522   12,783    92,100    92,150     15,182    10,578   15,182   13,443
 86,150    86,200     13,873     9,864   13,873   12,134    89,150    89,200     14,533    10,224   14,533   12,794    92,150    92,200     15,193    10,584   15,193   13,454
 86,200    86,250     13,884     9,870   13,884   12,145    89,200    89,250     14,544    10,230   14,544   12,805    92,200    92,250     15,204    10,590   15,204   13,465
 86,250    86,300     13,895     9,876   13,895   12,156    89,250    89,300     14,555    10,236   14,555   12,816    92,250    92,300     15,215    10,596   15,215   13,476
 86,300    86,350     13,906     9,882   13,906   12,167    89,300    89,350     14,566    10,242   14,566   12,827    92,300    92,350     15,226    10,602   15,226   13,487
 86,350    86,400     13,917     9,888   13,917   12,178    89,350    89,400     14,577    10,248   14,577   12,838    92,350    92,400     15,237    10,608   15,237   13,498
 86,400    86,450     13,928     9,894   13,928   12,189    89,400    89,450     14,588    10,254   14,588   12,849    92,400    92,450     15,248    10,614   15,248   13,509
 86,450    86,500     13,939     9,900   13,939   12,200    89,450    89,500     14,599    10,260   14,599   12,860    92,450    92,500     15,259    10,620   15,259   13,520
 86,500    86,550     13,950     9,906   13,950   12,211    89,500    89,550     14,610    10,266   14,610   12,871    92,500    92,550     15,270    10,626   15,270   13,531
 86,550    86,600     13,961     9,912   13,961   12,222    89,550    89,600     14,621    10,272   14,621   12,882    92,550    92,600     15,281    10,632   15,281   13,542
 86,600    86,650     13,972     9,918   13,972   12,233    89,600    89,650     14,632    10,278   14,632   12,893    92,600    92,650     15,292    10,638   15,292   13,553
 86,650    86,700     13,983     9,924   13,983   12,244    89,650    89,700     14,643    10,284   14,643   12,904    92,650    92,700     15,303    10,644   15,303   13,564
 86,700    86,750     13,994     9,930   13,994   12,255    89,700    89,750     14,654    10,290   14,654   12,915    92,700    92,750     15,314    10,650   15,314   13,575
 86,750    86,800     14,005     9,936   14,005   12,266    89,750    89,800     14,665    10,296   14,665   12,926    92,750    92,800     15,325    10,656   15,325   13,586
 86,800    86,850     14,016     9,942   14,016   12,277    89,800    89,850     14,676    10,302   14,676   12,937    92,800    92,850     15,336    10,662   15,336   13,597
 86,850    86,900     14,027     9,948   14,027   12,288    89,850    89,900     14,687    10,308   14,687   12,948    92,850    92,900     15,347    10,668   15,347   13,608
 86,900    86,950     14,038     9,954   14,038   12,299    89,900    89,950     14,698    10,314   14,698   12,959    92,900    92,950     15,358    10,674   15,358   13,619
 86,950    87,000     14,049     9,960   14,049   12,310    89,950    90,000     14,709    10,320   14,709   12,970    92,950    93,000     15,369    10,680   15,369   13,630

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* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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                                                                                                                                    2025 Tax Table — Continued

If line 15                                                 If line 15                                                 If line 15
(taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—               (taxable                        And you are—
income) is—                                                income) is—                                                income) is—

At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of     At        But       Single     Married Married Head of
least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-     least     less                 filing    filing house-
          than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold                 than                 jointly * sepa-  hold
                                         rately                                                     rately                                                     rately

                                 Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—                                               Your tax is—


        93,000                                                     96,000                                                     99,000
 93,000    93,050     15,380    10,686   15,380   13,641    96,000    96,050     16,040    11,046   16,040   14,301    99,000    99,050     16,700    11,614   16,700   14,961
 93,050    93,100     15,391    10,692   15,391   13,652    96,050    96,100     16,051    11,052   16,051   14,312    99,050    99,100     16,711    11,625   16,711   14,972
 93,100    93,150     15,402    10,698   15,402   13,663    96,100    96,150     16,062    11,058   16,062   14,323    99,100    99,150     16,722    11,636   16,722   14,983
 93,150    93,200     15,413    10,704   15,413   13,674    96,150    96,200     16,073    11,064   16,073   14,334    99,150    99,200     16,733    11,647   16,733   14,994
 93,200    93,250     15,424    10,710   15,424   13,685    96,200    96,250     16,084    11,070   16,084   14,345    99,200    99,250     16,744    11,658   16,744   15,005
 93,250    93,300     15,435    10,716   15,435   13,696    96,250    96,300     16,095    11,076   16,095   14,356    99,250    99,300     16,755    11,669   16,755   15,016
 93,300    93,350     15,446    10,722   15,446   13,707    96,300    96,350     16,106    11,082   16,106   14,367    99,300    99,350     16,766    11,680   16,766   15,027
 93,350    93,400     15,457    10,728   15,457   13,718    96,350    96,400     16,117    11,088   16,117   14,378    99,350    99,400     16,777    11,691   16,777   15,038
 93,400    93,450     15,468    10,734   15,468   13,729    96,400    96,450     16,128    11,094   16,128   14,389    99,400    99,450     16,788    11,702   16,788   15,049
 93,450    93,500     15,479    10,740   15,479   13,740    96,450    96,500     16,139    11,100   16,139   14,400    99,450    99,500     16,799    11,713   16,799   15,060
 93,500    93,550     15,490    10,746   15,490   13,751    96,500    96,550     16,150    11,106   16,150   14,411    99,500    99,550     16,810    11,724   16,810   15,071
 93,550    93,600     15,501    10,752   15,501   13,762    96,550    96,600     16,161    11,112   16,161   14,422    99,550    99,600     16,821    11,735   16,821   15,082
 93,600    93,650     15,512    10,758   15,512   13,773    96,600    96,650     16,172    11,118   16,172   14,433    99,600    99,650     16,832    11,746   16,832   15,093
 93,650    93,700     15,523    10,764   15,523   13,784    96,650    96,700     16,183    11,124   16,183   14,444    99,650    99,700     16,843    11,757   16,843   15,104
 93,700    93,750     15,534    10,770   15,534   13,795    96,700    96,750     16,194    11,130   16,194   14,455    99,700    99,750     16,854    11,768   16,854   15,115
 93,750    93,800     15,545    10,776   15,545   13,806    96,750    96,800     16,205    11,136   16,205   14,466    99,750  99,800       16,865    11,779   16,865   15,126
 93,800    93,850     15,556    10,782   15,556   13,817    96,800    96,850     16,216    11,142   16,216   14,477    99,800  99,850       16,876    11,790   16,876   15,137
 93,850    93,900     15,567    10,788   15,567   13,828    96,850    96,900     16,227    11,148   16,227   14,488    99,850  99,900       16,887    11,801   16,887   15,148
 93,900    93,950     15,578    10,794   15,578   13,839    96,900    96,950     16,238    11,154   16,238   14,499    99,900  99,950       16,898    11,812   16,898   15,159
 93,950    94,000     15,589    10,800   15,589   13,850    96,950    97,000     16,249    11,163   16,249   14,510    99,950 100,000       16,909    11,823   16,909   15,170


        94,000                                                     97,000
                                                                                                                                              $100,000
 94,000    94,050     15,600    10,806   15,600   13,861    97,000    97,050     16,260    11,174   16,260   14,521                            or over
 94,050    94,100     15,611    10,812   15,611   13,872    97,050    97,100     16,271    11,185   16,271   14,532                          use the Tax
 94,100    94,150     15,622    10,818   15,622   13,883    97,100    97,150     16,282    11,196   16,282   14,543                          Computation
 94,150    94,200     15,633    10,824   15,633   13,894    97,150    97,200     16,293    11,207   16,293   14,554                           Worksheet
 94,200    94,250     15,644    10,830   15,644   13,905    97,200    97,250     16,304    11,218   16,304   14,565
 94,250    94,300     15,655    10,836   15,655   13,916    97,250    97,300     16,315    11,229   16,315   14,576
 94,300    94,350     15,666    10,842   15,666   13,927    97,300    97,350     16,326    11,240   16,326   14,587
 94,350    94,400     15,677    10,848   15,677   13,938    97,350    97,400     16,337    11,251   16,337   14,598
 94,400    94,450     15,688    10,854   15,688   13,949    97,400    97,450     16,348    11,262   16,348   14,609
 94,450    94,500     15,699    10,860   15,699   13,960    97,450    97,500     16,359    11,273   16,359   14,620
 94,500    94,550     15,710    10,866   15,710   13,971    97,500    97,550     16,370    11,284   16,370   14,631
 94,550    94,600     15,721    10,872   15,721   13,982    97,550    97,600     16,381    11,295   16,381   14,642
 94,600    94,650     15,732    10,878   15,732   13,993    97,600    97,650     16,392    11,306   16,392   14,653
 94,650    94,700     15,743    10,884   15,743   14,004    97,650    97,700     16,403    11,317   16,403   14,664
 94,700    94,750     15,754    10,890   15,754   14,015    97,700    97,750     16,414    11,328   16,414   14,675
 94,750    94,800     15,765    10,896   15,765   14,026    97,750    97,800     16,425    11,339   16,425   14,686
 94,800    94,850     15,776    10,902   15,776   14,037    97,800    97,850     16,436    11,350   16,436   14,697
 94,850    94,900     15,787    10,908   15,787   14,048    97,850    97,900     16,447    11,361   16,447   14,708
 94,900    94,950     15,798    10,914   15,798   14,059    97,900    97,950     16,458    11,372   16,458   14,719
 94,950    95,000     15,809    10,920   15,809   14,070    97,950    98,000     16,469    11,383   16,469   14,730


        95,000                                                     98,000
 95,000    95,050     15,820    10,926   15,820   14,081    98,000    98,050     16,480    11,394   16,480   14,741
 95,050    95,100     15,831    10,932   15,831   14,092    98,050    98,100     16,491    11,405   16,491   14,752
 95,100    95,150     15,842    10,938   15,842   14,103    98,100    98,150     16,502    11,416   16,502   14,763
 95,150    95,200     15,853    10,944   15,853   14,114    98,150    98,200     16,513    11,427   16,513   14,774
 95,200    95,250     15,864    10,950   15,864   14,125    98,200    98,250     16,524    11,438   16,524   14,785
 95,250    95,300     15,875    10,956   15,875   14,136    98,250    98,300     16,535    11,449   16,535   14,796
 95,300    95,350     15,886    10,962   15,886   14,147    98,300    98,350     16,546    11,460   16,546   14,807
 95,350    95,400     15,897    10,968   15,897   14,158    98,350    98,400     16,557    11,471   16,557   14,818
 95,400    95,450     15,908    10,974   15,908   14,169    98,400    98,450     16,568    11,482   16,568   14,829
 95,450    95,500     15,919    10,980   15,919   14,180    98,450    98,500     16,579    11,493   16,579   14,840
 95,500    95,550     15,930    10,986   15,930   14,191    98,500    98,550     16,590    11,504   16,590   14,851
 95,550    95,600     15,941    10,992   15,941   14,202    98,550    98,600     16,601    11,515   16,601   14,862
 95,600    95,650     15,952    10,998   15,952   14,213    98,600    98,650     16,612    11,526   16,612   14,873
 95,650    95,700     15,963    11,004   15,963   14,224    98,650    98,700     16,623    11,537   16,623   14,884
 95,700    95,750     15,974    11,010   15,974   14,235    98,700    98,750     16,634    11,548   16,634   14,895
 95,750    95,800     15,985    11,016   15,985   14,246    98,750    98,800     16,645    11,559   16,645   14,906
 95,800    95,850     15,996    11,022   15,996   14,257    98,800    98,850     16,656    11,570   16,656   14,917
 95,850    95,900     16,007    11,028   16,007   14,268    98,850    98,900     16,667    11,581   16,667   14,928
 95,900    95,950     16,018    11,034   16,018   14,279    98,900    98,950     16,678    11,592   16,678   14,939
 95,950    96,000     16,029    11,040   16,029   14,290    98,950    99,000     16,689    11,603   16,689   14,950



* This column must also be used by a qualifying surviving spouse.


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2025 Tax Computation Worksheet—Line 16
           See the instructions for line 16 to see if you must use the worksheet below to figure your tax.
     !
 CAUTION




Note. If you are required to use this worksheet to figure the tax on an amount from another form or worksheet, such as the Qualified Dividends
and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet, the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, Schedule J, Form 8615, or the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet, enter
the amount from that form or worksheet in column (a) of the row that applies to the amount you are looking up. Enter the result on the
appropriate line of the form or worksheet that you are completing.


Section A—Use if your filing status is Single. Complete the row below that applies to you.
                                                                                                                                                           Tax.
                                                                                                             (c)                               Subtract (d) from (c). Enter
           Taxable income.                               (a)                          (b)                 Multiply               (d)         the result here and on the entry
            If line 15 is—                  Enter the amount from line 15.   Multiplication amount.       (a) by (b).    Subtraction amount.         space on line 16.
At least $100,000 but not over $103,350 $                                         × 22% (0.22)        $                      $ 5,086.00        $
Over $103,350 but not over $197,300     $                                         × 24% (0.24)        $                      $ 7,153.00        $
Over $197,300 but not over $250,525     $                                         × 32% (0.32)        $                      $ 22,937.00       $
Over $250,525 but not over $626,350     $                                         × 35% (0.35)        $                      $ 30,452.75       $
Over $626,350                           $                                         × 37% (0.37)        $                      $ 42,979.75       $


Section B—Use if your filing status is Married filing jointly or Qualifying surviving spouse. Complete the row below
that applies to you.
                                                                                                                                                           Tax.
                                                                                                             (c)                             Subtract (d) from (c). Enter the
           Taxable income.                           (a)                              (b)                 Multiply               (d)          result here and on the entry
            If line 15 is—              Enter the amount from line 15.       Multiplication amount.       (a) by (b).    Subtraction amount.        space on line 16.
At least $100,000 but not over $206,700 $                                         × 22% (0.22)        $                      $ 10,172.00       $
Over $206,700 but not over $394,600     $                                         × 24% (0.24)        $                      $ 14,306.00       $
Over $394,600 but not over $501,050     $                                         × 32% (0.32)        $                      $ 45,874.00       $
Over $501,050 but not over $751,600     $                                         × 35% (0.35)        $                      $ 60,905.50       $
Over $751,600                           $                                         × 37% (0.37)        $                      $ 75,937.50       $


Section C—Use if your filing status is Married filing separately. Complete the row below that applies to you.
                                                                                                                                                           Tax.
                                                                                                             (c)                               Subtract (d) from (c). Enter
           Taxable income.                           (a)                              (b)                 Multiply               (d)         the result here and on the entry
            If line 15 is—              Enter the amount from line 15.       Multiplication amount.       (a) by (b).    Subtraction amount.         space on line 16.
At least $100,000 but not over $103,350 $                                        × 22% (0.22)         $                      $ 5,086.00        $
Over $103,350 but not over $197,300    $                                         × 24% (0.24)         $                      $ 7,153.00        $
Over $197,300 but not over $250,525    $                                         × 32% (0.32)         $                      $ 22,937.00       $
Over $250,525 but not over $375,800    $                                         × 35% (0.35)         $                      $ 30,452.75       $
Over $375,800                          $                                         × 37% (0.37)         $                      $ 37,968.75       $


Section D—Use if your filing status is Head of household. Complete the row below that applies to you.
                                                                                                                                                               Tax.
                                                                                                             (c)                                   Subtract (d) from (c). Enter
           Taxable income.                           (a)                              (b)                 Multiply               (d)                the result here and on the
            If line 15 is—              Enter the amount from line 15.       Multiplication amount.       (a) by (b).    Subtraction amount.          entry space on line 16.
At least $100,000 but not over $103,350 $                                        × 22% (0.22)         $                      $ 6,825.00        $
Over $103,350 but not over $197,300    $                                         × 24% (0.24)         $                      $ 8,892.00        $
Over $197,300 but not over $250,500    $                                         × 32% (0.32)         $                      $ 24,676.00       $
Over $250,500 but not over $626,350    $                                         × 35% (0.35)         $                      $ 32,191.00       $
Over $626,350                          $                                         × 37% (0.37)         $                      $ 44,718.00       $




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How To Avoid Common
                                                   • If you live in an apartment, be sure   vance payments, even if someone else
                                               to include your apartment number in          enrolled you, your spouse, or your de-
Mistakes                                       your address.                                pendent in the Marketplace coverage.
Mistakes can delay your refund or result           • If you are taking the standard de-     Excess advance payments may also have
                                               duction, see the instructions for line 12e   to be repaid if you enrolled someone in
in notices being sent to you. One of the
                                               to be sure you entered the correct           Marketplace coverage, you don’t claim
best ways to file an accurate return is to
                                               amount.                                      that individual as a dependent, and no
file electronically. Tax software does the
math for you and will help you avoid               • If you received capital gain distri-   one else claims that individual as a de-
                                               butions but weren’t required to file         pendent. See the instructions for Sched-
mistakes. Free File provides eligible tax-
                                               Schedule D, make sure you checked the        ule 2, line 1a, and the Instructions for
payers the ability to file their taxes elec-
                                               box on line 7b.                              Form 8962. You or whoever enrolled
tronically for free. See IRS.gov/FreeFile
for details and to see if you are eligible.        • If you are taking the EIC, be sure     you should have received Form 1095-A
                                               you used the correct column of the EIC       from the Marketplace with information
    • File your return on a standard size      Table for your filing status and the num-    about who was covered and any advance
sheet of paper. Cutting the paper may
                                               ber of qualifying children you have who      payments of the premium tax credit.
cause problems in processing your re-
                                               have valid SSNs.
turn.
    • Make sure you entered the correct            • Remember to sign and date Form         Innocent Spouse Relief
                                               1040 or 1040-SR and enter your occupa-
name and social security number (SSN)                                                       Generally, both you and your spouse are
                                               tion(s).
for each dependent you claim in the De-                                                     each responsible for paying the full
pendents section. Check that each de-              • Attach your Form(s) W-2 and oth-       amount of tax, interest, and penalties on
                                               er required forms and schedules. Put all
pendent’s name and SSN agrees with the                                                      your joint return. However, you may
                                               forms and schedules in the proper order.
dependent’s social security card. For                                                       qualify for relief from liability for tax on
                                               See Assemble Your Return, earlier.
each child under age 17 who is a quali-                                                     a joint return if (a) there is an under-
fying child for the child tax credit or            • If you owe tax and are paying by       statement of tax because your spouse
                                               check or money order, be sure to include
each dependent who qualifies you for                                                        omitted income or claimed false deduc-
                                               all the required information on your pay-
the credit for other dependents, make                                                       tions or credits; (b) you are divorced,
                                               ment. See the instructions for line 37 for
sure you checked the appropriate box on                                                     separated, or no longer living with your
                                               details.
row (7) of the Dependents section.                                                          spouse; or (c) given all the facts and cir-
    • Check your math, especially for              • Make sure to check Where Do You        cumstances, it wouldn’t be fair to hold
                                               File? before mailing your return. Over
the child tax credit, earned income credit                                                  you liable for the tax. You may also
                                               the next several years, the IRS will be
(EIC), taxable social security benefits,                                                    qualify for relief if you were a married
                                               reducing the number of paper tax return
total income, itemized deductions or                                                        resident of a community property state
                                               processing sites. Because of this, you
standard deduction, taxable income, to-                                                     but didn’t file a joint return and are now
                                               may need to mail your return to a differ-
tal tax, federal income tax withheld, and                                                   liable for an unpaid or understated tax.
                                               ent address than you have in the past.
refund or amount you owe.                                                                   File Form 8857 to request relief. In
                                               You can also file electronically.
    • Be sure you used the correct meth-           • Don’t file more than one original      some cases, Form 8857 may need to be
od to figure your tax. See the instruc-                                                     filed within 2 years of the date on which
                                               return for the same year, even if you
tions for line 16.                                                                          the IRS first attempted to collect the tax
                                               haven’t gotten your refund or haven’t
    • Be sure to enter your SSN in the         heard from the IRS since you filed. Fil-     from you. Don’t file Form 8857 with
space provided on page 1 of Form 1040                                                       your Form 1040 or 1040-SR. For more
                                               ing more than one original return for the
or 1040-SR. If you are married filing a                                                     information, see Pub. 971 and Form
                                               same year, or sending in more than one
joint or separate return, also enter your                                                   8857, or you can call the Innocent
                                               copy of the same return (unless we ask
spouse’s SSN. Be sure to enter your                                                         Spouse office toll free at 855-851-2009.
                                               you to do so), could delay your refund.
SSN in the space next to your name.
Check that your name and SSN agree                 • Make sure that if you, your spouse
                                               with whom you are filing a joint return,
with your social security card.
                                               or your dependent was enrolled in Mar-
    • Make sure your name and address          ketplace coverage, and advance pay-
are correct. Enter your (and your spou-
                                               ments of the premium tax credit were
se’s) name in the same order as shown
                                               made for the coverage, that you attach
on your last return.
                                               Form 8962. For tax years other than
                                               2020, you may have to repay excess ad-



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                                             IRS notice or letter. For more informa-       social media messages to the Federal
Income Tax Withholding                       tion, see Pub. 5027.                          Trade Commission (FTC) at ftc.gov/
and Estimated Tax                               If your SSN has been lost or stolen or
                                                                                           complaint. You can contact them at
                                                                                           www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 877-IDTHEFT
Payments for 2026                            you suspect you are a victim of tax-rela-
                                                                                           (877-438-4338). If you have been the
                                             ted identity theft, visit IRS.gov/
         You    can     use    the    Tax                                                  victim    of    identity   theft,   see
                                             IdentityTheft to learn what steps you
 TIP Withholding Estimator instead                                                         www.IdentityTheft.gov and Pub. 5027.
                                             should take.
         of Pub. 505 or the worksheets                                                     People who are deaf, hard of hearing, or
included with Form W-4 or W-4P to de-            Victims of identity theft who are ex-     have a speech disability and who have
termine whether you need to have your        periencing economic harm or a systemic        access to TTY/TDD equipment can call
withholding increased or decreased.          problem, or are seeking help in resolv-       866-653-4261.
                                             ing tax problems that haven’t been re-           Visit IRS.gov and enter “identity
   In general, you don’t have to make        solved through normal channels, may be
estimated tax payments if you expect                                                       theft” in the search box to learn more
                                             eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service        about identity theft and how to reduce
that your 2026 Form 1040 or 1040-SR          (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by
will show a tax refund or a tax balance                                                    your risk.
                                             calling the National Taxpayer Advocate
due of less than $1,000. If your total es-   helpline at 877-777-4778. People who             You can report a phone scam to the
timated tax for 2026 is $1,000 or more,      are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a          Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-
see Form 1040-ES and Pub. 505 for a          speech disability and who have access to      ministration at IRS Impersonation Scam
worksheet you can use to see if you have     TTY/TDD         equipment      can     call   Reporting or the FTC using the FTC
to make estimated tax payments. For          800-829-4059. Deaf or hard-of-hearing         Complaint Assistant at FTC.gov. Add
more details, see Pub. 505.                  individuals can also contact the IRS          “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.
                                             through Telecommunications Relay
Secure Your Tax                              Services at FCC.gov/TRS.                      How Do You Make a Gift
Records From Identity                        Protect yourself from suspicious
                                                                                           To Reduce Debt Held By
                                             emails, texts, and social media mes-
Theft                                        sages, phishing schemes, and phone            the Public?
         All taxpayers can now apply         scams. Phishing is the creation and use       If you wish to do so, go to Pay.gov and
  TIP for an Identity Protection PIN         of emails, texts, social media messages,      make a contribution by credit card, debit
         (IP PIN). Go to IRS.gov/            and websites designed to mimic legiti-        card, PayPal, checking account, or sav-
GetAnIPPIN to request an IP PIN              mate business communication and web-          ings account. Don’t add your gift to any
through your online account, file Form       sites. The most common form is sending        tax you may owe. See the instructions
15227 if your AGI on your last filed re-     an email to a user falsely claiming to be     for line 37 for details on how to pay any
turn is less than $84,000 ($168,000 if       an established legitimate enterprise in an    tax you owe. For more information, go
married filing jointly), or make an ap-      attempt to scam the user into surrender-      to       TreasuryDirect.gov/Help-Center/
pointment to visit a Taxpayer Assistance     ing private information that will be used     Public-Debt-FAQs/#DebtFinance         and
Center.                                      for identity theft.                           click on “How do you make a contribu-
                                                The IRS doesn’t initiate contact with      tion to reduce the debt?”
    Identity theft occurs when someone
uses your personal information, such as      or request detailed personal information               You may be able to deduct this
your name, social security number            from taxpayers via emails, texts, or so-       TIP gift on your 2026 tax return.
(SSN), or other identifying information,     cial media messages. Also, the IRS
without your permission to commit            doesn’t ask taxpayers for the PIN num-
fraud or other crimes. An identity thief     bers, passwords, or similar secret access
                                             information for their credit card, bank,
                                                                                           How Long Should
may use your SSN to get a job or may
file a tax return using your SSN to re-      or other financial accounts.                  Records Be Kept?
ceive a refund.                                  If you receive an unsolicited email       Keep a copy of your tax return, work-
                                             claiming to be from the IRS, forward the      sheets you used, and records of all items
   To reduce your risk:                                                                    appearing on it (such as Forms W-2 and
   • Protect your SSN,                       message to phishing@irs.gov. For more
                                             information, go to IRS.gov/Phishing.          1099) until the statute of limitations runs
   • Ensure your employer is protecting      You may also report misuse of the IRS         out for that return. Usually, this is 3
your SSN, and                                                                              years from the date the return was due or
   • Be careful when choosing a tax re-      name, logo, forms, or other IRS property
                                             to the Treasury Inspector General for         filed or 2 years from the date the tax was
turn preparer.                                                                             paid, whichever is later. You should
                                             Tax Administration toll free at
   If your tax records are affected by       800-366-4484. People who are deaf,            keep some records longer. For example,
identity theft and you receive a notice      hard of hearing, or have a speech disa-       keep property records (including those
from the IRS, respond right away to the      bility and who have access to TTY/TDD         on your home) as long as they are nee-
name and phone number printed on the         equipment can call 800-877-8339. You          ded to figure the basis of the original or
                                             can report suspicious emails, texts, and



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see chapter 1 of Pub. 17.                    the end of these instructions. However,      for information on free tax return prepa-
                                             if you got an IRS notice, mail the return    ration.
Amended Return                               to the address in the notice.                    • TCE. The Tax Counseling for the
                                                                                          Elderly (TCE) program offers free tax
File Form 1040-X to change a return
you already filed. Generally, to timely      How To Get Tax Help                          help for all taxpayers, particularly those
                                                                                          who are 60 years of age and older. TCE
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                                                                                          IRS2Go app for information on free tax
you may have more time to file Form          away.
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clared disaster area or you are physically
                                             Tax reform. Tax reform legislation im-           • MilTax. Members of the U.S.
                                             pacting federal taxes, credits, and deduc-   Armed Forces and qualified veterans
or mentally unable to manage your fi-        tions was enacted in P.L. 119-21, com-       may use MilTax, a free tax service of-
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   You can file Form 1040-X electroni-       Bill Act, on July 4, 2025. Go to IRS.gov/    through Military OneSource. For more
cally with tax filing software to amend      OBBB for more information and updates        information, go to MilitaryOneSource
Forms 1040 and 1040-SR. See IRS.gov/         on how this legislation affects your tax-    (MilitaryOneSource.mil/MilTax).
Filing/Amended-Return-Frequently-            es.                                              Also, the IRS offers Free Fillable
Asked-Questions for more information.        Preparing and filing your tax return.        Forms, which can be completed online
    Use the Where’s My Amended Return        After receiving all your wage and earn-      and then e-filed regardless of income.
application on IRS.gov to track the sta-     ings statements (Forms W-2, W-2G,            Using online tools to help prepare
tus of your amended return. It can take      1099-R, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, etc.);          your return. Go to IRS.gov/Tools for
up to 3 weeks from the date you mailed       unemployment compensation statements         the following.
                                             (by mail or in a digital format) or other
it to show up in our system.
                                             government payment statements (Form
                                                                                              • The Earned Income Tax Credit
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                                             tirement statements from banks and in-       income credit (EITC).
Return Information?                          vestment firms (Forms 1099), you have
                                                                                              • The Online EIN Application
Tax return transcripts are free and are      several options to choose from to pre-       (IRS.gov/EIN) helps you get an employ-
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                                             you qualify for free tax preparation, or
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   • Use Form 4506-T or 4506T-EZ, or         munity, if you qualify, include the fol-     refund, take-home pay, or tax due.
   • Call us at 800-908-9946.                lowing.                                          • The Sales Tax Deduction
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If you or someone you know needs to          Assistance (VITA) program offers free        help you get answers to some of the
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agents, certified public accountants
                                               ASL.                                         Getting tax publications and instruc-
(CPAs), accountants, and many others
who don’t have professional credentials.           • Youtube.com/irsvideos.                 tions in eBook format. Download and
If you choose to have someone prepare              • Youtube.com/irsvideosASL.              view most tax publications and instruc-
your tax return, choose that preparer          Over-the-Phone Interpreter (OPI)             tions (including the Instructions for
wisely. A paid tax preparer is:                Service. The IRS offers the OPI Service      Form 1040) on mobile devices as
    • Primarily responsible for the over-      to taxpayers needing language interpre-      eBooks at IRS.gov/eBooks.
all substantive accuracy of your return,       tation. The OPI Service is available at          IRS eBooks have been tested using
    • Required to sign the return, and         Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs),          Apple’s iBooks for iPad. Our eBooks
    • Required to include their preparer       most IRS offices, and every VITA/TCE         haven’t been tested on other dedicated
tax identification number (PTIN).              tax return site. This service is available   eBook readers, and eBook functionality
                                               in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Kore-       may not operate as intended.
         Although the tax preparer al-         an, Vietnamese, Russian, and Haitian
     !   ways signs the return, you’re
 CAUTION ultimately responsible for pro-
                                               Creole.
                                                                                            Access your online account (individu-
                                                                                            al taxpayers only). Go to IRS.gov/
viding all the information required for        Accessibility Helpline available for         Account to securely access information
the preparer to accurately prepare your        taxpayers with disabilities. Taxpayers       about your federal tax account.
return and for the accuracy of every           who need information about accessibili-
                                               ty services can call 833-690-0598. The
                                                                                                • View the amount you owe and a
item reported on the return. Anyone paid                                                    breakdown by tax year.
to prepare tax returns for others should       Accessibility Helpline can answer ques-
                                               tions related to current and future acces-
                                                                                                • See payment plan details or apply
have a thorough understanding of tax                                                        for a new payment plan.
matters. For more information on how           sibility products and services available
                                               in alternative media formats (for exam-
                                                                                                • Make a payment or view 5 years of
to choose a tax preparer, go to Tips for                                                    payment history and any pending or
Choosing a Tax Preparer on IRS.gov.            ple, braille-ready, large print, audio,      scheduled payments.
                                               etc.). The Accessibility Helpline does
                                               not have access to your IRS account. For
                                                                                                • Access your tax records, including
Employers can register to use Busi-                                                         key data from your most recent tax re-
                                               help with tax law, refunds, or ac-           turn, and transcripts.
ness Services Online. The Social Se-
curity Administration (SSA) offers on-
                                               count-related issues, go to IRS.gov/
                                               LetUsHelp.
                                                                                                • View digital copies of select noti-
line service at SSA.gov/employer for                                                        ces from the IRS.
fast, free, and secure W-2 filing options      Alternative media preference. Form               • Approve or reject authorization re-
to CPAs, accountants, enrolled agents,         9000, Alternative Media Preference, or       quests from tax professionals.
and individuals who process Form W-2,          Form 9000(SP) allows you to elect to re-     Get a transcript of your return. With
Wage and Tax Statement; and Form               ceive certain types of written corre-        an online account, you can access a vari-
W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax State-            spondence in the following formats.          ety of information to help you during the
ment.                                              • Standard Print.                        filing season. You can get a transcript,
Business tax account. If you are a sole
                                                   • Large Print.                           review your most recently filed tax re-
proprietor, a partnership, an S corpora-
                                                   • Braille.                               turn, and get your adjusted gross in-
tion, a C corporation, or a single-mem-
                                                   • Audio (MP3).                           come. Create or access your online ac-
ber limited liability company (LLC),
                                                   • Plain Text File (TXT).                 count at IRS.gov/Account.
you can view your tax information on
                                                   • Braille-Ready File (BRF).              Tax Pro Account. This tool lets your
record with the IRS and do more with a         Disasters. Go to IRS.gov/DisasterRelief      tax professional submit an authorization
business tax account. Go to IRS.gov/           to review the available disaster tax re-     request to access your individual taxpay-
BusinessAccount for more information.          lief.                                        er IRS OLA. For more information, go
IRS social media. Go to IRS.gov/               Getting tax forms and publications.          to IRS.gov/TaxProAccount.
SocialMedia to see the various social          Go to IRS.gov/Forms to view, download,       Using direct deposit. The safest and
media tools the IRS uses to share the lat-     or print all the forms, instructions, and    easiest way to receive a tax refund is to
est information on tax changes, scam           publications you may need. Or you can        e-file and choose direct deposit, which
alerts, initiatives, products, and services.                                                securely and electronically transfers



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your refund directly into your financial              The IRS can’t issue refunds be-      you will receive immediate notification
account. Direct deposit also avoids the
possibility that your check could be lost,
                                                !     fore mid-February for returns
                                             CAUTION that claimed the EITC or the
                                                                                           of whether your agreement has been ap-
                                                                                           proved.
stolen, destroyed, or returned undeliver-    additional child tax credit (ACTC). This         • Use the Offer in Compromise Pre-
able to the IRS. Eight in 10 taxpayers       applies to the entire refund, not just the    Qualifier to see if you can settle your tax
use direct deposit to receive their re-      portion associated with these credits.        debt for less than the full amount you
funds. If you don’t have a bank account,                                                   owe. For more information on the Offer
go to IRS.gov/DirectDeposit for more         Making a tax payment. The IRS rec-            in Compromise program, go to IRS.gov/
information on where to find a bank or       ommends paying electronically whenev-         OIC.
credit union that can open an account        er possible. Options to pay electronically
                                                                                           Filing an amended return. Go to
online.                                      are included in the list below. Payments
                                             of U.S. tax must be remitted to the IRS       IRS.gov/1040X for information and up-
Reporting and resolving your tax-re-         in U.S. dollars. Digital assets are not ac-   dates.
lated identity theft issues.                                                               Checking the status of your amended
                                             cepted. Go to IRS.gov/Payments for in-
    • Tax-related identity theft happens     formation on how to make a payment            return. Go to IRS.gov/WMAR to track
when someone steals your personal in-                                                      the status of Form 1040-X amended re-
                                             using any of the following options.
formation to commit tax fraud. Your tax-
es can be affected if your SSN is used to
                                                 • IRS Direct Pay: Pay taxes from          turns.
                                             your bank account. It’s free and secure,               It can take up to 3 weeks from
file a fraudulent return or to claim a re-   and no sign-in is required. You can
fund or credit.                              change or cancel within 2 days of sched-
                                                                                              !     the date you filed your amen-
                                                                                           CAUTION ded return for it to show up in
    • The IRS doesn’t initiate contact       uled payment.                                 our system, and processing it can take
with taxpayers by email, text messages
(including shortened links), telephone
                                                 • Debit Card, Credit Card, or             up to 16 weeks.
                                             Digital Wallet: Choose an approved pay-
calls, or social media channels to request   ment processor to pay online or by            Understanding an IRS notice or letter
or verify personal or financial informa-     phone.                                        you’ve received. Go to IRS.gov/Notices
tion. This includes requests for personal
identification numbers (PINs), pass-
                                                 • Electronic Funds Withdrawal:            to find additional information about re-
                                             Schedule a payment when filing your           sponding to an IRS notice or letter.
words, or similar information for credit     federal taxes using tax return prepara-
cards, banks, or other financial accounts.                                                 IRS Document Upload Tool. You may
                                             tion software or through a tax professio-     be able to use the Document Upload
    • Go to IRS.gov/IdentityTheft, the       nal.                                          Tool to respond digitally to eligible IRS
IRS Identity Theft Central webpage, for
information on identity theft and data se-
                                                 • Electronic Federal Tax Payment          notices and letters by securely uploading
                                             System: This is the best option for busi-     required documents online through
curity protection for taxpayers, tax pro-    nesses. Enrollment is required.               IRS.gov. For more information, go to
fessionals, and businesses. If your SSN
has been lost or stolen or you suspect
                                                 • Check or Money Order: Mail your         IRS.gov/DUT.
                                             payment to the address listed on the no-
you’re a victim of tax-related identity                                                    Schedule LEP. You can use Sched-
                                             tice or instructions.
theft, you can learn what steps you                                                        ule LEP (Form 1040), Request for
should take.
                                                 • Cash: You may be able to pay your       Change in Language Preference, to state
                                             taxes with cash at a participating retail
    • Get an Identity Protection PIN (IP     store.
                                                                                           a preference to receive notices, letters,
PIN). IP PINs are six-digit numbers as-                                                    or other written communications from
signed to taxpayers to help prevent the
                                                 • Same-Day Wire: You may be able          the IRS in an alternative language. You
                                             to do same-day wire from your financial
misuse of their SSNs on fraudulent fed-                                                    may not immediately receive written
                                             institution. Contact your financial insti-
eral income tax returns. When you have                                                     communications in the requested lan-
                                             tution for availability, cost, and time
an IP PIN, it prevents someone else                                                        guage. The IRS’s commitment to LEP
                                             frames.
from filing a tax return with your SSN.                                                    taxpayers is part of a multi-year timeline
To learn more, go to IRS.gov/IPPIN.          Note: The IRS uses the latest encryp-         that began providing translations in
Ways to check on the status of your          tion technology to ensure that the elec-      2023. You will continue to receive com-
refund.                                      tronic payments you make online, by           munications, including notices and let-
                                                                                           ters, in English until they are translated
    • Go to IRS.gov/Refunds.                 phone, or from a mobile device using
                                                                                           to your preferred language.
    • Download the official IRS2Go app       the IRS2Go app are safe and secure.
to your mobile device to check your re-      Paying electronically is quick and easy.      Contacting your local TAC. Keep in
fund status.                                 What if I can’t pay now? Go to                mind, many questions can be answered
    • Call the automated refund hotline      IRS.gov/Payments for more information         on IRS.gov without visiting a TAC. Go
at 800-829-1954.                             about your options.                           to IRS.gov/LetUsHelp for the topics peo-
                                                                                           ple ask about most. If you still need
                                                • Apply for an online payment              help, TACs provide tax help when a tax
                                             agreement (IRS.gov/OPA) to meet your
                                             tax obligation in monthly installments if     issue can’t be handled online or by
                                             you can’t pay your taxes in full today.       phone. All TACs now provide service by
                                             Once you complete the online process,         appointment, so you’ll know in advance
                                                                                           that you can get the service you need



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without long wait times. Before you vis-    posed for failure to file, negligence,        25% of the unpaid amount. It applies to
it, go to IRS.gov/TAC to find the nearest   fraud, substantial or gross valuation mis-    any unpaid tax on the return. This penal-
TAC and to check hours, available serv-     statements, substantial understatements       ty is in addition to interest charges on
ices, and appointment options. Or, on       of tax, and reportable transaction under-     late payments.
the IRS2Go app, under the Stay Connec-      statements. Interest is charged on the        Frivolous return. In addition to any
ted tab, choose the Contact Us option       penalty from the due date of the return       other penalties, the law imposes a penal-
and click on “Local Offices.”               (including extensions).                       ty of $5,000 for filing a frivolous return.
                                            Penalties                                     A frivolous return is one that doesn’t
Interest and Penalties                                                                    contain information needed to figure the
                                            Late filing. If you don’t file your return    correct tax or shows a substantially in-
You don’t have to figure the amount of      by the due date (including extensions),       correct tax because you take a frivolous
any interest or penalties you may owe.      the penalty is usually 5% of the amount       position or desire to delay or interfere
We will send you a bill for any amount      due for each month or part of a month         with the tax laws. This includes altering
due.                                        your return is late, unless you have a        or striking out the preprinted language
   If you choose to include interest or     reasonable explanation. If you have a         above the space where you sign. For a
penalties (other than the estimated tax     reasonable explanation for filing late, in-   list of positions identified as frivolous,
penalty) with your payment, identify and    clude it with your return. The penalty        see Notice 2010-33, 2010-17 I.R.B. 609,
enter the amount in the bottom margin       can be as much as 25% of the tax due.         available           at        IRS.gov/irb/
of Form 1040 or 1040-SR, page 2. Don’t      The penalty is 15% per month, up to a         2010-17_IRB#NOT-2010-33.
include interest or penalties (other than   maximum of 75%, if the failure to file is
the estimated tax penalty) in the amount                                                  Other. Other penalties can be imposed
                                            fraudulent. If your return is more than
you owe on line 37. For more informa-                                                     for, among other things, negligence,
                                            60 days late, the minimum penalty will
tion on the estimated tax penalty, see                                                    substantial understatement of tax, re-
                                            be $525 or the amount of any tax you
Line 38, earlier.                                                                         portable transaction understatements, fil-
                                            owe, whichever is smaller.
                                                                                          ing an erroneous refund claim, and
Interest                                    Late payment of tax. If you pay your          fraud. Criminal penalties may be im-
                                            taxes late, the penalty is usually 1/2 of     posed for willful failure to file, tax eva-
We will charge you interest on taxes not
                                            1% of the unpaid amount for each              sion, making a false statement, or identi-
paid by their due date, even if an exten-
                                            month or part of a month the tax isn’t        ty theft. See Pub. 17 for details on some
sion of time to file is granted. We will
                                            paid. The penalty can be as much as           of these penalties.
also charge you interest on penalties im-




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Refund Information
                     To check the status        Where’s My Refund will provide an           Refund information is also available
                     of your refund, go      actual personalized refund date as soon     in Spanish at IRS.gov/Spanish and by
                     to IRS.gov/Refunds      as the IRS processes your tax return and    calling 800-829-1954.
or use the free IRS2Go app, 24 hours a       approves your refund.
day, 7 days a week. Information about                 Updates to refund status are
your refund will generally be available
                                              TIP made once a day—usually at
within 24 hours after the IRS receives                night.
your e-filed return or 4 weeks after you
mail a paper return. But if you filed                 If you don’t have Internet ac-
Form 8379 with your return, allow 14                  cess,     you      can     call
weeks (11 weeks if you filed electroni-               800-829-1954, 24 hours a day,
cally) before checking your refund sta-      7 days a week, for automated refund in-
tus.                                         formation. Our phone and walk-in assis-
The IRS can’t issue refunds before           tors can research the status of your re-
mid-February 2026 for returns that           fund only if it's been 21 days or more
claim the earned income credit or the        since you filed electronically or more
additional child tax credit. This delay      than 6 weeks since you mailed your pa-
applies to the entire refund, not just the   per return.
portion associated with these credits.
                                                Don’t send in a copy of your return
         To use Where’s My Refund,           unless asked to do so.
         have a copy of your tax return
         handy. You will need to enter           To get a refund, you must generally
the following information from your re-      file your return within 3 years from the
turn.                                        date the return was due (including exten-
                                             sions).
   • Your social security number (or in-        Where’s My Refund doesn’t track re-
dividual taxpayer identification num-
ber).                                        funds that are claimed on an amended
   • Your filing status.                     tax return.
   • The exact whole dollar amount of
your refund.




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Instructions for Schedule 1
Additional Income and Adjustments to Income
                                             box 1(a) should be reported elsewhere       would enter $1,500 in the entry space at

General Instructions
                                             on your return depending on the nature      the top of Schedule 1. The remaining
                                             of the transactions.                        $5,300 should be reported elsewhere on
Use Schedule 1 to report income or ad-                                                   your return depending on the nature of
                                                     If you received a Form 1099-K
justments to income that can’t be en-                                                    the transactions.
                                              TIP for a personal item that you
tered directly on Form 1040, 1040-SR,                sold at a gain, don’t report this
or 1040-NR.                                  amount in the entry space at the top of
   Additional income is entered on           Schedule 1; instead, report it as you       Additional Income
Schedule 1, Part I. The amount on            would report any other capital gain on
line 10 of Schedule 1 is entered on Form     Form 8949 and Schedule D.
                                                                                         Line 1
1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 8.
   Adjustments to income are entered on
                                                     For 2025, payment card com-         Taxable Refunds, Credits, or
                                              TIP panies, payment apps, and on-
Schedule 1, Part II. The amount on                    line marketplaces will be re-      Offsets of State and Local
line 26 is entered on Form 1040,             quired to send you a Form 1099-K only       Income Taxes
1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 10.                if the amount of your business transac-
                                             tions during the year is more than                   None of your refund is taxable
Form(s) 1099-K                               $20,000 and the total number of your         TIP if, in the year you paid the tax,
                                                                                                  you either (a) didn’t itemize de-
                                             transactions is more than 200.
If, for tax year 2025, you received a                                                    ductions, or (b) elected to deduct state
Form(s) 1099-K that shows payments              Example–Incorrect Form 1099-K.           and local general sales taxes instead of
that were included in error (for example,    You received a Form 1099-K that incor-      state and local income taxes.
money for gifts or reimbursements) or        rectly showed $800 of payments to you
for personal items that you sold at a loss                                                  If you received a refund, credit, or
                                             in box 1(a). You would enter $800 in the
(for example, an old refrigerator), enter                                                offset of state or local income taxes in
                                             entry space at the top of Schedule 1.
the amount that was included in error or                                                 2025, you may be required to report this
for personal items sold at a loss in the        Example–Personal item sold at a          amount. If you didn’t receive a Form
entry space at the top of Schedule 1.        loss. You bought a couch for $1,000 and     1099-G, check with the government
                                             sold it through a third-party vendor for
    • If the entire amount reported to       $700, which was reported in box 1(a) of
                                                                                         agency that made the payments to you.
                                                                                         Your 2025 Form 1099-G may have been
you on Form(s) 1099-K was in error or
for personal items sold at a loss, enter     your Form 1099-K. You would enter           made available to you only in an elec-
the total amount from Form(s) 1099-K,        $700 in the entry space at the top of       tronic format, and you will need to get
box 1(a), in the entry space at the top of   Schedule 1.                                 instructions from the agency to retrieve
Schedule 1.                                     Example–Personal items sold at a         this document. Report any taxable re-
    • If only some of the amount             loss and a gain. In addition to selling     fund you received even if you didn’t re-
                                                                                         ceive Form 1099-G.
reported to you on Form(s) 1099-K in         your couch for $700, you also sold a
box 1(a) was in error or for personal        handbag that you bought for $800 and           If you chose to apply part or all of the
items sold at a loss, only enter the         sold for $1,200. Your Form 1099-K           refund to your 2025 estimated state or
amount that was in error or for personal     shows $1,900 in box 1(a). You would         local income tax, the amount applied is
items sold at a loss in the entry space at   enter $700 in the entry space at the top    treated as received in 2025. If the refund
the top of Schedule 1. The remaining         of Schedule 1 for your loss on selling      was for a tax you paid in 2024 and you
amounts reported to you on Form(s)           the couch, and the remaining $400 of        deducted state and local income taxes on
1099-K should be reported elsewhere on       gain from the sale of the handbag would     your 2024 Schedule A, use the State and
your return depending on the nature of       be reported as capital gain on Form         Local Income Tax Refund Worksheet in
the transactions.                            8949 and Schedule D.                        these instructions to see if any of your
    • If you received more than one             Example–Multiple           incorrect     refund is taxable.
incorrect Form(s) 1099-K, with amounts       Form(s) 1099-K. You received a Form         Exception. See Itemized Deduction Re-
reported in error or for personal items      1099-K that incorrectly showed $800 of      coveries in Pub. 525 instead of using the
sold at a loss, add the incorrect amounts    payments to you in box 1(a). You also       State and Local Income Tax Refund
together and enter the total incorrect       received a Form 1099-K that reported        Worksheet in these instructions if any of
amount in the entry space at the top of      $6,000 in box 1(a) but $700 of that         the following applies.
Schedule 1. The remaining amounts            amount was reported in error. You
reported to you on Form(s) 1099-K in



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   1. You received a refund in 2025          ber. If you don’t, you may have to pay a              If the amount reported in box 1
that is for a tax year other than 2024.      penalty. For more details, see Pub. 504.        !     of your Form(s) 1099-G is in-
                                                                                           CAUTION correct, report on line 7 only
   2. You received a refund other than          If you are including alimony pay-
an income tax refund, such as a general      ments from more than one divorce or          the actual amount of unemployment
sales tax or real property tax refund, in    separation agreement in your income,         compensation paid to you in 2025.
2025 of an amount deducted or credit         enter the total of all alimony received on
claimed in an earlier year.                  line 2a.                                     If you made contributions to a govern-
   3. You had taxable income on your                                                      mental unemployment compensation
2024 Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15,          Line 2b                                      program and you aren't itemizing deduc-
but no tax on your Form 1040 or                                                           tions, reduce the amount you report on
                                             On line 2b, enter the month and year of      line 7 by those contributions. If you are
1040-SR, line 16, because of the 0% tax      your original divorce or separation
rate on net capital gain and qualified                                                    itemizing deductions, see the instruc-
                                             agreement that relates to the alimony        tions on Form 1099-G.
dividends in certain situations.             payment, if any, reported on line 2a.
   4. Your 2024 state and local income          If you have alimony payments from            If you received an overpayment of
tax refund is more than your 2024 state      more than one divorce or separation          unemployment compensation in 2025,
and local income tax deduction minus         agreement, on line 2b enter the month        subtract the amount you repaid from the
the amount you could have deducted as        and year of the divorce or separation        total amount you received. Enter the re-
your 2024 state and local general sales      agreement for which you received the         sult on line 7. Also, check the box on
taxes.                                       most income. Attach a statement listing      line 7 and enter the amount you repaid
   5. You made your last payment of          the month and year of the other agree-       in the entry space. If, in 2025, you re-
2024 estimated state or local income tax     ments.                                       paid more than $3,000 of unemployment
in 2025.                                                                                  compensation that you included in gross
   6. You owed alternative minimum           Line 3                                       income in an earlier year, see Repay-
                                                                                          ments in Pub. 525 for details on how to
tax in 2024.
   7. You couldn’t use the full amount
                                             Business Income or (Loss)                    report the payment.

of credits you were entitled to in 2024      If you operated a business or practiced               Beginning in 2025, if you made
because the total credits were more than     your profession as a sole proprietor, re-     TIP contributions to a governmen-
the amount shown on your 2024 Form           port your income and expenses on                      tal paid family leave program,
1040 or 1040-SR, line 18.                    Schedule C.                                  you will now include the full amount of
                                                                                          those contributions in your income. If
   8. You could be claimed as a de-
pendent by someone else in 2024.             Line 4                                       you itemize your deductions on Sched-
                                                                                          ule A, you can include the amounts con-
   9. You received a refund because of       Other Gains or (Losses)                      tributed as part of the state and local
a jointly filed state or local income tax                                                 taxes that you paid.
return, but you aren’t filing a joint 2025   If you sold or exchanged assets used in a
Form 1040 or 1040-SR with the same           trade or business, and are filing Form
                                                                                                  If you received unemployment
person.                                      4797, include the amount from Form
                                                                                           TIP compensation in 2025, your
                                             4797, line 18b, on line 4 and check the
                                                                                                   state may issue an electronic
                                             “4797” box. For more information, see
Lines 2a and 2b                              the Instructions for Form 4797.
                                                                                          Form 1099-G instead of it being mailed
                                                                                          to you. Check your state’s unemployment
Alimony Received                                If Form 4797 isn’t otherwise re-          compensation website for more informa-
                                             quired, include the amount from Form         tion.
Line 2a                                      4684, line 31, on line 4 and check the
                                             “4684” box. For more information, see
Enter amounts received as alimony or
                                             the Instructions for Form 4684.              Lines 8a Through 8z
separate maintenance pursuant to a di-
vorce or separation agreement entered                                                     Other Income
into on or before December 31, 2018,         Line 7
unless that agreement was changed after                                                            Do not report on lines 8a
December 31, 2018, to expressly pro-
                                             Unemployment                                    !     through 8z any income from
vide that alimony received isn’t included    Compensation                                  CAUTION self-employment  or fees re-
in your income. Alimony received is not                                                   ceived as a notary public. Instead, you
included in your income if you entered          You should receive a Form 1099-G          must use Schedule C, even if you don’t
into a divorce or separation agreement       showing in box 1 the total unemploy-         have any business expenses. Also don’t
after December 31, 2018. If you are in-      ment compensation paid to you in 2025.       report on lines 8a through 8z any non-
cluding alimony in your income, you          Report this amount on line 7.                employee compensation shown on Form
must let the person who made the pay-                                                     1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, or 1099-K (un-
ments know your social security num-                                                      less it isn’t self-employment income,
                                                                                          such as income from a hobby or a



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State and Local Income Tax Refund Worksheet—Schedule 1, Line 1
 Before you begin:                Be sure you have read the Exception in the instructions for this line to see if you can use this worksheet instead of
                                  Pub. 525 to figure if any of your refund is taxable.
 1.    Enter the income tax refund from Form(s) 1099-G (or similar statement). But don’t enter more than the amount
       of your state and local income taxes shown on your 2024 Schedule A, line 5d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                           1.
 2.    Is the amount of state and local income taxes (or general sales taxes), real estate taxes, and personal property
       taxes paid in 2024 (generally, this is the amount reported on your 2024 Schedule A, line 5d) more than the
       amount on your 2024 Schedule A, line 5e?
            No. Enter the amount from line 1 on line 3 and go to line 4.
            Yes. Subtract the amount on your 2024 Schedule A, line 5e,
                 from the amount of state and local income taxes (or
                 general sales taxes), real estate taxes, and personal
                 property taxes paid in 2024 (generally, this is the amount
                 reported on your 2024 Schedule A, line 5d).                                                          2.
 3.     Is the amount on line 1 more than the amount on line 2?

            No.       STOP
                               None of your refund is taxable.
            Yes. Subtract line 2 from line 1.                                                                         3.
 4.    Enter your total itemized deductions from your 2024 Schedule A, line 17.                                       4.
       Note. If the filing status on your 2024 Form 1040 or 1040-SR was married filing separately and
       your spouse itemized deductions in 2024, skip lines 5 through 7, enter the amount from line 4
       on line 8, and go to line 9.
 5.    Enter the amount shown below for the filing status claimed on your
       2024 Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
           • Single or married filing separately—$14,600
           • Married filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse—$29,200
           • Head of household—$21,900                                                                                5.
 6.    Check any boxes that apply.*
             You were born before January 2, 1960.                                                                  You are blind.
             Spouse was born before January 2, 1960.                                                                Spouse is blind.
                     No boxes checked. Enter -0-.
                     Multiply the number of boxes checked by $1,550 ($1,950
                     if your 2024 filing status was single or head of household).                                     6.
       *If your filing status is married filing separately, you can check the boxes for your spouse only
       if your spouse had no income, isn’t filing a return, and can’t be claimed as a dependent on
       another person’s return.
 7.    Add lines 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
 8.    Is the amount on line 7 less than the amount on line 4?
            No.       STOP
                               None of your refund is taxable.
            Yes. Subtract line 7 from line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8.
 9.    Taxable part of your refund. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 8 here and on Schedule 1, line 1 . . . . . . . . . . .                                   9.




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sporadic activity). Instead, see the In-     Complete the Foreign Earned Income           Line 8m
structions for Recipient included on         Tax Worksheet if you enter an amount
Form 1099-MISC, or 1099-NEC, to find         on Form 2555, line 45.                       Olympic and Paralympic medals and
out where to report that income. For                                                      USOC prize money. The value of
more information about what is being         Line 8e                                      Olympic and Paralympic medals and the
reported on Form 1099-K, see the In-                                                      amount of United States Olympic Com-
structions for Payee included on that        Income from Form 8853. Enter the to-         mittee (USOC) prize money you receive
form and visit IRS.gov/1099K.                tal of the amounts from Form 8853,           on account of your participation in the
                                             lines 8, 12, and 26. See Pub. 969.           Olympic or Paralympic Games may be
                                                                                          nontaxable. These amounts should be re-
Line 8a                                               You may have to pay an addi-
                                                                                          ported to you in box 3 of Form
Net operating loss (NOL) deduction.
                                                !     tional tax if you received a tax-
                                             CAUTION able distribution from an Arch-      1099-MISC. To see if these amounts are
Enter any deduction for an NOL from an       er MSA or Medicare Advantage MSA.            nontaxable, first figure your adjusted
earlier year. Enter the amount in the pre-   See the Instructions for Form 8853.          gross income, including the amount of
printed parentheses (as a negative num-                                                   your medals and prize money.
ber). The amount of your deduction will                                                      If your adjusted gross income is not
                                             Line 8f
be subtracted from the other amounts of                                                   more than $1,000,000 ($500,000 if mar-
income listed on lines 8b through 8z.        Income from Form 8889. Enter the to-         ried filing separately), these amounts are
See the Instructions for Form 172 for        tal of the amounts from Form 8889,           nontaxable and you should include the
details.                                     lines 16 and 20.                             amount in box 3 of Form 1099-MISC on
                                                                                          line 8m, then subtract it by including it
                                                      You may have to pay an addi-
Line 8b                                                                                   on line 24c.
                                                !     tional tax if you received a tax-
                                             CAUTION able distribution from a health
Gambling. Enter gambling winnings                                                         Line 8n
not attributable to a trade or business.     savings account. See the Instructions for
Gambling winnings include lotteries,         Form 8889.                                   Section 951(a) inclusion. Section 951
raffles, a lump-sum payment from the                                                      generally requires that a U.S. sharehold-
sale of a right to receive future lottery    Line 8h                                      er of a controlled foreign corporation in-
payments, etc. For details on gambling                                                    clude in income its pro rata share of the
losses, see the instructions for Sched-      Jury duty pay. Enter any jury duty pay       corporation’s subpart F income and its
ule A, line 16.                              and see the instructions for line 24a.       amount determined under section 956.
                                                                                          Enter on line 8n the sum of any amounts
          Attach Form(s) W-2G to Form                                                     reported on lines 1a through 1h and
 TIP 1040 or 1040-SR if any federal          Line 8i
                                                                                          line 2 of your Forms 5471, Schedule(s)
          income tax was withheld.                                                        I.
                                             Prizes and awards. Enter prizes and
                                             awards but see the instructions for
Line 8c                                      line 8m, Olympic and Paralympic med-         Line 8o
                                             als and USOC prize money, later.
Cancellation of debt. Enter any can-                                                      Section 951A(a) inclusion. Section
celed debt. Canceled debt may be shown       Line 8j                                      951A generally requires that a U.S.
in box 2 of Form 1099-C. However, part                                                    shareholder of a controlled foreign cor-
or all of your income from cancellation      Activity not engaged in for profit in-       poration include in income its global in-
of debt may be nontaxable. See Pub.          come. See Pub. 525.                          tangible low-taxed income (GILTI). En-
4681 or go to IRS.gov and enter “can-                                                     ter on line 8o from your Forms 8992 the
celed debt” or “foreclosure” in the          Line 8k                                      sum of any amounts reported on Part II,
search box.                                                                               line 5. Remember to attach copies of
                                             Stock options. Enter any income from         your Forms 8992.
                                             the exercise of stock options not other-
Line 8d                                                                                            If you made a section 962 elec-
                                             wise reported on Form 1040 or
Foreign earned income exclusion and          1040-SR, line 1h.                               !     tion and have an income inclu-
                                                                                           CAUTION sion   under section 951 or
housing exclusion from Form 2555.
                                             Line 8l                                      951A, do not report that income on
Enter the amount of your foreign earned
                                                                                          line 8n or 8o, as applicable. Instead, re-
income and housing exclusion from
                                             Income from the rental of personal           port the tax with respect to the section
Form 2555, line 45. Enter the amount in
                                             property if you engaged in the rental        962 election on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
the preprinted parentheses (as a negative
                                             for profit but were not in the business      line 16, and attach a statement showing
number). The amount from Form 2555,
                                             of renting such property. Also see the       how you figured the tax that includes the
line 45, will be subtracted from the other
                                             instructions for line 24b, later.            gross amounts of section 951 and sec-
amounts of income listed on lines 8a
                                                                                          tion 951A income.
through 8c and lines 8e through 8z.




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Line 8p                                     the entry space in the preprinted paren-      where on your return or other schedules.
                                            theses (as a negative number). For more       List the type and amount of income. If
461(l) excess business loss adjustment.     information about these payments, see         necessary, include a statement showing
Enter the amount of your excess busi-       Pub. 525.                                     the required information. For more de-
ness loss from Form 461, line 16.              If you do not have a separate trade or     tails, see Miscellaneous Income in Pub.
                                            business of providing these services, en-     525.
Line 8q                                     ter any nontaxable Medicaid waiver                Examples of income to report on
                                            payments on Schedule 1, line 8s. Also,        line 8z include the following.
Taxable distributions from an ABLE
account. Distributions from this type of
                                            enter your Medicaid waiver payments               • Reimbursements or other amounts
                                            reported on Form 1099-MISC or Form            received for items deducted in an earlier
account may be taxable if (a) they are
                                            1099-NEC on Form 1040, line 1d.               year, such as medical expenses, real es-
more than the designated beneficiary’s
                                                                                          tate taxes, general sales taxes, or home
qualified disability expenses, and (b)
they were not included in a qualified       Line 8t                                       mortgage interest. See Recoveries in
                                                                                          Pub. 525 for details on how to figure the
rollover. See Pub. 907 for more informa-    Pension or annuity from a nonquali-           amount to report.
tion.                                       fied deferred compensation plan or a
                                            nongovernmental section 457 plan.
                                                                                              • Reemployment trade adjustment
        You may have to pay an addi-                                                      assistance (RTAA) payments. These
                                            Enter the amount that you received as a
     !  tional tax if you received a tax-
CAUTION able distribution from an ABLE      pension or annuity from a nonqualified
                                                                                          payments should be shown in box 5 of
                                                                                          Form 1099-G.
account. See the Instructions for Form      deferred compensation plan or a nongo-            • Loss on certain corrective distribu-
5329.                                       vernmental 457 plan. This may be              tions of excess deferrals. See Retirement
                                            shown in box 11 of Form W-2. If you           Plan Contributions in Pub. 525.
                                            received such an amount but box 11 is             • Dividends on insurance policies if
Line 8r                                     blank, contact your employer or the pay-      they exceed the total of all net premiums
Scholarship and fellowship grants not       er for the amount received.                   you paid for the contract.
reported on Form W-2. Enter the                                                               • Recapture of a charitable contribu-
amount of scholarship and fellowship        Line 8u                                       tion deduction relating to the contribu-
grants not reported on Form W-2. How-                                                     tion of a fractional interest in tangible
                                            Wages earned while incarcerated. En-
ever, if you were a degree candidate, in-                                                 personal property. See Fractional Inter-
                                            ter the amount that you received for
clude on line 8r only the amounts you                                                     est in Tangible Personal Property in
                                            services performed while an inmate in a
used for expenses other than tuition and                                                  Pub. 526. Interest and an additional 10%
                                            penal institution. You may receive
course-related expenses. For example,                                                     tax apply to the amount of the recapture.
                                            Form(s) W-2 or Form(s) 1099.
amounts used for room, board, and trav-                                                   See the instructions for Schedule 2,
el must be reported on line 8r.                                                           line 17g.
                                            Line 8v
                                                                                              • Recapture of a charitable contribu-
Line 8s                                     Digital assets not reported elsewhere.        tion deduction if the charitable organiza-
                                            If, in 2025, you received ordinary in-        tion disposes of the donated property
Nontaxable amount of Medicaid waiv-         come in connection with digital assets        within 3 years of the contribution. See
er payments included on Form 1040,          that isn’t reported elsewhere on your re-     Recapture if no exempt use in Pub. 526.
line 1a or 1d. Certain Medicaid waiver      turn (for example, digital assets, such as        • Taxable part of disaster relief pay-
payments you received for caring for        income from forks, staking, or mining,        ments. See Pub. 525 to figure the taxa-
someone living in your home with you        which aren’t wages reported on line 1a        ble part, if any. If any of your disaster
may be nontaxable. Your nontaxable          or capital gain or loss reported on Form      relief payment is taxable, attach a state-
Medicaid waiver payments should be re-      8949 and Schedule D), report this in-         ment showing the total payment re-
ported to you on Form(s) W-2 in box 12,     come on line 8v. Don’t report a gift or       ceived and how you figured the taxable
Code II. If nontaxable payments were        inheritance of digital assets on line 8v.     part.
reported to you in box 1 of Form(s)         For more information, go to IRS.gov/              • Taxable distributions from a Cov-
W-2, report the amount on Form 1040 or      Digital-Assets                                erdell education savings account (ESA)
1040-SR, line 1a. If you did not receive                                                  or a qualified tuition program (QTP).
a Form W-2 for nontaxable payments, or          If you used a broker to effect the sale
                                            of a digital asset, your broker should        Distributions from these accounts may
you received nontaxable payments that                                                     be taxable if (a) in the case of distribu-
you didn’t report on line 1a, and choose    send you Form 1099-DA. You must an-
                                            swer the digital asset question on Form       tions from a QTP, they are more than the
to include nontaxable amounts in earned                                                   qualified higher education expenses of
income for purposes of claiming a credit    1040 whether or not you received a
                                            Form 1099-DA.                                 the designated beneficiary in 2025 or, in
or other tax benefit, report the amount                                                   the case of distributions from an ESA,
on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1d.                                                         they are more than the qualified educa-
Then, on line 8s, enter the total amount    Line 8z
                                                                                          tion expenses of the designated benefi-
of the nontaxable payments reported on      Other income. Use line 8z to report           ciary in 2025; and (b) they were not in-
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a or 1d, in     any taxable income not reported else-         cluded in a qualified rollover. Nontaxa-



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ble distributions from these accounts        duct more than $300 of their qualified       line 12.
don’t have to be reported on Form 1040       expenses on line 11. An eligible educa-         • Certain business expenses of Na-
or 1040-SR. This includes rollovers and      tor is a kindergarten through grade 12       tional Guard and reserve members who
qualified higher education expenses re-      teacher, instructor, counselor, principal,   traveled more than 100 miles from home
funded to a student from a QTP that          or aide who worked in a school for at        to perform services as a National Guard
were recontributed to a QTP with the         least 900 hours during a school year.        or reserve member.
same designated beneficiary generally           Qualified expenses include ordinary          • Performing-arts-related expenses
within 60 days after the date of refund.     and necessary expenses paid:                 as a qualified performing artist.
See Pub. 970.
                                                • For professional development               • Business expenses of fee-basis
                                             courses you have taken related to the        state or local government officials.
         You may have to pay an addi-
   !     tional tax if you received a tax-
 CAUTION able distribution from a Cover-
                                             curriculum you teach or to the students
                                             you teach; or
                                                                                             For more details, see Form 2106.

dell ESA or a QTP. See the Instructions         • In connection with books, sup-          Line 13
for Form 5329.                               plies, equipment (including computer

Nontaxable income. Don’t report any
                                             equipment, software, and services), and      Health Savings Account
                                             other materials used in the classroom.
nontaxable income on line 8z. Examples                                                    (HSA) Deduction
of nontaxable income include the fol-           An ordinary expense is one that is
                                             common and accepted in your educa-              You may be able to take this deduc-
lowing.                                                                                   tion if contributions (other than employ-
                                             tional field. A necessary expense is one
    • Child support.                         that is helpful and appropriate for your     er contributions, rollovers, and qualified
    • Life insurance proceeds received       profession as an educator. An expense        HSA funding distributions from an IRA)
because of someone’s death (with some                                                     were made to your HSA for 2025. See
exceptions; any taxable amounts will         doesn’t have to be required to be consid-
                                             ered necessary.                              Form 8889.
generally be reported to you on Form
1099-R).                                              Qualified    expenses    include
                                                                                          Line 14
    • Gifts and bequests. You may have        TIP amounts paid or incurred in
to report information on your gifts or be-            2025 for personal protective        Moving Expenses
quests on Form 3520, Part IV, if you re-     equipment, disinfectant, and other sup-
ceived:                                      plies used for the prevention of the            You can deduct moving expenses if
                                             spread of coronavirus.                       you are a member of the Armed Forces
   1. A gift or bequest from a foreign                                                    on active duty and due to a military or-
individual or foreign estate (including                                                   der you move because of a permanent
foreign persons related to that foreign         Qualified expenses don’t include ex-
                                             penses for home schooling or for non-        change of station. Use Tax Topic 455 or
individual or foreign estate) totaling                                                    see Form 3903.
more than $100,000; or                       athletic supplies for courses in health or
                                             physical education.                             If you are claiming only storage fees
   2. Amounts totaling more than
$20,116 from a foreign corporation or           You must reduce your qualified ex-        during your absence from the United
foreign partnership (including foreign       penses by the following amounts.             States, check the box on line 14. For
persons related to such foreign corpora-        • Excludable U.S. series EE and I         more information, see the Instructions
tions or foreign partnerships) that you      savings bond interest from Form 8815.        for Form 3903.
treated as gifts.                               • Nontaxable qualified tuition pro-
                                             gram earnings or distributions.              Line 15
   See the Instructions for Form 3520.          • Any nontaxable distribution of
                                             Coverdell education savings account          Deductible Part of
                                             earnings.                                    Self-Employment Tax
Adjustments to                                  • Any reimbursements you received
Income
                                             for these expenses that weren’t reported
                                             to you in box 1 of your Form W-2.               If you were self-employed and owe
                                                                                          self-employment tax, fill in Schedule SE
                                                For more details, use Tax Topic 458
Line 11                                      or see Pub. 529.
                                                                                          to figure the amount of your deduction.
                                                                                          The deductible part of your self-employ-
Educator Expenses                                                                         ment tax is on line 13 of Schedule SE.
                                             Line 12
   If you were an eligible educator in
2025, you can deduct on line 11 up to        Certain Business Expenses                    Line 16
$300 of qualified expenses you paid in       of Reservists, Performing                    Self-Employed SEP, SIMPLE,
2025. If you and your spouse are filing
jointly and both of you were eligible ed-
                                             Artists, and Fee-Basis                       and Qualified Plans
ucators, the maximum deduction is            Government Officials
$600. However, neither spouse can de-                                                        If you were self-employed or a part-
                                                Include the following deductions on       ner, you may be able to take this deduc-



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Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction Worksheet—Schedule 1, Line 17
 Before you begin:                         Be sure you have read the Exceptions in the instructions for this line to see if you can use this
                                           worksheet instead of Form 7206 to figure your deduction.
  1. Enter the total amount paid in 2025 for health insurance coverage established under your business
     (or the S corporation in which you were a more-than-2% shareholder) for 2025 for you, your
     spouse, and your dependents. Your insurance can also cover your child who was under age 27 at
     the end of 2025, even if the child wasn’t your dependent. But don’t include amounts for any month
     you were eligible to participate in an employer-sponsored health plan or amounts paid from
     retirement plan distributions that were nontaxable because you are a retired public safety
     officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.
  2. Enter your net profit* and any other earned income** from the business under which the insurance
     plan is established, minus any deductions on Schedule 1, lines 15 and 16. Don’t include
     Conservation Reserve Program payments exempt from self-employment tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                           2.
  3. Self-employed health insurance deduction. Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 2 here and on
     Schedule 1, line 17. Don’t include this amount in figuring any medical expense deduction
     on Schedule A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           3.
 *If you used either optional method to figure your net earnings from self-employment, don’t enter your net profit. Instead, enter the amount
    from Schedule SE, line 4b.
 **Earned income includes net earnings and gains from the sale, transfer, or licensing of property you created. However, it doesn’t include
   capital gain income. If you were a more-than-2% shareholder in the S corporation under which the insurance plan is established, earned
   income is your Medicare wages (box 5 of Form W-2) from that corporation.



tion. See Pub. 560 or, if you were a min-                              more-than-2% shareholder. Health insur-                                  bursed as wages in box 1 of your Form
ister, Pub. 517.                                                       ance premiums paid or reimbursed by                                      W-2 in 2025 and you also report the pre-
                                                                       the S corporation are shown as wages on                                  mium payments or reimbursements as
Line 17                                                                Form W-2.                                                                wages on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                                                                                                                                                line 1a.
                                                                          The insurance plan must be establish-
Self-Employed Health                                                                                                                                But if you were also eligible to par-
                                                                       ed under your business. Your personal
Insurance Deduction                                                    services must have been a material in-                                   ticipate in any subsidized health plan
                                                                       come-producing factor in the business.                                   maintained by your or your spouse’s em-
   You may be able to deduct the                                       If you are filing Schedule C or F, the                                   ployer for any month or part of a month
amount you paid for health insurance                                   policy can be either in your name or in                                  in 2025, amounts paid for health insur-
(which includes medical, dental, and vi-                               the name of the business.                                                ance coverage for that month can’t be
sion insurance and qualified long-term                                                                                                          used to figure the deduction. Also, if
care insurance) for yourself, your                                        If you are a partner, the policy can be                               you were eligible for any month or part
spouse, and your dependents. The insur-                                either in your name or in the name of the                                of a month to participate in any subsi-
ance can also cover your child who was                                 partnership. You can either pay the pre-                                 dized health plan maintained by the em-
under age 27 at the end of 2025, even if                               miums yourself or your partnership can                                   ployer of either your dependent or your
the child wasn’t your dependent. A child                               pay them and report them as guaranteed                                   child who was under age 27 at the end
includes your son, daughter, stepchild,                                payments. If the policy is in your name                                  of 2025, don’t use amounts paid for cov-
adopted child, or foster child (defined in                             and you pay the premiums yourself, the                                   erage for that month to figure the deduc-
Who Qualifies as Your Dependent in the                                 partnership must reimburse you and re-                                   tion.
Instructions for Form 1040).                                           port the premiums as guaranteed pay-
                                                                       ments.                                                                            A qualified small employer
   One of the following statements must
be true.                                                                   If you are a more-than-2% sharehold-
                                                                                                                                                     !   health reimbursement arrange-
                                                                                                                                                 CAUTION ment (QSEHRA) is considered

   • You were self-employed and had a                                  er in an S corporation, the policy can be                                to be a subsidized health plan main-
net profit for the year reported on                                    either in your name or in the name of the                                tained by an employer.
Schedule C or F.                                                       S corporation. You can either pay the
   • You were a partner with net earn-                                 premiums yourself or the S corporation                                       Example. If you were eligible to par-
ings from self-employment.                                             can pay them and report them as wages.                                   ticipate in a subsidized health plan main-
   • You used one of the optional meth-                                If the policy is in your name and you                                    tained by your spouse’s employer from
ods to figure your net earnings from                                   pay the premiums yourself, the S corpo-                                  September 30 through December 31,
self-employment on Schedule SE.                                        ration must reimburse you. You can de-                                   you can’t use amounts paid for health in-
   • You received wages in 2025 from                                   duct the premiums only if the S corpora-                                 surance coverage for September through
an S corporation in which you were a                                   tion reports the premiums paid or reim-                                  December to figure your deduction.



94
   Medicare premiums you voluntarily          entered into your divorce or separation          2. If you are filing a joint return and
pay to obtain insurance in your name          agreement after December 31, 2018, or        you or your spouse made contributions
that is similar to qualifying private         if you entered into the agreement on or      to both a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA
health insurance can be used to figure        before December 31, 2018, and the            for 2025, don’t use the IRA Deduction
the deduction. Amounts paid for health        agreement was changed after December         Worksheet in these instructions. Instead,
insurance coverage from retirement plan       31, 2018, to expressly provide that ali-     see Pub. 590-A to figure the amount, if
distributions that were nontaxable be-        mony received is not included in your        any, of your IRA deduction.
cause you are a retired public safety offi-   former spouse’s income. Use Tax Topic            3. You can’t deduct elective defer-
cer can’t be used to figure the deduction.    452 or see Pub. 504.                         rals to a 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, sec-
  For more details, see Instructions for                                                   tion 457 plan, SIMPLE IRA plan, or the
Form 7206.                                    Line 19c                                     federal Thrift Savings Plan. Except for
                                              On line 19c, enter the month and year of     designated Roth contributions, these
    If you qualify to take the deduction,                                                  amounts aren’t included as income in
use the Self-Employed Health Insurance        your original divorce or separation
                                              agreement that relates to this deduction     box 1 of your Form W-2.
Deduction Worksheet to figure the
amount you can deduct.                        for alimony paid.                                4. If you made contributions to your
                                                                                           IRA in 2025 that you deducted for 2024,
                                              Line 20
Exceptions. Use Form 7206 instead of                                                       don’t include them in the worksheet.
the Self-Employed Health Insurance De-
                                                                                               5. If you received income from a
duction Worksheet in these instructions       IRA Deduction                                nonqualified deferred compensation
to figure your deduction if any of the
following applies.                                     If you made any nondeductible       plan or nongovernmental section 457
                                                                                           plan that is included in box 1 of your
    • You had more than one source of          TIP contributions to a traditional
                                                                                           Form W-2, or in box 1 of Form
income subject to self-employment tax.                individual retirement arrange-
                                                                                           1099-NEC, don’t include that income on
    • You file Form 2555.                     ment (IRA) for 2025, you must report
                                                                                           line 8 of the worksheet. The income
    • You are using amounts paid for          them on Form 8606.
                                                                                           should be shown in (a) box 11 of your
qualified long-term care insurance to
figure the deduction.                                  You are entitled to a deduction     Form W-2, (b) box 12 of your Form
                                               TIP for your contribution to a tradi-       W-2 with code Z, or (c) box 15 of Form
    Use Pub. 974 instead of the work-                                                      1099-MISC. If it isn’t, contact your em-
sheet in these instructions if the insur-              tional IRA regardless of age.
                                                                                           ployer or the payer for the amount of the
ance plan was considered to be estab-            If you made contributions to a tradi-     income.
lished under your business and was ob-        tional IRA for 2025, you may be able to
tained through the Marketplace, and ad-                                                        6. You must file a joint return to de-
                                              take an IRA deduction. But you, or your
vance payments of the premium tax                                                          duct contributions to your spouse’s IRA.
                                              spouse if filing a joint return, must have
credit were made or you are claiming                                                       Enter the total IRA deduction for you
                                              had earned income to do so. For IRA
the premium tax credit.                                                                    and your spouse on line 20.
                                              purposes, earned income includes alimo-
                                              ny and separate maintenance payments             7. Don’t include rollover contribu-
Line 18                                       reported on Schedule 1, line 2a. If you      tions in figuring your deduction. Instead,
                                              were a member of the U.S. Armed              see the instructions for Form 1040 or
Penalty on Early Withdrawal                   Forces, earned income includes any non-      1040-SR, lines 4a and 4b.
of Savings                                    taxable combat pay you received. If you          8. Don’t include trustees’ fees that
                                              were self-employed, earned income is         were billed separately and paid by you
                                              generally your net earnings from             for your IRA.
    The Form 1099-INT or Form                 self-employment if your personal serv-           9. Don’t include any repayments of
1099-OID you received will show the           ices were a material income-producing        qualified reservist distributions. You
amount of any penalty you were charg-         factor. For more details, see Pub. 590-A.    can’t deduct them. For information on
ed.                                           A statement should be sent to you by         how to report these repayments, see
                                              June 1, 2026, that shows all contribu-       Qualified reservist repayments in Pub.
Lines 19a, 19b, and 19c                       tions to your traditional IRA for 2025.      590-A.
                                                 Use the IRA Deduction Worksheet to            10. If the total of your IRA deduction
Alimony Paid                                  figure the amount, if any, of your IRA       on line 20 plus any nondeductible con-
Line 19a                                      deduction. But read the following list       tributions to your traditional IRAs
                                              before you fill in the worksheet.            shown on Form 8606 is less than your
If you made payments to or for your
spouse or former spouse under a divorce          1. You can’t deduct contributions to      total traditional IRA contributions for
or separation agreement entered into on       a Roth IRA. But you may be able to take      2025, see Pub. 590-A for special rules.
or before December 31, 2018, you may          the retirement savings contributions
                                              credit (saver’s credit). See the instruc-    Were You Covered by a Retirement
be able to take this deduction. You can’t                                                  Plan? If you were covered by a retire-
take a deduction for alimony payments         tions for Schedule 3, line 4.
                                                                                           ment     plan   (qualified   pension,
you made to or for your spouse if you



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profit-sharing (including 401(k)), annui-   were self-employed and had a SEP,          lived apart from your spouse for all of
ty, SEP, SIMPLE, etc.) at work or           SIMPLE, or qualified retirement plan.      2025.
through self-employment, your IRA de-          If you were covered by a retirement         If you are married filing separately
duction may be reduced or eliminated.       plan and you file Form 2555 or 8815, or    and you lived apart from your spouse for
But you can still make contributions to     you exclude employer-provided adop-        all of 2025, check the box on line 20. If
an IRA even if you can’t deduct them. In    tion benefits, see Pub. 590-A to figure    you don’t check the box on line 20, you
any case, the income earned on your         the amount, if any, of your IRA deduc-     may get a math error notice from the
IRA contributions isn’t taxed until it is   tion.                                      IRS.
paid to you.
                                               Married persons filing separately. If           You may be able to take the re-
   The “Retirement plan” box in box 13
                                            you weren’t covered by a retirement         TIP tirement savings contributions
of your Form W-2 should be checked if
                                            plan but your spouse was, you are con-               credit. See the Schedule 3,
you were covered by a plan at work
                                            sidered covered by a plan unless you       line 4, instructions.
even if you weren’t vested in the plan.
You are also covered by a plan if you




96
IRA Deduction Worksheet—Schedule 1, Line 20
 Before you begin:                    Be sure you have read the instructions for this line. You may not be able to use this worksheet.
                                      If the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z, have you enter a write-in adjustment on line 24z, figure that write-in
                                      before completing this worksheet (see the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z).
                                      If you are married filing separately and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2025, check the box on line 20.
                                                                                                                                Your IRA            Spouse’s IRA
 1a.   Were you covered by a retirement plan (see Were You Covered by a Retirement
       Plan)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1a.    Yes   No
  b.   If married filing jointly, was your spouse covered by a retirement plan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             1b.        Yes       No
        Next. If you checked “No” on line 1a (and “No” on line 1b if married filing
        jointly), skip lines 2 through 6, enter the applicable amount below on line 7a
        (and line 7b, if applicable), and go to line 8.
            • $7,000 if under age 50 at the end of 2025.
            • $8,000 if age 50 or older at the end of 2025.
         Otherwise, go to line 2.
  2.    Enter the amount shown below that applies to you.
       • Single, head of household, or married filing separately and you
       lived apart from your spouse for all of 2025, enter $89,000.
       • Qualifying surviving spouse, enter $146,000.                                                                       2a.               2b.
       • Married filing jointly, enter $146,000 in both columns. But if you checked
       “No” on either line 1a or 1b, enter $246,000 for the person who wasn’t
        covered by a plan.
       • Married filing separately and you lived with your spouse at any time in
       2025, enter $10,000.
  3.    Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
        line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3.
  4.    Enter the total of the amounts from Schedule 1,
        lines 11 through 19a, plus 23 and 25 . . . . . . . . . . .                     4.
  5.    Subtract line 4 from line 3. If married filing jointly, enter the result in both
        columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5a.               5b.
  6.    Is the amount on line 5 less than the amount on line 2?
             No.              None of your IRA contributions are deductible. For details on
                      STOP
                              nondeductible IRA contributions, see Form 8606.

             Yes.       Subtract line 5 from line 2 in each column. Follow the instructions
                        below that apply to you.
                           • If single, head of household, or married filing separately,
                            and the result is $10,000 or more, enter the applicable
                            amount below on line 7 for that column and go to line 8.
                              i. $7,000 if under age 50 at the end of 2025.
                              ii. $8,000 if age 50 or older at the end of 2025.
                            If the result is less than $10,000, go to line 7.                                               6a.               6b.
                           • If married filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse,
                            and the result is $20,000 or more ($10,000 or more in the
                            column for the IRA of a person who wasn’t covered by a
                            retirement plan), enter the applicable amount below on
                            line 7 for that column and go to line 8.
                              i. $7,000 if under age 50 at the end of 2025.
                              ii. $8,000 if age 50 or older at the end of 2025.
                            Otherwise, go to line 7.




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IRA Deduction Worksheet—Continued
                                                                                                              Your IRA               Spouse’s IRA
  7.    Multiply lines 6a and 6b by the percentage below that applies to you. If the
        result isn’t a multiple of $10, increase it to the next multiple of $10 (for
        example, increase $490.30 to $500). If the result is $200 or more, enter the
        result. But if it is less than $200, enter $200.
        • Single, head of household, or married filing separately, multiply
        by 70% (0.70) (or by 80% (0.80) in the column for the IRA of a person who
        is age 50 or older at the end of 2025).
        • Married filing jointly or qualifying surviving spouse, multiply by 35%                       7a.                     7b.
        (0.35) (or by 40% (0.40) in the column for the IRA of a person
        who is age 50 or older at the end of 2025). But if you checked “No”
         on either line 1a or 1b, then in the column for the IRA of the person
         who wasn’t covered by a retirement plan, multiply by
        70% (0.70) (or by 80% (0.80) if age 50 or older at the
        end of 2025).
  8.    Enter the total of your (and your spouse’s if filing
        jointly):
        • Wages, salaries, tips, etc. Generally, this is the
        amount reported in box 1 of Form W-2. Exceptions
        are explained earlier in these instructions for line 20.                  8.
        • Alimony and separate maintenance payments
        reported on Schedule 1, line 2a.
        • Nontaxable combat pay. This amount should be
        reported in box 12 of Form W-2 with code Q or
        reported on Form 1040, line 1i.
  9.    Enter the earned income you (and your spouse if
        filing jointly) received as a self-employed individual
        or a partner. Generally, this is your (and your
        spouse’s if filing jointly) net earnings from
        self-employment if your personal services were a
        material income-producing factor, minus any
        deductions on Schedule 1, lines 15 and 16. If zero or
        less, enter -0-. For more details, see Pub.
        590-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9.
 10.    Add lines 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       10.

                     If married filing jointly and line 10 is less than $14,000 ($15,000 if
            !
         CAUTION
                     one spouse is age 50 or older at the end of 2025; $16,000 if both
                     spouses are age 50 or older at the end of 2025), stop here and use
                     the worksheet in Pub. 590-A to figure your IRA deduction.
 11.    Enter traditional IRA contributions made, or that will be made by the due date
        of your 2025 return not counting extensions (April 15, 2026, for most people),
        for 2025 to your IRA on line 11a and to your spouse’s IRA on line 11b . . . . . 11a.                                  11b.
 12.    On line 12a, enter the smallest of line 7a, 10, or 11a. On line 12b, enter the
        smallest of line 7b, 10, or 11b. This is the most you can deduct. Add the
        amounts on lines 12a and 12b and enter the total on Schedule 1, line 20. Or, if
        you want, you can deduct a smaller amount and treat the rest as a
        nondeductible contribution (see Form 8606) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12a.                   12b.



                                                       surviving spouse; $200,000 if married                      Use the worksheet in these instruc-
Line 21                                                filing jointly. Use lines 2 through 4 of                tions to figure your student loan interest
                                                       the worksheet in these instructions to                  deduction.
Student Loan Interest                                  figure your modified AGI.                               Exception. Use Pub. 970 instead of the
Deduction                                                  • You, or your spouse if filing joint-              worksheet in these instructions to figure
                                                       ly, aren’t claimed as a dependent on                    your student loan interest deduction if
                                                       someone else's (such as your parent’s)                  you file Form 2555 or 4563, or you ex-
    You can take this deduction only if                2025 tax return.                                        clude income from sources within Puer-
all of the following apply.
                                                                                                               to Rico.
    • You paid interest in 2025 on a                      Don’t include any amount paid from
                                                       a distribution of earnings made from a                  Qualified student loan. A qualified
qualified student loan (defined later).
    • Your filing status is any status ex-             qualified tuition program (QTP) after
                                                       2018 to the extent the earnings are trea-
                                                                                                               student loan is any loan you took out to
                                                                                                               pay the qualified higher education ex-
cept married filing separately.
    • Your modified adjusted gross in-                 ted as tax free because they were used to
                                                       pay student loan interest.
                                                                                                               penses for any of the following individu-
                                                                                                               als who were eligible students.
come (AGI) is less than $100,000 if sin-
gle, head of household, or qualifying                                                                             1. Yourself or your spouse.



98
Student Loan Interest Deduction Worksheet—Schedule 1, Line 21

 Before you begin:                      If the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z, have you enter a write-in adjustment on line 24z, figure that
                                        write-in before completing this worksheet (see the instructions for Schedule 1, line 24z).
                                        Be sure you have read the Exception in the instructions for this line to see if you can use this worksheet
                                        instead of Pub. 970 to figure your deduction.
  1.   Enter the total interest you paid in 2025 on qualified student loans (see the instructions for line 21). Don’t
       enter more than $2,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
  2.   Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
  3.   Enter the total of the amounts from Schedule 1, lines 11 through 20, and 23 and
       25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
  4.   Subtract line 3 from line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
  5.   Enter the amount shown below for your filing status.
       • Single, head of household, or qualifying
        surviving spouse—$85,000                                                                                       ...........
                                                                                                                                               5.
       • Married filing jointly—$170,000
  6.   Is the amount on line 4 more than the amount on line 5?
             No. Skip lines 6 and 7, enter -0- on line 8, and go to line 9.
             Yes. Subtract line 5 from line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
  7.   Divide line 6 by $15,000 ($30,000 if married filing jointly). Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at
       least three places). If the result is 1.000 or more, enter 1.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.                                 .
  8.   Multiply line 1 by line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.
  9.   Student loan interest deduction. Subtract line 8 from line 1. Enter the result here and on Schedule 1,
       line 21.
       Don’t include this amount in figuring any other deduction on your return (such as on Schedule A, C,
       E, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.



   2. Any person who was your de-                                   books and supplies. The expenses must                                      Line 24b
pendent when the loan was taken out.                                be for education in a degree, certificate,
                                                                    or similar program at an eligible educa-                                   Enter the deductible expenses related to
   3. Any person you could have
                                                                    tional institution. An eligible education-                                 income reported on line 8l from the rent-
claimed as a dependent for the year the
                                                                    al institution includes most colleges,                                     al of personal property you engaged in
loan was taken out except that:
                                                                    universities, and certain vocational                                       for profit but were not in the business of
   a. The person filed a joint return;                                                                                                         renting such property.
                                                                    schools. For details, see Pub. 970.
   b. The person had gross income that
                                                                                                                                               Line 24c
was equal to or more than the exemption
amount for that year or $5,200 for 2025;
                                                                    Line 22
                                                                    Line 22 has been reserved for future use.                                  Enter the nontaxable amount of the val-
or                                                                                                                                             ue of Olympic and Paralympic medals
   c. You, or your spouse if filing
                                                                    Line 23
                                                                                                                                               and USOC prize money reported on
jointly, could be claimed as a dependent                                                                                                       line 8m.
on someone else’s return.
                                                                    Archer MSA Deduction
   However, a loan isn’t a qualified stu-                                                                                                      Line 24d
                                                                    See Form 8853.
dent loan if (a) any of the proceeds were                                                                                                      Enter reforestation amortization and ex-
used for other purposes, or (b) the loan
                                                                    Lines 24a Through 24z                                                      penses (see the Instructions for Form
was from either a related person or a                                                                                                          4562).
person who borrowed the proceeds un-                                Line 24a
der a qualified employer plan or a con-
                                                                    Jury duty pay. Enter your jury duty                                        Line 24e
tract purchased under such a plan. For
                                                                    pay if you gave the pay to your employ-                                    Enter repayment of supplemental unem-
details, see Pub. 970.
                                                                    er because your employer paid your sal-                                    ployment benefits under the Trade Act
Qualified higher education expenses.                                ary while you served on the jury.                                          of 1974 (see Pub. 525).
Qualified higher education expenses
generally include tuition, fees, room and
board, and related expenses such as



                                                                                                                                                                                       99
Line 24f                                    crimination claims, but only to the ex-     Line 24j
                                            tent of gross income from such actions
Enter contributions to section 501(c)(18)   (see Pub. 525).                             Enter the housing deduction from Form
(D) pension plans (see Pub. 525).                                                       2555.
                                            Line 24i
Line 24g                                                                                Line 24k
                                            Enter attorney fees and court costs you
Enter contributions by certain chaplains    paid in connection with an award from       Enter excess deductions of section 67(e)
to section 403(b) plans (see Pub. 517).     the IRS for information you provided        expenses from Schedule K-1 (Form
                                            that helped the IRS detect tax law viola-   1041), box 11, code A. See the Instruc-
Line 24h                                    tions, up to the amount of the award in-    tions for Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).
Enter attorney fees and court costs for     cludible in your gross income.
actions involving certain unlawful dis-                                                 Line 24z
                                                                                        Leave line 24z blank.




100
Instructions for Schedule 1-A
Additional Deductions
                                                                                                • You (and/or your spouse if filing a
General Instructions                          Part II
                                                                                            joint return) received qualified tips in
                                                                                            2025.
Use Schedule 1-A to report additional         No Tax on Tips                                    • You have a valid social security
                                                                                            number (SSN). If you are married filing
deductions that can’t be entered directly
                                              In general, tips received as an employee      a joint return, the spouse who received
on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.
                                              or from self-employment must be inclu-        the qualified tips must have a valid SSN.
You can claim these deductions whether
you claim the standard deduction or           ded in your gross income and are subject      Maximum amount of deduction. You
itemize deductions on Schedule A or           to income tax and social security and         can’t deduct more than $25,000 of quali-
Schedule A (Form 1040-NR).                    Medicare tax.                                 fied tips, regardless of your filing status.
                                                                                            If you are self-employed, your tips from
   These additional deductions are de-           If you received cash and charge tips
                                                                                            your trade or business are taken into ac-
ductions for qualified tips, qualified        of $20 or more in a calendar month and
                                                                                            count in figuring the deduction only to
overtime compensation, no tax on car          didn’t report all of those tips to your em-
                                                                                            the extent you had net income. Your net
loan interest, and the enhanced deduc-        ployer, you must file Form 4137. You
                                                                                            income is the gross income from the
tion for seniors. The amount on line 38       must also file Form 4137 if your
                                                                                            trade or business in which the qualified
of Schedule 1-A is entered on Form            Form(s) W-2, box 8, shows allocated
                                                                                            tips were received less the amount of the
1040 or 1040-SR, line 13b, and on Form        tips that you must report as income.
                                                                                            total deductions (other than the deduc-
1040-NR, line 13c.                               If you have net earnings from              tion for qualified tips) allocable to that
          If you are filing a tax return on   self-employment, use Schedule SE to           trade or business. See Net income limita-
                                              figure the tax due on net earnings from       tion, later.
   !      Form 1041 for an estate or
CAUTION trust and intend to claim the         self-employment.                                       If you are married and filing a
deduction for car loan interest, see the         You may be able to claim a deduction        TIP joint return, and both you and
“No Tax on Car Loan Interest” work-           for qualified tips paid to you in 2025                 your spouse have qualified tip
sheet in the Instructions for Form 1041.      that are included on Form W-2, Form           income, the $25,000 maximum amount
                                              1099-NEC, Form 1099-MISC, Form                of deduction limit applies to your com-
                                              1099-K, or reported directly by you on        bined qualified tip income. It is not a per
Part I                                        Form 4137.                                    spouse limit.

Modified Adjusted                                You can claim this deduction whether
                                              you claim the standard deduction or
                                                                                               The deduction amount (after applying
                                                                                            the $25,000 deduction limit) is reduced
Gross Income                                  itemize deductions on Schedule A or           if your MAGI is more than the amount
(MAGI) Amount                                 Schedule A (Form 1040-NR).                    shown next for your filing status.
                                                                                                • Married filing jointly—$300,000.
                                                      If you are married, you must
Use Part I of Schedule 1-A to figure             !    file a joint return with your             • Single, Head of household, or
your MAGI. If you don’t have income           CAUTION spouse to claim this deduction.
                                                                                            Qualifying surviving spouse—$150,000.
from Puerto Rico that you excluded                                                             Your MAGI is the amount on line 3
from your income, or you aren’t filing                  For tax year 2025, Form W-2,        in Part I of Schedule 1-A.
Form 2555 or 4563, then enter the
amount from Form 1040, 1040-SR, or
                                                 !      Form     1099-NEC,
                                               CAUTION 1099-MISC, and Form 1099-K
                                                                                 Form
                                                                                            Qualified Tips
1040-NR, line 11b, on Schedule 1-A,           were not updated to separately identify       Qualified tips are tips that you received
line 3. If you do have excluded income        tips that may qualify for this deduction.     from customers or, as an employee,
from Puerto Rico, or you are filing Form      See Determining the amount of qualified       through a tip-sharing arrangement in an
2555 or 4563, complete lines 2a through       tips received by employees and Deter-         occupation that customarily and regular-
2e in Part I of Schedule 1-A to figure        mining the amount of qualified tips re-       ly received tips on or before December
your MAGI.                                    ceived by non-employees, later. Also,         31, 2024. See Occupations that custom-
                                              see the instructions for lines 4a and 5       arily and regularly received tips on or
                                              for more information about how to iden-       before December 31, 2024, later. Quali-
                                              tify the qualified tips included in the       fied tips are tips that are:
                                              amounts reported on these forms.                 • Cash tips,
                                                                                               • Paid voluntarily,
                                                 Fill out Schedule 1-A, Part II, only if:      • Not the subject of negotiation, and

                                                                                                                                   101
   • Determined by the customer/payor.            Example 1. You work on the wait           ber 31, 2024. For more information on
                                              staff at a restaurant. You serve a table      the transition relief, see Notice 2025-69.
Cash tips. Cash tips are tips received        with a group of six people. The restau-
from customers or, in the case of an em-      rant has an automatic 18% charge added
                                                                                               • Tips received while performing a
ployee, through a mandatory or volunta-                                                     service that is a felony or misdemeanor
                                              to a bill of any party of six or more peo-
ry tip-sharing arrangement, such as a tip                                                   under applicable law are not qualified
                                              ple. The bill includes the 18% automatic
pool, that are paid in a cash medium, in-                                                   tips. However, tips you received for a
                                              gratuity on the “tip line,” and the total
cluding by cash, check, credit card, debit                                                  service that is legal but were received
                                              bill includes this amount. Even though
card, gift card, tangible or intangible to-                                                 while working for an establishment that
                                              the restaurant distributed the amount to
kens that are readily exchangeable for a                                                    violates applicable law in other respects
                                              you and bussers, because the customer
fixed amount (for example, casino                                                           may be qualified tips.
                                              did not determine the amount of the ad-
chips), and any other form of electronic      ditional charge and was not given an ex-
                                                                                               • Amounts received for prostitution
settlement or mobile payment app that is                                                    and pornographic activity are not quali-
                                              press option to ignore or change the
denominated in cash. Tips are the excess                                                    fied tips.
                                              amount, the 18% charge is not a quali-
amount paid by a customer for services        fied tip and may not be deducted.                Example 1. You are an employee
over the amount agreed to or otherwise                                                      who works as a bartender but don’t have
reasonably expected to have been paid            Example 2. You work on the wait            a license that is required by the state to
for the services in an arm’s-length trans-    staff at a restaurant. When you give cus-     serve alcohol. State law provides that
action.                                       tomers the bill, you present the customer     serving alcohol without a license is a
                                              an electronic handheld point-of-sale
   Cash tips don’t include items paid in                                                    misdemeanor. You received $10,000 in
                                              (POS) device. Besides the charges for
any medium other than cash. For exam-                                                       tips during 2025 while serving alcohol at
                                              the meal and sales tax, the POS device
ple, cash tips don’t include:                                                               the bar. “Bartender” is on the list of oc-
                                              also prompts the customer to leave a tip,
   • Event tickets,                           giving the option of 15%, 18%, 20%,
                                                                                            cupations that customarily and regularly
   • Meals,                                   other, and no tip. The customer selects
                                                                                            received tips. However, because you
   • Services, or                             18% and pays the total with a credit
                                                                                            served alcohol in violation of applicable
   • Other assets that aren’t exchangea-      card. Because the customer had the right
                                                                                            state law, the $10,000 in tips that you re-
ble for a fixed amount of cash.                                                             ceived in 2025 are not qualified tips and
                                              to determine the tip amount, including        may not be deducted.
TRDA and GITCA programs. Tips                 the option to leave no tip, the 18% is a
                                              qualified tip.                                   Example 2. You are an employee
reported pursuant to a Tipped Employee
                                                                                            who works as a server at a restaurant
Participation Agreement as part of the        Amounts received that are not quali-          that has a bar that serves alcohol. The
Tip Rate Determination Agreement              fied tips. The following are examples         restaurant doesn’t have a liquor license
(TRDA) program or a Model Gaming              of amounts that are not qualified tips.       required by state law. You received
Employee Tip Reporting Agreement as
part of the Gaming Industry Tip Compli-
                                                  • If your employer is in a specified      $10,000 in tips in 2025 waiting tables at
                                              service trade or business (SSTB), tips        the restaurant. “Wait Staff” is on the list
ance Agreement (GITCA) program are            received as an employee of that employ-       of occupations that customarily and reg-
considered qualified tips as long as the      er are not qualified tips. If you are         ularly received tips. Even though the
participating employee is otherwise eli-      self-employed in an SSTB, tips received       restaurant is in violation of applicable
gible for the deduction for qualified tips    in the course of that trade or business are   state law by not having a liquor license,
and reports tips using the tip rates estab-   not qualified tips. If you received tips in   because working as a server is legal un-
lished under their agreement. An em-          the course of another trade or business       der state law, the $10,000 in tips you re-
ployee participating in a TRDA or GIT-        that is not an SSTB, those tips may be        ceived in 2025 are qualified tips and
CA program may report any additional          qualified tips if they meet the other re-     qualify for the deduction.
qualified tips on Form 4137.                  quirements. For more information on
                                              SSTBs, see the instructions for Form          Occupations that customarily and
Paid voluntarily, not subject to nego-
                                              8995-A.                                       regularly received tips on or before
tiation, and determined by the cus-
                                                        Until the issuance of final regu-   December 31, 2024. In order for a tip
tomer/payor. Amounts are qualified
                                                TIP lations determining whether a           to be a qualified tip, it must have been
tips only if they are paid voluntarily and
                                                        trade or business is an SSTB        paid to you while you were working in
without any consequence in the event of
                                              for purposes of this deduction, and for       an occupation that customarily and regu-
nonpayment. Qualified tips do not in-
                                              taxable years beginning before the date       larly received tips on or before Decem-
clude service charges, automatic gratui-
                                              the final regulations are published, the      ber 31, 2024. The list of occupations
ties, or any other mandatory amounts
                                              IRS will treat employees and self-em-         that customarily and regularly received
automatically added to a customer’s bill
                                              ployed individuals as having received         tips on or before December 31, 2024,
by the vendor or the establishment, un-
                                              tips in the course of a trade or business     provides for each occupation a numeric
less the customer is expressly provided
                                              that is not an SSTB if the employee is in     Treasury Tipped Occupation Code
an option to disregard or modify such
                                              an occupation that customarily and reg-       (TTOC), an occupation title, a descrip-
charges, gratuities, and amounts without
                                              ularly received tips on or before Decem-      tion of the types of services performed
consequence.
                                                                                            by individuals working in the



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occupation, illustrative examples of spe-     ing for cash tips you report to your em-     tions for line 4c and use this amount to
cific occupations that would be inclu-        ployer may not appear on your Form           enter in column 1(c) of the Qualified
ded, and the Standard Occupation Clas-        W-2 for 2025. For 2026, Form W-2 will        Tips From More Than One Employer
sification (SOC) system code(s) that          be updated to provide for a separate ac-     Worksheet.
related to the occupation.                    counting for cash tips you report to your
                                                                                              Example 1. You are a restaurant
    The full list of occupations, including   employer.
                                                                                           server and have only one employer.
the TTOC, occupation title, occupation           If you received tips as an employee in    Your Form W-2, box 7, is $18,000. You
description, illustrative examples, and       more than one occupation for the same        have no unreported tips. You can use the
SOC code(s) can be found at IRS.gov/          employer, only those tips that were re-      $18,000 in box 7 to figure the deduction
TippedOccupations.                            ceived in an occupation on the list of oc-   for qualified tips. You enter $18,000 on
    Examples of occupations that cus-         cupations that customarily and regularly     Schedule 1-A, lines 4a and 4c.
tomarily and regularly received tips on       received tips on or before December 31,
                                              2024, are considered qualified tips. Do         Example 2. You are a bartender and
or before December 31, 2024, as well as                                                    have only one employer. Your 2025
the occupation title and TTOC, are listed     not include tips received in occupations
                                              that are not included on this list in        Form W-2 shows $200,000 in box 1 and
next.                                                                                      $15,000 in box 7. You report $20,000 of
    • Beverage and food service: bar-         line 4a, 4b, or 4c.
                                                                                           tips on Form 4070 and report $4,000 of
tenders (101); wait staff (102); chefs and       In order to determine the qualified       unreported tips on Form 4137, line 4.
cooks (105); dishwashers (108); host          tips you received as an employee for         You can use the $4,000 reported on
staff, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop    2025, you can figure your qualified tips     Form 4137 plus either the $15,000 from
(109); and bakers (110).                      using one of the methods described in        box 7 of your Form W-2 or the $20,000
    • Entertainment and events: gam-          paragraphs 1 through 4.                      of tips reported on Form 4070 to figure
bling dealers (201), dancers (205), musi-        1. You can use the amount reported        the deduction for qualified tips.
cians and singers (206), and digital con-     to you on your Form W-2 in box 7. En-
tent creators (209).                          ter this amount on line 4a. If you had       Determining the amount of qualified
    • Hospitality and guest services:         more than one employer, see the instruc-     tips received by a non-employee for
baggage porters and bellhops (301), con-      tions for line 4c and enter this amount in   2025. Because no changes have been
cierges (302), and maids and housekeep-       column 1(b) of the Qualified Tips From       made to Form 1099-NEC, Form
ing cleaners (304).                           More Than One Employer Worksheet.            1099-MISC, or Form 1099-K for 2025,
    • Home services: home mainte-                2. You can use the total amount of
                                                                                           a separate accounting for cash tips re-
nance and repair workers (401), home                                                       ceived by you as a non-employee won’t
                                              tips reported to your employer on all
landscaping workers and groundskeep-                                                       appear on these Forms. For 2025, the
                                              your Forms 4070 or any similar form
ing workers (402), home cleaning serv-                                                     separate accounting requirement is trea-
                                              used to report your tips monthly to your
ice workers (407), locksmiths (408), and                                                   ted as satisfied if your qualified tips are
                                              employer. This amount may be more ac-
roadside assistance workers (409).                                                         included in the total amount of compen-
                                              curate if the amount in box 1 or box 5 is
    • Personal services: personal care        more than $176,100. Enter this amount
                                                                                           sation, income, or payments reported to
and service workers (501), private event                                                   you on one or more of these Forms. For
                                              on line 4a. If you received tips as an em-
planners (502), private event and portrait                                                 2026, these Forms will be updated to
                                              ployee from more than one employer,
photographers (503), pet caretakers                                                        provide for a separate accounting for
                                              see the instructions for line 4c and enter
(506), tutors (507), and nannies and ba-                                                   cash tips received by you as a non-em-
                                              this amount in column 1(b) of the Quali-
bysitters (508).                                                                           ployee.
                                              fied Tips From More Than One Employ-
    • Personal appearance and well-           er Worksheet.                                   Base your determination of the
ness: massage therapists (602); barbers,                                                   amount of your qualified tips on docu-
hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetolo-             If you are a railroad employee      mentation such as receipts, point-of-sale
gists (603); exercise trainers and group       TIP who received tips in your RRTA          system reports, daily tip logs, third party
fitness instructors (608); and tattoo ar-              compensation, the tips you re-      settlement organization records, or other
tists and piercers (609).                     port to your employer should be repor-       documents that show that the amount
    • Recreation and instruction: golf        ted to you on your Form W-2, box 14.         you reported as qualified tips is the cor-
caddies (701), tour guides (704), and                                                      rect amount.
sports and recreation instructors (706).         3. If your employer voluntarily
                                              chooses to report the amount of your            Make sure to keep a record of the
    • Transportation and delivery:            tips in box 14 of your Form W-2 (or on       documents you use when determining
parking and valet attendants (801), taxi
                                              a separate statement), you can use the       the amount of your qualified tips.
and rideshare drivers and chauffeurs
(802), goods delivery people (804), and       amount reported to you.                         Example 1. You are a rideshare driv-
home movers (809).                               4. If you are submitting Form 4137,       er and receive a Form 1099-K from the
                                              you can use the amount of qualified tips     rideshare company that includes tips in
Determining the amount of qualified           included for the employer in column          the total amount of compensation, in-
tips received by an employee for 2025.        1(c) of Form 4137 to enter on line 4b. If    come, or payments. The rideshare com-
Because no changes have been made to          you received tips as an employee from        pany reports separately in your earnings
Form W-2 for 2025, a separate account-        more than one employer, see the instruc-     statement on its rideshare app or website



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Qualified Tips From More Than One Employer Worksheet — Keep for Your Records
 1    (a) Name of employer              (b) Amount of qualified tips      (c) Qualified tips reported on     (d) Enter the greater of column (b)
                                        reported by this employer on      Form 4137, column 1(c), for this   or column (c)
                                        Form W-2, or reported by you to   employer
                                        this employer on Form(s) 4070
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 2    Add lines 1A through 1E, column
      (d), and enter this amount on
      Schedule 1-A, line 4c


the fares you earned and tips you re-            Valid SSN for No Tax on Tips. You                  Tips From More Than One Employer
ceived during the year. In order to figure       and/or your spouse who received quali-             Worksheet.
the amount of your qualified tips for            fied tips must have a valid social securi-         Line 5. Include the qualified tips you
2025, you can use the amount designa-            ty number to claim the deduction for               and/or your spouse received in the
ted as tips by the rideshare company in          qualified tips. A valid SSN for purposes           course of a trade or business, but only to
your earnings statement on the rideshare         of the deduction for qualified tips is one         the extent the trade or business in which
app or website.                                  that is valid for employment and that is           you received the qualified tips has net
   Example 2. You are a self-employed            issued by the Social Security Adminis-             income. See Net income limitation, later.
travel guide who operates as a sole pro-         tration (SSA) before the due date of               If you and/or your spouse received
prietor. In 2025, you received cash tips         your 2025 return (including extensions).           qualified tips in the course of more than
from customers in connection with gui-           If you were a U.S. citizen when you re-            one trade or business, complete the Mul-
ded tours. These tips are voluntarily paid       ceived your SSN, the SSN is valid for              tiple Trades or Businesses Worksheet. If
by customers in addition to the stated           employment. If “Not Valid for Employ-              you and/or your spouse received more
price of the tour. During 2025, you re-          ment” is printed on your social security           than     three      Forms     1099-NEC,
ceive a Form 1099-K from the online              card and your immigration status has               1099-MISC, or 1099-K, then complete
booking platform customers use to book           changed so that you are now a U.S. citi-           as many copies of the worksheet as nee-
the guided tours. The Form 1099-K                zen or permanent resident, ask the SSA             ded and include the total for all work-
shows $55,000 of total payments, of              for a new social security card without             sheets in column (i) on the row for the
which $7,000 is customer tips. The               the legend. However, if “Valid for Work            business in which you received the
Form 1099-K doesn’t separately identify          Only with DHS Authorization” is prin-              Forms 1099.
the tips, but you keep a log of each tour        ted on your social security card, your
                                                                                                       Net income limitation. Qualified tips
that shows the date, customer, and tip           SSN is valid only as long as the DHS
                                                                                                    from a trade or business can’t be more
amount. Because you have daily tip logs          authorization is valid.
                                                                                                    than the gross income from the trade or
substantiating the $7,000 tip amount,            Line 4a. See Determining the amount                business in which the qualified tips were
you can use the $7,000 tip amount to             of qualified tips received by an employee          received minus the total of all deduc-
figure your deduction for qualified tips.        for 2025, earlier, for the amount to enter         tions allocable to that trade or business,
You enter $7,000 on Schedule 1-A,                on this line. If you received qualified            including the deductible part of self-em-
line 5.                                          tips as an employee with respect to em-            ployment tax; the deduction for contri-
         Only amounts that appear in             ployment with more than one employer,              butions to self-employed SEP, SIMPLE,
 TIP the aggregate on Forms 1099                 enter -0- on line 4a and see the instruc-          and qualified plans; and the self-em-
         can be considered qualified             tions for line 4c.                                 ployed health insurance deduction, but
tips. Any “cash tips” received by the            Line 4b. Enter the qualified tips inclu-           not including the deduction for qualified
tour guide in actual cash that don’t ap-         ded on Form 4137, line 1, row A, col-              tips. After you determine the other de-
pear on Form 1099-K cannot be inclu-             umn (c). If you have multiple jobs for             ductions that apply to the trade or busi-
ded in the deduction.                            which you filed a Form 4137, see the in-           ness in which you earned qualified tips,
                                                 structions for line 4c and the Qualified           reduce the net profit (Schedule C,
   If you received qualified tips in the         Tips From More Than One Employer                   line 31; the total of Schedule E,
course of more than one trade or busi-           Worksheet.                                         line 28(g) through 28(k); or Schedule F,
ness, see the instructions for line 5 and        Line 4c. If you and/or your spouse re-             line 34) by the amount of these deduc-
the Multiple Trades or Businesses Work-          ceived qualified tips as employees with            tions. Do not reduce it below zero. The
sheet.                                           respect to employment with more than               net income limitation applies to each
                                                 one employer, complete the Qualified               separate trade or business in which you




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Multiple Trades or Businesses Worksheet — Keep for Your Records

 1   (a) Name of (b) Net          (c) Other      (d) Subtract   (e) Qualified   (f) Qualified   (g) Qualified   (h) Qualified   (i) Total       (j) Enter the
     your business profit of      deductions     column (c)     tip amount      tip amount      tip amount      tip amount      qualified tip   lesser of
                   business       allocable to   from column    from first      from second     from third      from fourth     amount.         column (d)
                   from           the trade or   (b)            Form            Form            Form            Form            Add             and column (i)
                   Schedule C,    business and                  1099-NEC,       1099-NEC,       1099-NEC,       1099-NEC,       columns (e),
                   line 31; the   not reported                  box 1; Form     box 1; Form     box 1; Form     box 1; Form     (f), (g), and
                   total of       on                            1099-MISC,      1099-MISC,      1099-MISC,      1099-MISC,      (h)
                   Schedule E,    Schedule C,                   box 3; or       box 3; or       box 3; or       box 3; or
                   line 28(g)     Schedule E,                   Form            Form            Form            Form
                   through        or                            1099-K,         1099-K,         1099-K,         1099-K,
                   28(k); or      Schedule F                    box 1a          box 1a          box 1a          box 1a
                   Schedule F,    (as
                   line 34        applicable)
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 2   Add lines 1A
     through 1E,
     column (j),
     and enter
     the total on
     Schedule
     1-A, line 5


received qualified tips. If you have more          and reported separately in earnings                      figuring your deduction because it is
than one trade or business in which you            statements provided by the schools.                      more than your net income limitation
received qualified tips, you should allo-          Your gross income from the business for                  from the business.
cate the deductions in a reasonable man-           2025 was $5,000 and your deductible                         Example 3. The facts are the same as
ner.                                               expenses from the business are $500.                     in Example 1 and Example 2, except that
   For example, a sole proprietor who              Your net income limitation from your tu-                 you own and operate both businesses.
only has one business and received                 toring business is $4,500. On Schedule                   You enter $1,500 of qualified tips on
qualified tips in the business, reports de-        1-A, line 5, you enter $500. You can                     Schedule 1-A, line 5. This includes $500
ductions allocable to the business on              take the full amount of qualified tips                   from the tutoring business because the
Schedule C, as well as the deduction for           from the business into account when fig-                 net income from that business was more
self-employment tax on Schedule 1,                 uring your deduction because the net in-                 than the amount of qualified tips re-
line 15. The net income limitation will            come from that business was more than                    ceived in the course of that business. It
be the net profit shown on the Sched-              the amount of qualified tips from the                    also includes $1,000 in qualified tips
ule C for the business, less the amount            business.                                                from your rideshare business. It does not
from Schedule 1, line 15. The sole pro-               Example 2. You are a rideshare driv-                  include the remaining $800 of qualified
prietor would include on line 5 of                 er who operates as a sole proprietor.                    tips from your rideshare business be-
Schedule 1-A the lesser of (i) the quali-          During 2025, you received $1,800 in                      cause the qualified tips received in the
fied tips received in the business, or (ii)        qualified tips from customers that were                  course of the rideshare business are
the net profit for the business less the           reported to you on Form 1099-NEC and                     more than the net income from that busi-
amount from Schedule 1, line 15. If the            reported separately in your earnings                     ness by that amount.
business shows a net loss on Sched-                statement provided on the rideshare                      Line 10. If the amount on line 10 is
ule C, then the sole proprietor would not          company’s app. Your gross income from                    zero or less, your deduction for your
include any qualified tips received in the         the business for 2025 was $15,000 and                    qualified tips is not reduced. Skip lines
business on line 5 of Schedule 1-A.                your deductible expenses from the busi-                  11 and 12 and enter the amount from
   Example 1. You have a business tu-              ness were $14,000. Your net income                       Schedule 1-A, line 7, on Schedule 1-A,
toring for local schools as an independ-           limitation for this business is $1,000.                  line 13.
ent contractor. You operate your busi-             You enter $1,000 of qualified tips on
                                                   Schedule 1-A, line 5. Do not enter the                              For more information on the
ness as a sole proprietorship. During
                                                   remaining $800 of qualified tips. This                       TIP qualified tips deduction, see
2025, you received $500 in qualified
                                                   portion of your qualified tips from the                             Notice 2025-69.
tips from students that were reported to
you by the schools on Forms 1099-NEC               business can’t be taken into account in



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                                                 The deduction amount (after applying    hours in the workweek. Extra pay for

Part III
                                              the $12,500 ($25,000 if married filing     certain weekends or holidays is general-
                                              jointly) limit) is reduced if your MAGI    ly not qualified overtime compensation
No Tax on Overtime                            is greater than the amount shown next
                                              for your filing status.
                                                                                         if the employee doesn’t work more than
                                                                                         40 hours in the workweek.
Overtime compensation must be inclu-             • Married filing jointly—$300,000.          • Qualified tips. Qualified overtime
ded in your gross income and is subject          • Single, Head of household, or         compensation doesn’t include any
to income tax and generally social secur-     Qualifying surviving spouse—$150,000.      amount you receive as a qualified tip.
ity and Medicare tax.                            Your MAGI is the amount on line 3           • Coverage under state rules.
                                              on Part I of Schedule 1-A.                 Some FLSA-ineligible employees are el-
   If you have net earnings from                                                         igible for overtime under state law or are
self-employment, use Schedule SE to           Qualified overtime compensation.           paid premium rates for certain work for
figure the tax due on net earnings from       Qualified overtime compensation means      other reasons. Overtime pay that is paid
self-employment.                              overtime compensation that is paid to      to these FLSA-ineligible employees is
   You may be able to claim a deduction       you as required under section 7 of the     not qualified overtime compensation and
for qualified overtime compensation           Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938           these amounts can't be included when
paid to you in 2025 and that is reported      (FLSA) that is more than the amount of     figuring the deduction for qualified
on Form W-2, Form 1099-NEC, or                your regular rate of pay. This generally   overtime compensation.
Form 1099-MISC. You can claim this            means the “half” portion of “time-and-a-
                                                                                                  Qualified overtime must be
deduction whether you claim the stand-        half” compensation that is required by
ard deduction or itemize deductions on        the FLSA. This “half” portion may be          !     paid to a covered, nonexempt
                                                                                         CAUTION employee under the FLSA (an
Schedule A or Schedule A (Form                described by employers on various
                                                                                         FLSA-eligible employee). Ask your em-
1040-NR).                                     forms and statements as “overtime pre-
                                                                                         ployer or other service recipients wheth-
                                              mium” or “FLSA Overtime Premium”.
        If you are married, you must                                                     er you are an FLSA-eligible employee.
                                                 In order for overtime to be required
      ! file a joint return with your
CAUTION spouse to claim this deduction.       to be paid to you under the FLSA, you
                                                                                         For more information on coverage and
                                                                                         exemption under the FLSA, see WHD
                                              must (among other requirements) be         Fact Sheets, Overtime Pay, and FLSA
         For tax year 2025, qualified         covered by and not exempt from the         Guide.
                                              FLSA (an FLSA-eligible employee). If
      !  overtime was not required to be
 CAUTION separately accounted for on          you are ineligible for federal overtime,   Determining the amount of qualified
Form W-2, Form 1099-NEC, or Form              you are an FLSA-ineligible employee        overtime compensation for 2025. Be-
1099-MISC. See the instructions for           and you generally won't be paid over-      cause no changes have been made to
lines 14a and 14b for more information        time.                                      Form W-2, Form 1099-NEC, or Form
about how to identify the qualified over-        If you are an FLSA-eligible employ-     1099-MISC to account for a separate ac-
time included in the amounts reported         ee, you must generally receive overtime    counting of qualified overtime compen-
on these forms.                               pay for hours you work that are more       sation, a separate accounting may not
                                              than a 40-hour workweek. Generally, the    appear on your Form W-2, Form
      Fill out Schedule 1-A, Part III, only   rate can’t be less than one and a half     1099-NEC, or Form 1099-MISC. Some
if:                                           times your regular rate of pay.            employers may choose to provide for the
   • You (and/or your spouse if filing a                                                 amount of qualified overtime compensa-
joint return) received qualified overtime     Amounts that are not qualified over-       tion using Form W-2, box 14. If your
compensation in 2025; and                     time compensation. The following           employer does provide a separate ac-
   • You have a valid social security         amounts are not qualified overtime com-    counting of your qualified overtime on
number (SSN). If you are married filing       pensation and can’t be included when       Form W-2, box 14, you can generally
jointly, the spouse who received the          figuring your deduction for qualified      rely on this amount, and the methods de-
qualified overtime compensation must          overtime compensation.                     scribed in paragraphs 1 through 5 don’t
have a valid SSN.                                • Premium pay. Some employers           apply to you.
                                              under a collective bargaining agreement
Maximum amount of deduction. You                                                                  If you request the amount of
                                              and/or under state law provide more pay
can’t deduct more than $12,500                                                            TIP your FLSA Overtime Premium
                                              than section 7 of the FLSA requires. For
($25,000 if married filing jointly) of                                                            from your employer or the serv-
                                              example, an employer might choose to
qualified overtime compensation.                                                         ice recipient, you can rely on the infor-
                                              pay more than “time-and-a-half.” The
           If you are married and filing a    amount of overtime paid that is over       mation that is provided to you to deter-
 TIP joint return, and both you and           “time-and-a-half” is not qualified over-   mine the amount of your qualified over-
         your spouse have qualified           time compensation.                         time compensation.
overtime compensation, the $25,000               • Payment for holidays and week-            If the amount of your qualified over-
maximum amount of deduction limit ap-         ends. Some employers may pay more
plies to your combined overtime com-                                                     time compensation isn’t separately iden-
                                              for certain weekends or holidays even if
pensation. It is not a per spouse limit.                                                 tified on your Form W-2, Form
                                              the employee doesn’t work more than 40



106
1099-NEC, or Form 1099-MISC, you             fied overtime compensation in this situa-   overtime hours worked. Your Form W-2
can figure your qualified overtime com-      tion.                                       does not separately show your qualified
pensation using one of the methods de-           4. Statement shows the overtime         overtime compensation; however, you
scribed in paragraphs 1 through 5.           premium and regular wages and the           have access to your payroll system that
   If your employer is covered by a dif-     premium you are paid is more than           shows you were paid $15,000 for over-
ferent overtime rule in section 7 of the     the amount of the FLSA Overtime             time hours in 2025. You can include
FLSA, rather than the general rule in        Premium. If you are paid more than the      $5,000 of your wages for the overtime
section 7(a), you must compute your          amount of FLSA Overtime Premium             hours when figuring your deduction for
overtime compensation using the rule         (for example, your employer pays you        qualified overtime compensation. The
that applies to you and may use any of       double your regular rate of pay) and you    $5,000 is the “half” portion of
the following methods so long as it pro-     receive a statement from your employer      “time-and-a-half” ($15,000 divided by
duces a reasonable result under the rule     or the service recipient that shows the     3).
that applies to you. This may apply if,      total of all pay for the overtime hours        Example 2. You are an FLSA-eligi-
for example, you are a public sector em-     (for example, double your regular wa-       ble employee and work for an employer
ployee in fire protection or law enforce-    ges), then you can multiply the total       who pays overtime equal to twice the
ment, or an employee of a political sub-     amount by the appropriate fraction to es-   regular pay. In 2025, you were paid
division of a state or an interstate gov-    timate the half portion of FLSA Over-       $50,000 for non-overtime hours and
ernmental agency who receives compen-        time Premium. See Example 3 for more        $20,000 for overtime hours worked.
satory time off instead of cash overtime.    information on how to figure the amount     Your Form W-2 does not separately
See Example 4 and Example 5 for how          of your qualified overtime compensation     show qualified overtime compensation.
this might apply to certain employees.       in this situation.                          However, you have a pay stub showing
   1. Statement received separately              5. Statement doesn’t show over-         that $10,000 of the overtime pay was for
accounts for overtime. If a statement        time and employer or service recipient      the normal rate of pay for the overtime
from your employer separately shows          won’t provide information. If the state-    hours and $10,000 of the overtime pay
the “half” portion of the “time and a        ments you receive from your employer        was the premium amount. “Time-and-a-
half” compensation (FLSA Overtime            or the service recipient don’t show the     half” would be equal to $15,000 (the
Premium), you can use the FLSA Over-         extra pay or the FLSA Overtime Premi-       $10,000 for your regular wage for the
time Premium that is separately shown        um and your employer or service recipi-     overtime hours multiplied by 1.5). The
to determine the amount of your quali-       ent doesn’t give you any additional in-     “half” portion of the “time-and-a-half”
fied overtime compensation.                  formation, you can use a reasonable         rate required by the FLSA is $5,000
   2. Statement shows the overtime           method to figure the amount of your         ($15,000 divided by 3). You can include
premium and regular wages. If you are        qualified overtime compensation, that       $5,000 when figuring your deduction for
paid FLSA Overtime Premium and you           takes into account:                         qualified overtime compensation.
                                                                                            Example 3. The facts are the same as
receive a statement from your employer
or the service recipient and the statement
                                                • The regular rate paid to you by        in Example 2, but your pay stub does not
                                             your employer or service recipient, and
                                                                                         separately show the premium amount of
shows the total of all wages for the over-
time hours (FLSA Overtime Premium
                                                • The number of hours over the           overtime pay that is more than your reg-
                                             40-hour workweek or an estimate if you
plus regular wages), you can divide the      don’t have records of the actual hours      ular wages. Instead, it shows that
total amount by three (3) and use the re-    you worked.                                 $20,000 was the total amount of pay for
sult when figuring your qualified over-                                                  the overtime hours. The $20,000 is dou-
time compensation.                                   If you use the method described     ble your regular wages for the overtime
                                              TIP in paragraph 2 or paragraph 4          hours you worked. Your regular wages
   3. Statement shows the overtime                     to determine the amount of        are $10,000 (the $20,000 total amount of
premium and the premium you are              your qualified overtime compensation,       overtime     pay    divided     by   2).
paid is more than the amount of the          and the method results in underestimat-     “Time-and-a-half” would be equal to
FLSA Overtime Premium. If you are            ing your qualified overtime compensa-       $15,000 (the $10,000 of your regular
paid more than the amount of FLSA            tion (for example, because your regular     wages for the overtime hours multiplied
Overtime Premium (for example, your          rate of pay is increased by a discretion-   by 1.5). The “half” portion of the
employer pays you double your regular        ary bonus), you can adjust the method to    “time-and-a-half” rate required by the
wages) and you receive a statement from      take the difference into account.           FLSA is $5,000 ($15,000 divided by 3).
your employer or the service recipient
that shows the portion of the overtime                                                   You can include $5,000 when figuring
                                                Make sure to keep a record of the
earnings that is more than your regular                                                  your deduction for qualified overtime
                                             documents you use when determining
wage rate for the overtime hours, then                                                   compensation.
                                             the amount of your qualified overtime
you can multiply that portion by the ap-     compensation.                                  Example 4. You work in law en-
propriate fraction to calculate the half                                                 forcement and your employer is covered
                                                Example 1. You are an FLSA-eligi-
portion of FLSA Overtime Premium.                                                        by a special overtime rule in section 7 of
                                             ble employee. In 2025, you received
See Example 2 for more information on                                                    the FLSA. In 2025, you were paid
                                             $50,000 in regular pay and $15,000 for
how to figure the amount of your quali-                                                  $15,000 for overtime hours worked on a



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Qualified Overtime Compensation From More Than One Employer Worksheet — Keep for Your Records
 1    (a) Name of employer                                         (b) Qualified overtime reported on Form W-2, box 1
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 2    Add the amounts from lines 1A through 1E, column (b), and
      enter this amount on Schedule 1-A, line 14a


Qualified Overtime Compensation From More Than One Payor Worksheet — Keep for Your Records
 1     (a) Payor’s name                                                      (b) Qualified overtime reported on Form 1099-NEC, box 1, or Form
                                                                             1099-MISC, box 3
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 2     Add the amounts from lines 1A through 1E, column (b) and enter this
       amount on Schedule 1-A, line 14b


“work period” basis of 14 days. You can           time compensation. Enter on line 14a               qualified overtime compensation. Enter
include $5,000 of your overtime pay               only the qualified overtime compensa-              on Line 14b only the qualified overtime
when figuring your deduction for quali-           tion amount that is included on Form               compensation amount that is included in
fied overtime compensation ($15,000               W-2. Some employers may choose to                  Form 1099-NEC, box 1, or Form
divided by 3).                                    provide the amount of qualified over-              1099-MISC, box 3. Do not enter the to-
   Example 5. You work for a state                time compensation to employees using               tal amount from Form 1099-NEC,
government agency that is covered by a            box 14 of Form W-2. See Determining                box 1, or Form 1099-MISC, box 3. See
special overtime rule in section 7 of the         the amount of qualified overtime com-              Determining the amount of qualified
FLSA. Your state agency pays compen-              pensation for 2025, earlier, to figure the         overtime compensation for 2025, earlier,
satory time at a rate of one and one-half         amount to enter on Schedule 1-A,                   to figure the amount to enter on Sched-
hours for each overtime hour worked. In           line 14a. Keep a copy of any document              ule 1-A, line 14b. Keep a copy of any
2025, you were paid wages of $4,500               you relied on to support your calculation          document you relied on to support your
for the compensatory time you took off            of qualified overtime compensation.                calculation of qualified overtime com-
during the year. You can include $1,500              If you and/or your spouse received              pensation.
when figuring your deduction for quali-           qualified overtime compensation from                  If you and/or your spouse received
fied overtime compensation ($4,500                more than one employer in 2025, com-               qualified overtime compensation from
divided by 3).                                    plete the Qualified Overtime Compensa-             more than one payor in 2025, complete
Valid SSN. You and/or your spouse                 tion From More Than One Employer                   the Qualified Overtime Compensation
who received qualified overtime com-              Worksheet. If you received qualified               From More Than One Payor Worksheet.
pensation must have a valid SSN to take           overtime compensation that is not inclu-           Line 18. If the amount on line 18 is
this deduction. A valid SSN for purpo-            ded in box 1 of Form W-2 (for example,             zero or less, your deduction for your
ses of the deduction for qualified over-          overtime amounts that are deferred un-             qualified overtime compensation is not
time compensation is one that is valid            der a qualified retirement plan), enter            reduced. Skip lines 19 and 20 and enter
for employment and that is issued by the          that amount here. Keep a copy of any               the amount from Schedule 1-A, line 15,
SSA before the due date of your 2025              document you relied on to support your             on Schedule 1-A, line 21.
return (including extensions). For more           calculation of qualified overtime com-
                                                  pensation.                                                   For more information on the
information, see Valid SSN for No Tax                                                                 TIP qualified overtime deduction,
on Tips, earlier.                                 Line 14b. The amount on Form                                 see Notice 2025-69.
Line 14a. In most cases, the amount on            1099-NEC, box 1, or Form 1099-MISC,
Form W-2, box 1, includes all of your             box 3, is your nonemployee compensa-
wages and compensation, including your            tion or other income, including your
regular wages plus any qualified over-            compensation and other income plus any



108
                                                 4. Your APV is for personal use                • The original use of the vehicle
Part IV
                                              (which means you don’t expect it to be        starts with you (a used vehicle does not
                                              used predominantly for business or com-       qualify),
No Tax on Car Loan                            mercial use. See Personal use, later).            • The vehicle is a motor vehicle
                                                                                            manufactured primarily for use on pub-
Interest                                         5. Your loan is secured by a first
                                              lien on the purchased APV.                    lic streets, roads, and highways (not in-
You may be able to claim a deduction if                                                     cluding a vehicle operated exclusively
                                                  Change in obligor by reason of pre-       on a rail or rails),
you and/or your spouse paid or accrued
qualified passenger vehicle loan interest
                                              vious obligor’s death. The obligor on             • The vehicle has at least 2 wheels,
(QPVLI) (see Qualified passenger vehi-
                                              the loan is generally the person responsi-        • The vehicle is a car, minivan, van,
                                              ble for paying the loan. If a loan met re-    SUV, pickup truck, or motorcycle, and
cle loan interest, later) in 2025. You can    quirements 1 through 5 at the time it was
claim this deduction whether you claim                                                      has a gross vehicle weight rating of less
                                              originated by a previous obligor, and         than 14,000 pounds, and
the standard deduction or itemize deduc-
tions on Schedule A (Form 1040).
                                              you became the obligor by reason of a             • The vehicle has undergone final
                                              previous obligor’s death, interest paid by    assembly in the United States.
   Fill out Schedule 1-A, Part IV, only if    you on the loan is generally QPVLI if
you paid or accrued QPVLI in 2025.            the loan continues to be secured by a         Final assembly in the United States.
VIN required on your return. In order         first lien on the purchased APV. A            The location of final assembly will be
to take the QPVLI deduction, you must         change in obligor by reason of a previ-       listed on the vehicle information label
include the vehicle identification num-       ous obligor’s death could occur, for ex-      attached to each vehicle on a dealer’s
ber (VIN) of the purchased applicable         ample, when you inherit an APV subject        premises. You can rely on that informa-
passenger vehicle (APV) (see Applica-         to a loan originated by the person who        tion label. You can also rely on the vehi-
ble passenger vehicle, later) on your tax     died. See Proposed Regulation section         cle’s plant of manufacture as reported in
return. If you paid QPVLI allocable to        1.163-16(d)(5).                               the VIN to determine whether the vehi-
multiple APVs, include the VIN of each                                                      cle has undergone final assembly in the
                                                 Loan amount. Indebtedness that can         United States. The VIN Decoder website
APV.                                          be counted for purposes of determining        for the National Highway Traffic Safety
   If the purchased APV was replaced          QPVLI includes indebtedness incurred          Administration provides plant of manu-
due to an unforeseen intervening event        to finance the purchase price of the          facture information. You can follow the
(for example, a defective APV was re-         APV, as well as items or amounts that         instructions on that website to see if
placed under a state lemon law), include      are customarily financed in an APV pur-       your vehicle’s plant of manufacture is
the VIN of the substitute APV. For more       chase transaction and that are directly       located in the United States.
information, see Proposed Regulations         related to the purchased APV. For exam-
section 1.163-16(c)(3)(ii).                   ple, this includes vehicle service plans,     Personal use. Personal use means a use
                                              extended warranties, sales tax, and vehi-     other than:
Maximum amount of deduction. You
can’t deduct more than $10,000 of the         cle-related fees. Interest on items and           • Use in any trade or business (ex-
                                              services not customarily financed in an       cept for the use in the trade or business
QPVLI you paid or accrued in 2025.
                                              APV purchase transaction and that are         of performing services as an employee),
   The amount of the QPVLI deduction                                                        or
                                              directly related to the purchased APV,
(after applying the $10,000 limit) is re-
                                              such as liability insurance, a trailer, or        • For the production of income.
duced if your MAGI is greater than the
                                              amounts representing debt on a vehicle            You are considered to have purchased
amount shown next to your filing status
                                              traded in as part of the purchase transac-    an APV for personal use if, at the time
below.
                                              tion for the APV (so-called negative          you incur a loan to purchase an APV,
   • Married filing jointly—$200,000.         equity), is not eligible for the deduction.   you expect that the APV will be used for
   • All        other       filing     sta-
                                                                                            personal use for more than 50% of the
tuses—$100,000.                                  Refinanced loan. If your prior loan        time by you and/or any combination of
   Your MAGI is the amount on line 3          that had QPVLI is later refinanced, in-       individuals with certain relationships to
in Part I of Schedule 1-A.                    terest paid on the refinanced amount is       you, including your spouse; your or your
                                              generally eligible for the deduction, so      spouse’s child, grandchild, father, moth-
Qualified passenger vehicle loan inter-       long as the new loan is secured by a first    er, brother, or sister; as well as an indi-
est. To qualify for the QPVLI deduc-          lien on the APV with respect to which         vidual who has the same main home as
tion, the interest must be paid or accrued    the refinanced loan was incurred. The         you and is a member of your household.
on a loan that generally meets all the fol-   loan amount is limited to the outstanding
lowing requirements.                          balance of the refinanced loan as of the         Example. You purchase an APV that
   1. Your loan was originated after          date of the refinancing.                      you expect to use to earn income as a
December 31, 2024.                                                                          driver for a rideshare service for 15% of
                                              Applicable passenger vehicle. In gen-         the time you expect to own the APV.
   2. The loan was originated by you.         eral, an APV is any vehicle that meets        You expect to use the APV for personal
   3. The proceeds from your loan             the following conditions:                     use for the remaining 85% of the time.
were used to purchase an APV (lease
payments do not qualify).



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You are considered to have purchased                                                          Example. Your spouse was born on

                                              Part V
your APV for personal use.                                                                 February 14, 1960, and died on February
Interest deducted elsewhere on your                                                        13, 2025. Your spouse is considered age
return instead of on Schedule 1-A. If         Enhanced Deduction                           65 at the time of death and would quali-
                                                                                           fy for the enhanced deduction for se-
some or all of the QPVLI qualifies to be
deducted in more than one place on your       for Seniors                                  niors. However, if your spouse died on
return, you may choose where to report                                                     February 12, 2025, your spouse isn’t
                                              You may be able to claim the enhanced        considered age 65 and wouldn’t qualify
the deduction, but you cannot deduct the      deduction for seniors. You can claim this    for the enhanced deduction for seniors.
same amount more than once. For exam-         deduction whether you claim the stand-
ple, if you deducted some or all of the                                                    Maximum amount of deduction. The
                                              ard deduction or itemize deductions on
interest that you paid or accrued on your                                                  maximum amount of the enhanced de-
                                              Schedule A or Schedule A (Form
loan as interest on Schedule C, Sched-                                                     duction for seniors is $6,000 per person.
                                              1040-NR).
ule E, or Schedule F, then you can’t de-                                                   If you are married filing jointly, and
duct that same interest as QPVLI on                   If you are married, you must         both you and your spouse were born be-
Schedule 1-A.                                    !    file a joint return with your
                                              CAUTION spouse to claim this deduction.
                                                                                           fore January 2, 1961, and you both have
Line 22. Enter the VIN(s) of the                                                           a valid SSN, the maximum amount of
APV(s) on line 22, column (i). If you                                                      the enhanced deduction for seniors is
                                                       The special rules that apply to     $12,000. The $6,000 per person amount
need to report more than two VINs, at-
tach a statement to your return showing          !     U.S. nationals; residents of
                                               CAUTION Canada, Mexico, and South
                                                                                           is reduced if your MAGI is more than
the information required on line 22.                                                       the amount shown next for your filing
                                              Korea; and residents of India who were       status.
    Next, for each entered VIN, enter the     students or business apprentices don't
QPVLI paid or accrued on the loan ori-        apply to the enhanced deduction for se-         • Married filing jointly—$150,000.
ginated for the purchase of that APV. On      niors. See Pub. 519 for more informa-           • Single, Head of household, or
line 22, column (ii), enter the amount of                                                  Qualifying surviving spouse—$75,000.
                                              tion.
the QPVLI, if any, that was deducted                                                          Your MAGI is the amount on line 3
elsewhere on your return (for example,           Fill out Schedule 1-A, Part V, only if:   on Part I of Schedule 1-A.
on Schedule C, Schedule E, or Sched-
ule F). On line 22, column (iii), enter the
                                                 • You (and/or your spouse if filing a     Valid SSN. You and/or your spouse
                                              joint return) were born before January 2,    must have a valid SSN to take this de-
total amount of the QPVLI paid or ac-         1961.                                        duction. A valid SSN for purposes of the
crued on the loan during the taxable year
minus the amount on line 22, column
                                                 • You have a valid social security        enhanced deduction for seniors is one
                                              number (SSN). If you are married filing      that is valid for employment and that is
(ii).                                         jointly, the spouse who is claiming the      issued by the SSA before the due date of
Line 24. The amount on line 24 cannot         enhanced deduction for seniors must          your 2025 return (including extensions).
be more than $10,000, the maximum             have a valid SSN.                            For more information, see Valid SSN for
amount of the QPVLI deduction.                Death of a taxpayer in 2025. If a tax-       No Tax on Tips, earlier.
Line 27. If the amount on line 27 is          payer was born before January 2, 1961,
zero or less, the amount of your QPVLI        but died in 2025 before reaching age 65,
reported on line 24 is not reduced. Skip      then the taxpayer doesn’t qualify for the
lines 28 and 29 and enter the amount          enhanced deduction for seniors. A per-
from Schedule 1-A, line 24, on Schedule       son is considered to reach age 65 on the
1-A, line 30.                                 day before the person’s 65th birthday.




110
Instructions for Schedule 2
Additional Taxes
                                              Form 1095-A for the coverage. You may           If you completed more than one

General Instructions
                                              also have to repay excess advance pay-       Schedule A (Form 8936), Part IV, and
                                              ments of the premium tax credit if you       you need to report an amount from more
                                              enrolled an individual in coverage           than one Schedule A (Form 8936), Part
Use Schedule 2 if you have additional
                                              through the Marketplace, you don’t           IV, enter the total of those amounts on
taxes that can’t be entered directly on
                                              claim the individual as a dependent on       line 1c.
Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.
                                              your return, and no one else claims that     Line 1d. Recapture of net EPE. Enter
   Include the amount on Schedule 2,          individual as a dependent. For more in-      any amount of net elective payment
line 3, in the total on Form 1040,            formation, see the Instructions for Form     election (EPE) recapture from Form
1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 17.                 8962.                                        4255, line 2a, column (l).
                                              Line 1b. Repayment of new clean ve-          Line 1e. Excessive payments (EPs) on
   Enter the amount on Schedule 2,
                                              hicle credit(s) from Schedule A (Form        gross EPE from Form 4255. If you re-
line 21, on Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
                                              8936), Part II. If you purchased a new       ported an amount on Form 4255, col-
line 23; or 1040-NR, line 23b.
                                              clean vehicle from a registered dealer       umn (n)(1), on line 1a, 1c, 1d, and/or 2a,
                                              and reduced the amount you paid at the       check the applicable box and enter the
                                              time of sale by transferring the credit to
Specific Instructions                         the dealer, you may have to repay the
                                                                                           amount on line 1e. If you checked more
                                                                                           than one box, enter the total amount on
                                              amount of the credit you transferred if      line 1e.
Lines 1a Through 1z                           you no longer qualify. If you completed
                                                                                           Line 1f. 20% EP from Form 4255. If
                                              Schedule A (Form 8936), Part II, and
Additions to Tax                              you:
                                                                                           you reported an amount on Form 4255,
                                                                                           column (n)(3), line 1a, 1c, 1d, and/or 2a,
Line 1a. Excess advance premium tax               • Checked the “Yes” box on Part II,      check the applicable box and enter the
credit repayment. The premium tax             line 8a or 8d; and
                                                                                           amount on line 1f. If you checked more
credit helps pay premiums for health in-          • Checked the “Yes” box on Part I,       than one box, enter the total on line 1f.
surance purchased from the Market-            line 4a; then,
                                              enter the amount from Part I, line 4a, on    Line 1y. Other additions to tax. Enter
place. Eligible individuals may have ad-
                                              Schedule 2, line 1b.                         the following additions to tax.
vance payments of the premium tax
credit paid on their behalf directly to the       If you completed more than one              1. Recapture of the alternative fuel
insurance company. If you, your spouse        Schedule A (Form 8936), Part II, and         vehicle refueling property credit (see
with whom you are filing a joint return,      you need to report an amount from more       Form 8911). Identify as “ARPCR.”
or your dependent was enrolled in cov-        than one Schedule A (Form 8936), Part           2. Any EPE related to the credit ap-
erage purchased from the Marketplace          II, enter the total of those amounts on      plied against tax from Form 8933 repor-
and advance payments of the premium           line 1b.                                     ted on Form 4255, line 2a, column (k).
tax credit were made for the coverage,        Line 1c. Repayment of previously             Identify as “EPE8933.”
complete Form 8962 to reconcile (com-         owned clean vehicle credit(s) from              3. Recapture of any non-EPE credit
pare) the advance payments with your          Schedule A (Form 8936), Part IV. If          from Form 8933 reported on Form 4255,
premium tax credit. You (or whoever en-       you purchased a previously owned clean       line 2a, column (j). Also, any section
rolled you) should have received Form         vehicle from a registered dealer and re-     6418(g)(3) amounts attributable to re-
1095-A from the Marketplace with in-          duced the amount you paid at the time of     capture from Form 8933 reported on
formation about your coverage and any         sale by transferring the credit to the       Form 4255, line 2a, column (m)(3).
advance credit payments. If the advance       dealer, you may have to repay the            Identify as “NEPE8933.”
credit payments were more than the pre-       amount of the credit you transferred if         4. Any amount that was reported on
mium tax credit you can claim, the            you no longer qualify. If you completed      Form 4255, column (n)(2), line 1a, 1c,
amount you must repay will be shown           Schedule A (Form 8936), Part IV, and         1d, and/or 2a. Identify as “EPGEPE.”
on Form 8962, line 29. Enter that             you:
                                                                                              5. Any section 6418(g)(2) excessive
amount, if any, on line 1a.                       • Checked the “Yes” box on Part IV,      credit transfer amount reported on Form
   You may have to repay excess ad-           line 13a or 13c; and
                                                                                           4255, column (m)(1) and (m)(2). Identi-
vance payments of the premium tax                 • Checked the “Yes” box on Part I,       fy as “6418(g)(2).”
credit even if someone else enrolled          line 4a; then,
you, your spouse, or your dependent in        enter the amount from Part I, line 4a, on
Marketplace coverage. In that case, an-       Schedule 2, line 1c.
other individual may have received the



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         For more information about          enter “ECI” on the entry space next to      amount from line 6 of Form 8919 on
 TIP elective pay and credit transfer-       box 3.                                      Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1g.
        ability, go to IRS.gov/Credits-         If you received fees for services per-
Deductions/Elective-Pay-and-                 formed as a notary public and you had       Line 8
Transferability-Frequently-Asked-            no other income subject to self-employ-
Questions-Transferability.                   ment tax, check box 3 and enter “EN”        Additional Tax on IRAs, Other
                                             on the entry space next to box 3. If you    Qualified Retirement Plans, etc.
Line 2                                       did have other earnings of $400 or more
                                                                                         If any of the following apply, see Form
                                             subject to self-employment tax, check
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)                box 3 and enter “EN” and the amount of
                                                                                         5329 and its instructions to find out if
                                                                                         you owe this tax and if you must file
The AMT exemption amount is in-              your net profit as a notary public from
                                                                                         Form 5329. Also see Form 5329 and its
creased to $88,100 ($137,000 if married      Schedule C on the entry space next to
                                                                                         instructions for definitions of the terms
filing jointly or qualifying surviving       box 3.
                                                                                         used here.
spouse; $68,500 if married filing sepa-         For more information, see the In-
rately). The income levels at which the                                                      1. You received an early distribution
                                             structions for Schedule SE.
AMT exemption begins to phase out has                                                    from (a) an IRA or other qualified retire-
                                                                                         ment plan, (b) an annuity, or (c) a modi-
increased to $626,350 ($1,252,700 if         Line 5                                      fied endowment contract entered into af-
married filing jointly or qualifying sur-
viving spouse).                              Unreported Social Security and              ter June 20, 1988, and the total distribu-
    See the Instructions for Form 6251 to    Medicare Tax From Form 4137                 tion wasn’t rolled over.
see if you must file the form and then       Enter the total of any taxes from Form          2. Excess contributions were made
use Form 6251 to figure the amount, if       4137.                                       to your IRA, Coverdell education sav-
any, of your AMT. Enter the amount                                                       ings account (ESA), Archer MSA,
                                                If you received tips of $20 or more in
from Form 6251, line 11, on line 2.                                                      health savings account (HSA), or ABLE
                                             any month and you didn’t report the full
                                                                                         account.
    For help with the alternative mini-      amount to your employer, you must pay
mum tax, go to IRS.gov/AMT.                  the social security and Medicare or rail-       3. You received a taxable distribu-
                                             road retirement (RRTA) tax on the unre-     tion from a Coverdell ESA, qualified
Line 4                                       ported tips.                                tuition program, or ABLE account.
Self-employment Tax                             Don’t include the value of any non-          4. You didn’t take the minimum re-
On line 4, enter the amount of the tax       cash tips, such as tickets or passes. You   quired distribution from your IRA or
due on net earning from self-employ-         don’t pay social security and Medicare      other qualified retirement plan by April
ment from Schedule SE, line 12.              taxes or RRTA tax on these noncash          1 of the year following the year you
                                             tips.                                       reached age 73.
   If you filed Form 4361, received IRS
approval, and had no other income sub-          To figure the social security and        Exception. If only item (1) applies and
ject to self-employment tax, check box 1     Medicare tax, use Form 4137. If you         distribution code 1 is correctly shown in
on line 4.                                   owe RRTA tax, contact your employer.        box 7 of all your Forms 1099-R, you
                                             Your employer will figure and collect       don’t have to file Form 5329. Instead,
   If you filed Form 4029 and received
                                             the RRTA tax.                               multiply the taxable amount of the dis-
IRS approval, check box 2 on line 4. See
Pub. 517 for details.                                 You may be charged a penalty       tribution by 10% (0.10) and enter the re-
   If you are a U.S. citizen or resident        !     equal to 50% of the social se-
                                              CAUTION curity and Medicare or RRTA
                                                                                         sult on line 8. The taxable amount of the
                                                                                         distribution is the part of the distribution
alien living outside the United States
and your self-employment income is ex-       tax due on tips you received but didn’t     you reported on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or
empt from self-employment tax, you           report to your employer.                    1040-NR, line 4b or 5b, or on Form
should get a statement from the appro-                                                   4972. Also check the box on line 8 to in-
                                                                                         dicate that you don’t have to file Form
priate agency of the foreign country ver-    Line 6                                      5329. But you must file Form 5329 if
ifying that your self-employment in-
come is subject to social security in that   Uncollected Social Security and             distribution code 1 is incorrectly shown
country. Attach a copy of the statement,     Medicare Tax From Form 8919                 in box 7 of Form 1099-R or you qualify
check box 3, and enter “EAS” on the en-                                                  for an exception, such as the exceptions
                                             Enter the total of any taxes from Form      for qualified medical expenses, qualified
try space next to box 3.                     8919.                                       higher education expenses, qualified
   If you have income from a business           If you are an employee who received      first-time homebuyer distributions, or a
(including farming) and the income is        wages from an employer who didn’t           qualified reservist distribution.
community income, but you aren’t the         withhold social security and Medicare
spouse who carried on the business and       tax from your wages, use Form 8919 to
you had no other income subject to           figure your share of the unreported tax.
self-employment tax, check box 3 and         Include on line 6 the amount from
                                             line 13 of Form 8919. Include the



112
                                             if you don’t owe the tax. In that case,
Line 9                                       you may be able to get a refund of the       Line 16
Household Employment Taxes                   tax withheld. See the Instructions for       Recapture of Low-Income
Enter the household employment taxes
                                             Form 8959 to find out how to report the      Housing Credit
                                             withheld tax on Form 8959.
you owe for having a household em-                                                        Enter the amount from Form 8611,
ployee. If any of the following apply,                                                    line 14.
see Schedule H and its instructions to       Line 12
find out if you owe these taxes.             Net Investment Income Tax                    Lines 17a Through 17z
   1. You paid any one household em-         See Form 8960 and its instructions if the    Other Additional Taxes
ployee (defined below) cash wages of         amount on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or
$2,800 or more in 2025. Cash wages in-       1040-NR, line 11b, is more than:             Line 17a. Recapture of the following
clude wages paid by check, money or-            • $125,000 if married filing sepa-        credits.
der, etc. But don’t count amounts paid to    rately,                                          1. Amounts from Form 4255, col-
an employee who was under age 18 at             • $250,000 if married filing jointly      umn (j), lines 1b, 1j, 1l, and 1m. Identify
any time in 2025 and was a student.          or qualifying surviving spouse, or           as “3468.”
   2. You withheld federal income tax           • $200,000 if single or head of               2. Non-EPE        recapture     applied
during 2025 at the request of any house-     household.
                                                                                          against tax from Form 3468, Part IV, re-
hold employee.                               If you file Form 2555, see Form 8960
                                                                                          ported on Form 4255, line 1d, column
   3. You paid total cash wages of           and its instructions if the amount on
                                                                                          (j). Identify as “NEPE3468.”
$1,000 or more in any calendar quarter       Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR,
                                             line 11b, is more than:                          3. New markets credit (see Form
of 2024 or 2025 to household employ-
ees.                                            • $0 if married filing separately,        8874). Identify as “NMCR.”
                                                • $120,000 if married filing jointly          4. Credit for employer-provided
Any person who does household work is        or qualifying surviving spouse, or           childcare facilities (see Form 8882).
a household employee if you can control         • $70,000 if single or head of house-     Identify as “ECCFR.”
what will be done and how it will be         hold.                                            5. Any section 6418(g)(3) amounts
done. Household work includes work                                                        attributable to recapture from Form
done in or around your home by babysit-      Line 13                                      4255, column (m)(3). Identify as
ters, nannies, health aides, housekeepers,
                                             Uncollected social security and Medi-        “6418(g)(3).”
yard workers, and similar domestic
workers.                                     care or RRTA tax on tips or
                                             group-term life insurance. This tax          Line 17b. If you sold your home in
                                             should be shown in box 12 of Form W-2        2025 and it was financed (in whole or in
Line 10                                                                                   part) from the proceeds of any tax-ex-
                                             with codes A and B or M and N.
Reserved for Future Use                                                                   empt qualified mortgage bond or you
                                                                                          claimed the mortgage interest credit, you
Line 10 has been reserved for future use.    Line 14
                                                                                          may owe a recapture tax on the mort-
                                             Interest on Tax Due on Installment           gage subsidy. See Form 8828.
Line 11                                      Income From the Sale of Certain
                                                                                          Line 17c. Enter any additional tax on
Additional Medicare Tax                      Residential Lots and Timeshares
                                                                                          health savings account (HSA) distribu-
See Form 8959 and its instructions if the    Enter interest on tax due on installment     tions you received from Form 8889,
total of your 2025 wages and any             income from the sale of certain residen-     line 17b. See Form 8889, Part II.
self-employment income was more than:        tial lots and timeshares under section       Line 17d. Enter any additional tax for
    • $125,000 if married filing sepa-       453(l)(3).                                   failure to remain an eligible individual
rately;                                                                                   during the testing period from Form
    • $250,000 if married filing jointly;    Line 15                                      8889, line 21. See Form 8889, Part III.
or
                                             Interest on the Deferred Tax on
    • $200,000 if single, head of house-     Gain From Certain Installment
                                                                                          Line 17e. Enter any additional tax on
hold, or qualifying surviving spouse.                                                     Archer MSA distributions from Form
Also see Form 8959 if you had railroad       Sales With a Sales Price Over                8853, line 9b. See Form 8853.
retirement (RRTA) compensation that          $150,000
                                                                                          Line 17f. Enter any additional tax on
was more than the amount just listed         Enter interest on the deferred tax on gain   Medicare Advantage MSA distributions
that applies to you.                         from certain installment sales with a        from Form 8853, line 13b. See Form
    If you are married filing jointly and    sales price over $150,000 under section      8853.
either you or your spouse had wages or       453A(c).                                     Line 17g. Enter any additional tax on
RRTA compensation of more than                                                            recapture of a charitable contribution de-
$200,000, your employer may have                                                          duction relating to a fractional interest in
withheld Additional Medicare Tax even



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tangible personal property. See Pub. 526                      Line 17l. Enter any tax on accumula-                              2. Form 8933/Form 4255, line 2a,
for more information.                                         tion distribution of trusts. See Form                          columns (o)(1), (o)(2), (p)(1), and/or (p)
Line 17h. Enter any additional tax on                         4970 for more information.                                     (2). If you entered an amount in more
income you received from a nonquali-                                                                                         than one column, enter the total on
                                                              Line 17m. Enter any excise tax on in-
fied deferred compensation plan that                                                                                         line 17z. Identify as “PWA8933.”
                                                              sider stock compensation from an expa-
fails to meet the requirements of section                     triated corporation. See section 4985.                            3. Any amount from Form 4255,
409A. This income should be shown in                                                                                         columns (o)(1), (o)(2), (p)(1), and/or (p)
                                                              Line 17n. Enter any look-back interest
box 12 of Form W-2 with code Z, or in                                                                                        (2) not reported elsewhere. If you en-
                                                              under section 167(g) or 460(b). See
box 15 of Form 1099-MISC. The tax is                                                                                         tered an amount in more than one col-
                                                              Form 8697 or 8866 for more informa-
20% of the amount required to be inclu-                                                                                      umn, enter the total on line 17z. Identify
                                                              tion.
ded in income plus an interest amount                                                                                        as “NPWA.”
determined under section 409A(a)(1)(B)                        Line 17o. Enter any tax on non-effec-
(ii). See section 409A(a)(1)(B) for de-                       tively connected income for any part of                           • Form 8978 adjustment. Complete
                                                              the year you were a nonresident alien.                         the Negative Form 8978 Adjustment
tails.
                                                              See the Instructions for Form 1040-NR                          Worksheet—Schedule 2 (Line 17z) if
Line 17i. Enter any additional tax on                                                                                        you are filing Form 8978 and completed
                                                              for more information.
compensation you received from a non-                                                                                        the worksheet in the Schedule 3, line 6l,
qualified deferred compensation plan                          Line 17p. Enter any interest amount
                                                                                                                             instructions and the amount on line 3 of
described in section 457A if the com-                         from Form 8621, line 16f, relating to
                                                                                                                             that worksheet is negative.
pensation would have been includible in                       distributions from, and dispositions of,
your income in an earlier year except                         stock of a section 1291 fund.                                            If you file Form 8621, don’t en-
that the amount wasn’t determinable un-                       Line 17q. Enter any interest amount                                !     ter the amount from line 9c on
                                                                                                                             CAUTION line 17z. Instead, see the In-
til 2025. The tax is 20% of the amount                        from Form 8621, line 24.
required to be included in income plus                                                                                       structions for Form 8621 for how to re-
                                                              Line 17z. Use line 17z to report any                           port this amount.
an interest amount determined under                           taxes not reported elsewhere on your re-
section 457A(c)(2). See section 457A                          turn or other schedules. List the type and
for details.                                                  amount of tax.                                                 Line 19
Line 17j. Enter any section 72(m)(5)                              Other taxes to be listed include the                       Recapture of Net EPE From Form
excess benefits tax. See Pub. 560 for                         following.                                                     4255
more information.                                                 • The prevailing wage and appren-
                                                              ticeship penalties (PWA) from Form                             Enter the recapture amount of the net
Line 17k. If you received an excess                                                                                          EPE claimed on Form 4255, line 1d,
parachute payment (EPP), you must pay                         4255 for the following:
                                                                                                                             column (l), related to the credit from
a 20% tax on it. This tax should be                               1. Form 7210/Form 4255, line 1c,                           Form 3468, Part IV.
shown in box 12 of Form W-2 with code                         columns (o)(1), (o)(2), (p)(1), and/or (p)
K. If you received a Form 1099-NEC,                           (2). If you entered an amount in more
the tax is 20% of the EPP shown in                            than one column, enter the total on
box 3. Enter this amount on line 17k.                         line 17z. Identify as “PWA7210.”

 Negative Form 8978 Adjustment Worksheet—Schedule 2 (Line 17z)
 Complete this worksheet if you completed line 3 on the Negative Form 8978 Adjustment Worksheet in the Schedule 3,
 line 6l, instructions.
 1. Enter the sum of any chapter 1 taxes* (other than your negative Form 8978 adjustment) reported in Part II of
     Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1.
 2. Enter as a positive number the negative amount from line 3 of the Negative Form 8978 Adjustment Worksheet in
     the Schedule 3, line 6l, instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          2.
 3. Is the amount on line 1 more than the amount on line 2?
          Yes.      List the type (Form 8978 ADJ) and the amount from line 2 as a negative number (in parentheses) on line 17z.
      No.      List the type (Form 8978 ADJ) and the amount from line 1 as a negative number (in parentheses) on line 17z.
 Combine this amount with any other amounts reported on line 17z to complete the line 17z entry space.
 * Chapter 1 taxes include taxes from sections 1 through 1400Z-2 of the Code, as well as certain amounts the Code treats as chapter 1 taxes. Generally,
 this does not include amounts reported on Schedule 2, lines 4, 7, 9, 11–13, 17k–17m, or 17z (other than chapter 1 taxes).




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Instructions for Schedule 3
Additional Credits and Payments
                                                  4. You aren’t filing Form 4563 or           attend an eligible educational institution,

General Instructions
                                               excluding income from sources within           you may be able to take an education
                                               Puerto Rico.                                   credit. See Form 8863 for details. How-
                                                  5. All of your foreign taxes were:          ever, you can’t take an education credit
Use Schedule 3 if you have nonrefunda-                                                        if any of the following applies.
                                                  a. Legally owed and not eligible for
ble credits, other than the child tax credit
or the credit for other dependents, or         a refund or reduced tax rate under a tax           • You, or your spouse if filing joint-
                                                                                              ly, are claimed as a dependent on some-
other payments and refundable credits.         treaty, and
                                                                                              one else’s (such as your parent’s) 2025
                                                  b. Paid to countries that are recog-        tax return.
   Include the amount on Schedule 3,
line 8, in the amount entered on Form
                                               nized by the United States and don’t               • Your filing status is married filing
                                               support terrorism.                             separately.
1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 20.
                                                  For more details on these require-              • The amount on Form 1040 or
   Enter the amount on Schedule 3,             ments, see the Instructions for Form           1040-SR, line 11b, is $90,000 or more
line 15, on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or             1116.                                          ($180,000 or more if married filing
1040-NR, line 31.                                                                             jointly).
                                                  Do you meet all five requirements
                                               just listed?
                                                                                                  • You, or your spouse, were a non-
                                                                                              resident alien for any part of 2025 unless
                                                    Yes. Enter on line 1 the smaller of
Specific Instructions
                                                                                              your filing status is married filing joint-
                                               (a) your total foreign taxes, or (b) the to-   ly. See Nonresident aliens and dual-sta-
                                               tal of the amounts on Form 1040 or             tus aliens, earlier.
Line 1                                         1040-SR, line 16, and Schedule 2,                  You may be able to increase an edu-
                                               line 1a.
Foreign Tax Credit                                                                            cation credit if the student chooses to in-
                                                    No. See Form 1116 to find out if          clude all or part of a Pell grant or certain
         If you are a shareholder in a         you can take the credit and, if you can, if    other scholarships or fellowships in in-
 TIP controlled foreign corporation            you have to file Form 1116.                    come.
          and made a section 962 elec-
                                                                                                  For more information, see Pub. 970;
tion, see the instructions for Forms 1040      Line 2                                         the instructions for Form 1040 or
and 1040-SR, line 16, for the foreign tax
credit you figured on Form 1118.               Credit for Child and Dependent                 1040-SR, line 29; and IRS.gov/EdCredit.
                                               Care Expenses
   If you paid income tax to a foreign         You may be able to take this credit if, in
                                                                                              Line 4
country or U.S. territory, you may be          order to work or look for work, you paid       Retirement Savings Contributions
able to take this credit. Generally, you       someone to care for:                           Credit (Saver’s Credit)
must complete and attach Form 1116 to
do so.
                                                  • Your qualifying child under age 13        You may be able to take this credit if
                                               whom you claim as your dependent,              you, or your spouse if filing jointly,
Exception. You don’t have to complete             • Your disabled spouse or any other         made (a) contributions, other than roll-
Form 1116 to take this credit if all of the    disabled person who couldn’t care for
following apply.                                                                              over contributions, to a traditional or
                                               themselves, or                                 Roth IRA; (b) elective deferrals to a
   1. All of your foreign source gross            • Your child whom you couldn't              401(k) or 403(b) plan (including desig-
income was from interest and dividends         claim as a dependent because of the            nated Roth contributions) or to a govern-
and all of that income and the foreign         rules for Children of divorced or separa-      mental section 457(b) plan, SIMPLE
tax paid on it were reported to you on         ted parents under Who Qualifies as Your        IRA, or a SEP; (c) voluntary employee
Form 1099-INT, Form 1099-DIV, or               Dependent, earlier.                            contributions to a qualified retirement
Schedule K-3 (or substitute statement).           For details, use Tax Topic 602 or see       plan (including the federal Thrift Sav-
   2. The total of your foreign taxes          Form 2441.                                     ings Plan); (d) contributions to a 501(c)
wasn't more than $300 (not more than                                                          (18)(D) plan; or (e) contributions to an
$600 if married filing jointly).               Line 3                                         ABLE account by the designated benefi-
   3. You held the stock or bonds on           Education Credits                              ciary, as defined in section 529A.
which the dividends or interest were                                                             However, you can’t take the credit if
                                               If you (or your dependent) paid qualified
paid for at least 16 days and weren’t ob-                                                     either of the following applies.
                                               expenses in 2025 for yourself, your
ligated to pay these amounts to someone
                                               spouse, or your dependent to enroll in or
else.



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   1. The amount on Form 1040,                             Condos and co-ops. If you are a mem-                        Line 6g. Enter any mortgage interest
1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 11b, is more                     ber of a condominium management as-                         credit if a state or local government gave
than $39,500 ($59,250 if head of house-                    sociation for a condominium you own or                      you a mortgage credit certificate. See
hold; $79,000 if married filing jointly).                  a tenant-stockholder in a cooperative                       Form 8396.
   2. The person(s) who made the                           housing corporation, you are treated as                     Line 6h. You can’t claim the District of
qualified contribution or elective defer-                  having paid your proportionate share of                     Columbia first-time homebuyer credit
ral (a) was born after January 1, 2008,                    any costs of such association or corpora-                   for a home you bought after 2011. You
(b) is claimed as a dependent on some-                     tion for purposes of these credits.                         can claim it only if you have a credit
one else’s 2025 tax return, or (c) was a                   More details. For details, see Form                         carryforward from 2024. See Form
student (defined next).                                    5695.                                                       8859.
   You were a student if during any part                                                                               Line 6i. Enter any qualified electric ve-
of 5 calendar months of 2025, you:                         Lines 6a Through 6z                                         hicle credit. You can’t claim this credit
   • Were enrolled as a full-time stu-                     Other Nonrefundable Credits                                 for a vehicle placed in service after
dent at a school; or                                                                                                   2006. You can claim this credit only if
   • Took a full-time, on-farm training                    Line 6a. The general business credit                        you have an electric vehicle passive ac-
course given by a school or a state,                       consists of a number of credits that usu-                   tivity credit carried forward from a prior
county, or local government agency.                        ally apply only to individuals who are                      year. See Form 8834.
   A school includes a technical, trade,                   partners, shareholders in an S corpora-                     Line 6j. Enter any alternative fuel vehi-
or mechanical school. It doesn’t include                   tion, self-employed, or who have rental                     cle refueling property credit. See Form
an on-the-job training course, corre-                      property. See Form 3800 or Pub. 334.                        8911.
spondence school, or school offering                                The net elective payment elec-                     Line 6k. Enter any credit to holders of
courses only through the Internet.
   For more details, use Tax Topic 610
                                                               !    tion amount from Form 3800,
                                                           CAUTION Part III, line 6, column (j), is
                                                                                                                       tax credit bonds. See Form 8912.
                                                                                                                       Line 6l. Enter the amount from Form
or see Form 8880.                                          reported on Schedule 3, line 13c.                           8978, line 14 (relating to partner’s audit
                                                                                                                       liability under section 6226). If the
Line 5                                                     Line 6b. Enter any credit for prior-year
                                                                                                                       amount on Form 8978, line 14, is nega-
                                                           minimum tax. See Form 8801.
Residential Energy Credits                                                                                             tive, complete the following worksheet
                                                           Line 6c. You may be able to take the                        to figure the amount to enter on line 6l.
Line 5a—residential clean energy                           adoption credit if you paid expenses to                     If the amount on Form 8978, line 14, is
credit. If you made energy saving im-                      adopt a child or you adopted a child with                   positive, see the instructions for Form
provements to one or more homes that                       special needs and the adoption became                       1040 or 1040-SR, line 16.
you used as a residence during 2025,                       final in 2025. See the Instructions for                     Line 6m. Enter any credit for previous-
you may be able to take the residential                    Form 8839.                                                  ly owned clean vehicles. See Form
clean energy credit. For more informa-                                                                                 8936, Part IV.
tion, see Form 5695 and its instructions.                  Line 6d. Enter any credit for the elderly
                                                           or the disabled. See Schedule R.                            Line 6z. Leave line 6z blank.
Line 5b—energy efficient home im-
                                                           Line 6e. Line 6e has been reserved for
provement credit. If you made quali-
                                                           future use.
                                                                                                                       Line 9
fied energy efficiency improvements to
your main home located in the United                                                                                   Net Premium Tax Credit
                                                           Line 6f. Enter the personal use part of
States in 2025, you may be able to take                                                                                The premium tax credit helps pay for
                                                           any credit for new clean vehicles. See
the energy efficient home improvement                                                                                  health insurance purchased through the
                                                           Form 8936, Part III.
credit. For more information, see Form                                                                                 Marketplace. You may be eligible to
5695 and its instructions.                                                                                             claim the premium tax credit if you,

Negative Form 8978 Adjustment Worksheet—Schedule 3 (Line 6l)

Note. Complete this worksheet if Form 8978, line 14, is negative.
 1. Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
 2.   Enter as a positive number the negative amount from Form 8978, line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
 3.   Is the amount on line 1 equal to or more than the amount on line 2?
          Yes. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 6l
         No. Enter the amount from line 1 on line 6l, and subtract line 2 from line 1* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. (            )
 * Use this amount to complete the Negative Form 8978 Adjustment Worksheet in the Schedule 2, line 17z, instructions.




116
your spouse, or a dependent enrolled in        tier 1 railroad retirement (RRTA) tax        Line 13d
health insurance through the Market-           may have been withheld. You can take a
place. Eligible individuals may have ad-       credit on this line for the amount with-     If you elected to pay your net 965 tax li-
vance payments of the premium tax              held in excess of $10,918.20. But if any     ability in installments, report the defer-
credit made on their behalf directly to        one employer withheld more than              red amount on line 13d. Enter the
the insurance company. You (or whoever         $10,918.20, you can’t claim the excess       amount of net 965 tax liability remain-
enrolled you) should have received             on your return. The employer should ad-      ing to be paid in future years.
Form 1095-A from the Marketplace               just the tax for you. If the employer
with information about your coverage           doesn’t adjust the overcollection, you       Line 13z
and any advance credit payments. Com-          can file a claim for refund using Form
                                                                                            Other refundable credits. Use line 13z
plete Form 8962 to determine the               843. Figure this amount separately for
                                                                                            to report the credit under section 960(c)
amount of your premium tax credit, if          you and your spouse.
                                                                                            with respect to an excess limitation ac-
any. If the premium tax credit you can             You can’t claim a refund for excess      count. If an increase in the limitation un-
claim exceeds your advance credit pay-         tier 2 RRTA tax on Form 1040,                der section 960(c) is more than your
ments, your net premium tax credit will        1040-SR, or 1040-NR. Instead, use            U.S. income tax reported on Form 1116,
be shown on Form 8962, line 26. Enter          Form 843.                                    Part III, line 20, the amount of the ex-
that amount, if any, on line 9. For more
                                                                                            cess is deemed an overpayment of tax
information, see the Instructions for          Line 12                                      and can be claimed on line 13z as a re-
Form 8962.
                                               Credit for Federal Tax on Fuels              fundable credit. See section 960(c)(5).
                                                                                            Enter “960(c)” and the amount of the
Line 10                                        Enter any credit for federal excise taxes    credit. See section 960(c) for more infor-
Amount Paid With Request for                   paid on fuels that are ultimately used for   mation about the circumstances under
                                               a nontaxable purpose (for example, an
Extension To File                                                                           which an excess in limitation arises. Al-
                                               off-highway business use). Attach Form       so, see the instructions for Form 1116,
If you got an automatic extension of           4136.                                        Part III, line 22, for your increase in lim-
time to file Form 1040, 1040-SR, or
                                                                                            itation.
1040-NR by filing Form 4868 or by              Lines 13a Through 13z                            Also use line 13z to report the
making a payment, enter the amount of
the payment or any amount you paid
                                               Other Payments or                            amount of U.S. tax allocable to the U.S.
with Form 4868. If you paid a fee when         Refundable Credits                           Virgin Islands. Enter “Form 8689” and
making your payment, don’t include on                                                       the amount paid.
line 10 the fee you were charged. Also,        Line 13b                                         If you made the election to defer net
include any amounts paid with Form                                                          income tax attributable to the gain on
                                               If you are claiming a credit for repay-
2350.                                                                                       the sale or exchange of qualified farm-
                                               ment of amounts you included in your
                                                                                            land property, use Form 1062 to figure
                                               income in an earlier year because it ap-
Line 11                                        peared you had a right to the income,        the amount of your applicable net tax li-
                                                                                            ability. On line 13z, enter 75% of your
Excess Social Security and Tier 1              enter the amount on line 13b. See Pub.
                                                                                            applicable net tax liability from Form
RRTA Tax Withheld                              525 for details about this credit.
                                                                                            1062, line 14. Identify as “1062NL.”
If you, or your spouse if filing a joint re-
                                               Line 13c
turn, had more than one employer for
2025 and total wages of more than              Enter any net elective payment election
$176,100, too much social security or          amount from Form 3800, Part III, line 6,
                                               column (j).




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Tax Topics
You can read these Tax Topics at
IRS.gov/TaxTopics.



List of Tax Topics                            Topic
                                              No.                  Subject
                                                                                       Topic
                                                                                       No.                    Subject
All topics are also available in Spanish      309 Roth IRA contributions                       Itemized deductions
(and most topics are available in             310 Coverdell education savings
Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and                                                       501     Should I itemize?
                                                    accounts                           502     Medical and dental expenses
Russian).                                     311 Power of attorney information        503     Deductible taxes
Topic                                         312 Disclosure authorizations            504     Home mortgage points
No.                    Subject                313 Qualified tuition programs (QTPs)    505     Interest expense
                                                    Which forms to file                506     Charitable contributions
        IRS help available                                                             509     Business use of home
101     IRS services—Volunteer tax            356 Decedents
                                                                                       510     Business use of car
        assistance, outreach programs, and          Types of income                    511     Business travel expenses
        identity theft                        401 Wages and salaries                   513     Work-related education expenses
102     Tax assistance for individuals with   403 Interest received                    515     Casualty, disaster, and theft losses
        disabilities                          404 Dividends and other corporate
103     Tax help for small businesses and                                                      Tax computation
                                                    distributions
        the self-employed                     407 Business income                      551     Standard deduction
104     Taxpayer Advocate Service—Your        409 Capital gains and losses             552     Tax and credits figured by the IRS
        voice at the IRS                      410 Pensions and annuities               553     Tax on a child's investment and
105     Armed Forces tax information          411 Pensions—The general rule and the            other unearned income (Kiddie tax)
107     Tax relief in disaster situations           simplified method                  554     Self-employment tax
                                              412 Lump-sum distributions               556     Alternative minimum tax
        IRS procedures                                                                 557     Additional tax on early
151     Your appeal rights                    413 Rollovers from retirement plans
                                              414 Rental income and expenses                   distributions from traditional and
154     Form W-2 and Form 1099-R (What                                                         Roth IRAs
        to do if incorrect or not received)   415 Renting residential and vacation
                                                    property                           558     Additional tax on early
155     Obtaining forms and publications                                                       distributions from retirement plans
156     How to get a transcript or copy of    416 Farming and fishing income
                                              417 Earnings for clergy                          other than IRAs
        your tax return                                                                559     Net investment income tax
157     Change your address—How to            418 Unemployment compensation
                                              419 Gambling income and losses           560     Additional Medicare Tax
        notify the IRS
158     Paying your taxes and ensuring        420 Bartering income                             Tax credits
        proper credit of payments             421 Scholarships, fellowship grants,     601     Earned Income Credit
159     How to get a wage and income                and other grants                   602     Child and Dependent Care Credit
        transcript or copy of Form W-2        423 Social Security and equivalent       608     Excess Social Security and RRTA
161     Returning an erroneous                      railroad retirement benefits               tax withheld
        refund—Paper check or direct          424 401(k) plans                         610     Retirement Savings Contributions
        deposit                               425 Passive activities—Losses and                Credit
                                                    credits                            612     The Premium Tax Credit
        Collection                            427 Stock options
201     The collection process                429 Traders in securities (Information           IRS notices
202     Tax payment options                         for Form 1040 or 1040-SR filers)   651     Notices—What to do
203     Reduced refund                        430 Receipt of stock in a                652     Notice of underreported
204     Offers in compromise                        demutualization                            income—CP2000
206     Dishonored payments                   431 Canceled debt—Is it taxable or       653     IRS notices and bills, penalties, and
                                                    not?                                       interest charges
        Alternative filing methods                                                     654     Understanding your CP75 or
                                              432 Form 1099-A (Acquisition or
253     Substitute tax forms                        Abandonment of Secured Property)           CP75A notice, Request for
254     How to choose a tax return preparer         and Form 1099-C (Cancellation of           Supporting Documentation
255     Signing your return electronically          Debt)                                      Basis of assets, depreciation, and
        General information                         Adjustments to income                      sale of assets
301     When, how, and where to file          451 Individual retirement arrangements   701     Sale of your home
303     Checklist of common errors when             (IRAs)                             703     Basis of assets
        preparing your tax return             452 Alimony and separate maintenance     704     Depreciation
304     Extensions of time to file your tax   453 Bad debt deduction                   705     Installment sales
        return                                455 Moving expenses for members of
305     Recordkeeping                                                                          Employer tax information
                                                    the Armed Forces                   751     Social Security and Medicare
306     Penalty for underpayment of           456 Student loan interest deduction
        estimated tax                                                                          withholding rates
                                              458 Educator expense deduction           752     Filing Forms W-2 and W-3
307     Backup withholding
308     Amended returns



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List of Tax Topics                    Topic
                                      No.                    Subject
                                                                                     Topic
                                                                                     No.                     Subject
(Continued)                                   Electronic media filers—1099                   to file a U.S. federal income tax
                                              series and related information                 return?
Topic                                         returns                                902     Credits and deductions for
No.                Subject                                                                   taxpayers with Puerto Rican source
                                      801     Who must file information returns
753 Form W-4—Employee's                       electronically                                 income exempt from U.S. tax
      Withholding Certificate         802     Applying to file information returns   903     U.S. employment tax in Puerto
756 Employment taxes for household            electronically                                 Rico
      employees                       803     Electronic filing waivers or
757 Forms 941 and 944—Deposit                 exemptions and filing extensions
      requirements                    804     FIRE system test files and
758 Form 941—Employer's Quarterly             combined Federal/State Filing
      Federal Tax Return and Form             (CF/SF) program
      944—Employer's Annual Federal
      Tax Return                              Tax information for U.S. resident
759 Form 940—Employer's Annual                aliens and citizens living abroad
      Federal Unemployment (FUTA)     851     Resident and nonresident aliens
      Tax Return—Filing and deposit   856     Foreign tax credit
      requirements                    857     Individual taxpayer identification
760 Form 943—Reporting and deposit            number (ITIN)
      requirements for agricultural   858     Alien tax clearance
      employers                               Tax information for residents of
761 Tips—Withholding and reporting            Puerto Rico
762 Independent contractor vs.        901     Is a person with income from
      employee                                sources within Puerto Rico required
763 The Affordable Care Act




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Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of         tax return. This could make the tax higher to hear from you. You can send us com-
1998, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the          or delay any refund. Interest may also be ments through IRS.gov/FormsComments.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 require         charged.                                    Or you can send your comments to Inter-
that when we ask you for information we            Generally, tax returns and return infor- nal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Pub-
must first tell you our legal right to ask      mation are confidential, as stated in Code  lications  Division, 1111 Constitution Ave.
for the information, why we are asking          section 6103. However, Code section         NW,    IR-6526,   Washington, DC 20224.
for it, and how it will be used. We must        6103 allows or requires the Internal Reve-  Don’t   send your return to this address. In-
also tell you what could happen if we do        nue Service to disclose or give the infor- stead, see the addresses at the end of these
not receive it and whether your response        mation shown on your tax return to others instructions.
is voluntary, required to obtain a benefit,     as described in the Code. For example,
or mandatory under the law.                                                                       Although we can’t respond individual-
                                                we may disclose your tax information to        ly to each comment received, we do ap-
   This notice applies to all records and       the Department of Justice to enforce the       preciate your feedback and will consider
other material (in paper or electronic for-     tax laws, both civil and criminal, and to      your comments as we revise our tax
mat) you file with us, including this tax       cities, states, the District of Columbia,      forms and instructions.
return. It also applies to any questions we     and U.S. commonwealths or territories to
need to ask you so we can complete, cor-        carry out their tax laws. We may disclose      Estimates of Taxpayer
rect, or process your return; figure your       your tax information to the Department of      Burden
tax; and collect tax, interest, or penalties.   Treasury and contractors for tax adminis-
                                                                                               The following table shows burden esti-
                                                tration purposes; and to other persons as
   Our legal right to ask for information                                                      mates based on current statutory require-
                                                necessary to obtain information needed to
is Internal Revenue Code sections 6001,                                                        ments as of October 1, 2025, for taxpay-
                                                determine the amount of or to collect the
6011, and 6012(a), and their regulations.                                                      ers filing a 2025 Form 1040 or 1040-SR
                                                tax you owe. We may disclose your tax
They say that you must file a return or                                                        tax return. Time spent and out-of-pocket
                                                information to the Comptroller General of
statement with us for any tax you are lia-                                                     costs are presented separately. Time bur-
                                                the United States to permit the Comptrol-
ble for. Your response is mandatory under                                                      den is broken out by taxpayer activity,
                                                ler General to review the Internal Reve-
these sections. Code section 6109 re-                                                          with recordkeeping representing the larg-
                                                nue Service. We may disclose your tax in-
quires you to provide your identifying                                                         est component. Out-of-pocket costs in-
                                                formation to committees of Congress;
number on the return. This is so we know                                                       clude any expenses incurred by taxpayers
                                                federal, state, and local child support
who you are, and can process your return                                                       to prepare and submit their tax returns.
                                                agencies; and to other federal agencies for
and other papers. You must fill in all parts                                                   Examples include tax return preparation
                                                the purposes of determining entitlement
of the tax form that apply to you. But you                                                     and submission fees, postage and photo-
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do not have to check the boxes for the                                                         copying costs, and tax return preparation
                                                repayment of loans. We may also disclose
Presidential Election Campaign Fund or                                                         software costs. While these estimates
                                                this information to other countries under a
for the third-party designee. You also do                                                      don’t include burden associated with
                                                tax treaty, to federal and state agencies to
not have to provide your daytime phone                                                         post-filing activities, IRS operational data
                                                enforce federal nontax criminal laws, or
number or email address.                                                                       indicate that electronically prepared and
                                                to federal law enforcement and intelli-
                                                                                               filed returns have fewer arithmetic errors,
    You are not required to provide the in-     gence agencies to combat terrorism.
                                                                                               implying lower post-filing burden.
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less the form displays a valid OMB con-         other information. If you have questions    tional averages and don’t necessarily re-
trol number. Books or records relating to       about the rules for filing and giving infor-flect a “typical” case. Most taxpayers ex-
a form or its instructions must be retained     mation, please call or visit any Internal   perience lower than average burden, with
as long as their contents may become ma-        Revenue Service office.                     taxpayer burden varying considerably by
terial in the administration of any Internal                                                taxpayer type. For instance, the estimated
Revenue law.                                    We Welcome Comments on                      average time burden for all taxpayers fil-
   We ask for tax return information to         Forms                                       ing a Form 1040 or 1040-SR is 12 hours,
carry out the tax laws of the United            We try to create forms and instructions with an average cost of $290 per return.
States. We need it to figure and collect the    that can be easily understood. Often this This average includes all associated forms
right amount of tax.                            is difficult to do because our tax laws are and schedules, across all tax return prepa-
   If you do not file a return, do not pro-     very complex. For some people with in- ration methods and taxpayer activities.
vide the information we ask for, or pro-        come mostly from wages, filling in the         Within this estimate, there is signifi-
vide fraudulent information, you may be         forms is easy. For others who have busi- cant variation in taxpayer activity. For ex-
charged penalties and be subject to crimi-      nesses, pensions, stocks, rental income, or ample, nonbusiness taxpayers are expec-
nal prosecution. We may also have to dis-       other investments, it is more difficult.    ted to have an average burden of about 8
allow the exemptions, exclusions, credits,  If you have suggestions for making                 hours and $160, while business taxpayers
deductions, or adjustments shown on the these forms simpler, we would be happy                 are expected to have an average burden of



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about 21 hours and $610. Similarly, tax preparer used, and the geographic loca-                           ments concerning the time and cost esti-
return preparation fees and other tion.                                                                   mates below, you can contact us at either
out-of-pocket costs vary extensively de-                                                                  one of the addresses shown under We
pending on the tax situation of the taxpay- For more information on taxpayer bur-                         Welcome Comments on Forms.
er, the type of software or professional den, see Pub. 5743. If you have com-
Estimated Average Taxpayer Burden for Individuals by Activity
                                                                                                Average Burden
                                                                                        Average Time (Hours)                                   Average
                                                                                                                                                Cost
                                                                                                              Form
                                                                                                                                              (Dollars)**
                                                                                                           Completion
                                     Percentage           Total            Record-              Tax           and                All
Type of Taxpayer                     of Returns           Time*            keeping            Planning     Submission           Other
                            .
                                               .
                                                                   .
                                                                                    .
                                                                                                      .
                                                                                                                       .
                                                                                                                                         .
                                                                                                                                                         .
All taxpayers . . . . . . . . . .   100%                      12                5                 2                4                 1            $290
Type of taxpayer
       Nonbusiness*** . . . . .     71%                        8                3                 1                3                 1             160
       Business*** . . . . . . .    29%                       21               10                 4                5                 2             610

 *Detail may not add to total time due to rounding.
**Dollars rounded to the nearest $10.
***You are considered a “business” filer if you file one or more of the following with Form 1040 or 1040-SR: Schedule C, E, or F or Form 2106. You are
considered a “nonbusiness” filer if you don’t file any of those schedules or forms with Form 1040 or 1040-SR.




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Major Categories of Federal Income and Outlays for Fiscal Year 2024

   Income and Outlays. These pie charts show the relative sizes of the major categories of federal income and outlays for fiscal year 2024.
       Income                                                                                                         Outlays
                                                                                                                                                                                 Net                 Physical,
                                                                                                                                                        Law
                Social security, Medicare,                          Personal income                                Social security,                                            interest             human, and
                                                                                                                                                    enforcement
               and unemployment and other                                taxes                                    Medicare, and other                                           on the              community
                                                                                                                                                    and general
                     retirement taxes                                    36%                                         retirement1                                                 debt              development3
                                                                                                                                                    government
                           25%                                                                                           37%                                                     13%                   10%
                                                                                                                                                        2%




                                               Corporate                     Excise, customs,                                                    National defense,                               Social
                                             income taxes                     estate, gift, and                                                 veterans, and foreign                          programs4
           Borrowing to                                                                                                                                                                           20%
                                                 8%                         miscellaneous taxes                                                        affairs2
           cover deficit
               27%                                                                  4%                                                                  18%



On or before the first Monday in February
                                        30, 2024, federal income was $4.920 tril- countries and the maintenance of U.S.
of each year, the President is required by
                                        lion and outlays were $6.751 trillion, embassies abroad.
law to submit to the Congress a budget  leaving a deficit of $1.831 trillion.             3. Physical, human, and communi-
proposal for the fiscal year that begins the                                          ty development: These outlays were for
following October. The budget plan sets Footnotes for Certain Federal                 agriculture; natural resources; environ-
forth the President’s proposed receipts,Outlays                                       ment; transportation; aid for elementary
spending, and the surplus or deficit for                                              and secondary education and direct assis-
the federal government. The plan includes                                             tance to college students; job training; de-
recommendations for new legislation as     1. Social security, Medicare, and posit insurance, commerce and housing
well as recommendations to change, elim-other retirement: These programs pro- credit, and community development; and
                                        vide income support for the retired and space, energy, and general science pro-
inate, and add programs. After receipt of
                                        disabled and medical care for the elderly. grams.
the President’s proposal, the Congress re-
views the proposal and makes changes. It   2. National defense, veterans, and             4. Social programs: About 14% of
first passes a budget resolution setting its
                                        foreign affairs: About 13% of outlays total outlays were for Medicaid, Supple-
own targets for receipts, outlays, and sur-
                                        were to equip, modernize, and pay our mental Nutrition Assistance Program (for-
plus or deficit. Next, individual spending
                                        armed forces and to fund national defense merly food stamps), temporary assistance
and revenue bills that are consistent with
                                        activities; about 5% were for veterans for needy families, supplemental security
the goals of the budget resolution are  benefits and services; and about 1% were income, and related programs; and 6% for
enacted.                                for international activities, including mili- health research and public health pro-
  In fiscal year 2024 (which began on tary and economic assistance to foreign grams, unemployment compensation, as-
October 1, 2023, and ended on September                                               sisted housing, and social services.




Note. The percentages shown here exclude undistributed offsetting receipts, which were $147 billion in fiscal year 2024. In the budget, these receipts are offset against spending in figuring the outlay totals shown above.
These receipts are for the U.S. Government's share of its employee retirement programs, rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf, and proceeds from the sale of assets.




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Index to Instructions

                                                Combat pay, nontaxable 43
A                                            Education:                                      L
                                                Credits 61, 115
ABLE account 92, 112                                                                         Life insurance 93
                                                Expenses 61, 115
Additional deductions 34                                                                     Line instructions for Forms 1040 and
                                                Recapture of education credits 34               1040-SR 67
Additional Medicare Tax 113
                                                Savings accounts 93, 112                     Living abroad, U.S. citizens and resident
Additions to tax 111
                                             Educator expenses 93                               aliens 8, 23
Address change 12
                                             Elderly persons:                                Long-term care insurance 94
Adjusted gross income 33
                                                Credit for 116                               Lump-sum distributions 30
Adoption 61
                                                Standard deduction 35
Adoption credit 116
                                             Electric vehicles 116                           M
Adoption taxpayer identification number 20
                                             Electronic filing (e-file) 62, 63, 66, 67
Aliens 8                                                                                     Market discount on bonds 25
                                             Enhanced deduction for seniors 110
Alimony paid 95                                                                              Married persons:
                                             Estimated tax 39, 65, 82
Alimony received 89                                                                            Filing joint returns 13
                                             Excess deferrals 24
Alternative minimum tax 112                                                                    Filing separate returns 14
                                             Excess social security and tier 1 RRTA tax
Amended return 83                               withheld 117                                   Living apart 15
Amount you owe 63-65                         Extension of time to file 8, 117                Medical insurance premiums, credit for 116
Annuities 28-30                                                                              Medicare tax, additional 113
Applicable passenger vehicle 109                                                             Mortgage interest credit 116
                                             F
Archer MSAs 91, 112, 113                                                                     Moving expenses 93
Artists 93                                   Filing requirements 11                          Multiple support agreement 21
Assistance (See Tax help)                    Filing status, which box to check 13-15
Attachments to the return 67                 Foreign accounts and trusts 23                  N
Awards 91                                    Foreign tax credit 115
                                             Foreign-source income 23                        Name change 12
                                             Form W-2 25                                     Net Investment Income Tax 113
B
                                                                                             Net operating loss 91
Bankruptcy cases, chapter 11 23                                                              No tax on:
                                             G
Bequests 93                                                                                     Car loan interest 109
Blindness 33, 35                             Gambling 91                                        Overtime 106
Business income or loss 89                   General business credit 116                        Tips 101
                                             Gifts 93                                        No tax on car loan interest 109
C                                            Golden parachute payments 114                   No tax on overtime
Canceled debt 91                                                                             No tax on tips 101
                                             H                                                (See also Qualified tips)
Capital gain distributions 31
                                             Head of household 14                            Nonresident aliens 8, 13
Capital gain or loss 31
                                             Health insurance deduction, self-employed 94    Not qualified tips 102
Child and dependent care expenses, credit
   for 115                                   Health insurance premiums, credit for 116
Child custody 20                             Health savings accounts 91, 93, 112, 113        O
Child support 93                             Household employment taxes 113                  Offsets 61
Child tax credits 17, 61                     How to comment on forms 120                     Other gains or losses 89
Child’s requirement to file 9, 10                                                            Other income 89, 91
Community property states 23                 I                                               Other taxes 113
Contributions to reduce debt held by the                                                     Overtime:
   public 82                                 Identity Protection PIN 66
                                             Identity theft 82                                  Not qualified 106
Corrective distributions 25                                                                     Qualified 106
Credits 61                                   Income 23-89
                                             Income tax withholding (federal) 39, 82
                                             Individual retirement arrangements (IRAs)       P
D
                                                Contributions to 95, 97                      Parents, divorced or separated 20
Daycare center expenses 115                     Credit for contributions to 115              Pay taxes electronically 63
Death of a taxpayer 12                          Distributions from 26                        Payments 39-117
Death of spouse 12                              Nondeductible contributions to 26, 95-97     Penalty
Dependent care benefits 24                   Individual taxpayer identification numbers 13      Early withdrawal of savings 95
Dependents 16, 17                            Injured spouse 62                                  Estimated tax 65
   Standard deduction 35                     Innocent spouse relief 81                          Others (including late filing and late
Direct deposit of refund 62, 63              Installment payments 64                                payment) 86
Disability expenses 92                       Interest income                                 Penalty on early withdrawal of savings 95
Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork          Tax-exempt 25                                Pensions and annuities 28-30
   Reduction Act Notice 120                     Taxable 25                                   Premium tax credit 116
Dividends:                                   Interest on taxes 86                            Presidential election $3 check-off 13
   Nondividend distributions 26              Investment income, tax on 113                   Private delivery services 9
   Ordinary dividends 26                     Itemized deductions or standard deduction 35    Prizes 91
   Qualified dividends 25, 38                ITINs for aliens 13                             Public debt, gift to reduce the 82
Divorced parents 20                                                                          Publications (See Tax help)
Dual-status aliens 8, 13                     J
                                             Jury duty pay 91                                Q
E
                                                                                             Qualified business income deduction 34
Earned income credit (EIC) 40



                                                                                                                                         123
Qualified dividends 25, 38                        Refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local
Qualified dividends and capital gain tax             taxes 88                                        T
  worksheet 38                                    Reservists, expenses of 93
Qualified overtime 106                            Residency 13                                       Tax and credits 33-113
  Determine amount 106                            Resident aliens 8                                     Figured by the IRS 36, 43
Qualified passenger vehicle loan interest         Residential energy efficient property credit 116      Other taxes:
  deduction 109                                   Retirement plan deduction, self-employed 93               Alternative minimum tax 112
  Applicable passenger vehicle 109                Retirement savings contributions credit 115               IRAs and other tax-favored accounts 112
  Final assembly 109                              Rollovers 26, 30                                          Lump-sum distributions 30
  Qualified passenger vehicle loan interest 109   Roth IRAs 26, 95                                          Recapture 113
Qualified retirement plans, deduction for 93      Rounding off to whole dollars 23                   Tax computation worksheet 80
Qualified tips 101, 102                                                                              Tax help 83
(See also Not qualified tips)                                                                        Tax table 68-79
                                                  S
  Cash tips 102                                                                                      Tax Topics 118
  Determine amount for:                           Saver’s credit 115                                 Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) 4
      Employee 103                                Self-employment tax:                               Third party designee 65
      Non-employee 103                               Deduction for part of 93                        Tip income 112
  GITCA 102                                       Seniors:                                           Tuition program earnings 93, 112
  Tips paid voluntarily 102                          Enhanced deduction for 110
  TRDA 102                                        Separated parents 20                               U
  Treasury Tipped Occupation Code                 Signing your return 65
                                                  Single person 13                                   Unemployment compensation 89
      (TTOC) 102
Qualified tuition program earnings 93, 112        Social security and equivalent railroad
                                                     retirement benefits 31, 32                      W
R                                                 Social security number 12, 22                      Wages 23
                                                  Standard deduction or itemized deductions 35       What if you can’t pay? 64
Railroad retirement benefits:                     State and local taxes, taxable refunds, credits,   What’s new 6
   Treated as a pension 28                           or offsets of 88                                When and where should you file? 8
   Treated as social security 31                  Statutory employees 25                             Who must file 9, 10
Records, how long to keep 82                      Student loan interest deduction 99                 Who should file 8
Refund 61-63                                         Expenses 98                                     Winnings, prizes, gambling, and lotteries (other
Refund information 87                             Surviving spouse, qualifying 15                      income) 91
Refund offset 61                                                                                     Withholding, federal income tax 39, 82
Refundable 61




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                       Your Rights
                       as a Taxpayer
                        The Taxpayer Bill of Rights
1. The Right to Be Informed                                       6. The Right to Finality
Taxpayers have the right to know what they need to do to          Taxpayers have the right to know the maximum amount of
comply with the tax laws. They are entitled to clear              time they have to challenge the IRS’s position as well as the
explanations of the laws and IRS procedures in all tax forms,     maximum amount of time the IRS has to audit a particular tax
instructions, publications, notices, and correspondence. They     year or collect a tax debt. Taxpayers have the right to know
have the right to be informed of IRS decisions about their tax    when the IRS has finished an audit.
accounts and to receive clear explanations of the outcomes.
                                                                  7. The Right to Privacy
2. The Right to Quality Service                                   Taxpayers have the right to expect that any IRS inquiry,
Taxpayers have the right to receive prompt, courteous, and        examination, or enforcement action will comply with the law
professional assistance in their dealings with the IRS, to be     and be no more intrusive than necessary, and will respect all
spoken to in a way they can easily understand, to receive clear   due process rights, including search and seizure protections,
and easily understandable communications from the IRS, and        and will provide, where applicable, a collection due process
to speak to a supervisor about inadequate service.                hearing.

3. The Right to Pay No More than the                              8. The Right to Confidentiality
Correct Amount of Tax                                             Taxpayers have the right to expect that any information they
Taxpayers have the right to pay only the amount of tax legally    provide to the IRS will not be disclosed unless authorized by
due, including interest and penalties, and to have the IRS        the taxpayer or by law. Taxpayers have the right to expect
apply all tax payments properly.                                  appropriate action will be taken against employees, return
                                                                  preparers, and others who wrongfully use or disclose taxpayer
4. The Right to Challenge the IRS’s Position                      return information.
and Be Heard                                                      9. The Right to Retain Representation
Taxpayers have the right to raise objections and provide          Taxpayers have the right to retain an authorized representative
additional documentation in response to formal IRS actions or     of their choice to represent them in their dealings with the
proposed actions, to expect that the IRS will consider their      IRS. Taxpayers have the right to seek assistance from a Low
timely objections and documentation promptly and fairly, and      Income Taxpayer Clinic if they cannot afford representation.
to receive a response if the IRS does not agree with their
position.                                                         10. The Right to a Fair and Just Tax System
5. The Right to Appeal an IRS Decision in an                      Taxpayers have the right to expect the tax system to consider
                                                                  facts and circumstances that might affect their underlying
Independent Forum                                                 liabilities, ability to pay, or ability to provide information timely.
Taxpayers are entitled to a fair and impartial administrative     Taxpayers have the right to receive assistance from the
appeal of most IRS decisions, including many penalties, and       Taxpayer Advocate Service if they are experiencing financial
have the right to receive a written response regarding the IRS    difficulty or if the IRS has not resolved their tax issues properly
Independent Office of Appeals’ decision. Taxpayers generally      and timely through its normal channels.
have the right to take their cases to court.


Learn more at IRS.gov/TaxpayerRights




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New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
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A foreign country, U.S. territory*, or use an APO or FPO    Department of the Treasury            Internal Revenue Service
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alien                                                       Austin, TX 73301-0215                 Charlotte, NC 28201-1303

*If you live in American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands, see Pub. 570.




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