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New Member
posted May 17, 2025 9:35:56 AM

Where can I see how my federal taxes are calculated ?

I want to see how my federal taxes are calculated

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Level 15
May 17, 2025 9:58:05 AM

look at page 2 line 16 of your 1040

line 16 can come from

1) tax tables

2) tax rate schedule

3) form 8814

4) form4972

5) long termn capital gain and qualified dividend worksheet (not so indicated)

6) other forms

 

then there may be other forms and schedules with amounts on lines 17,19,20,23,27, 28 and 29

 

 

New Member
May 17, 2025 11:02:17 AM

The question is where can I see the calculations that turbo tax made to compute my taxes?

Level 15
May 17, 2025 11:04:34 AM

It depends on what kind of income you have.  There are like 7 different ways to figure the tax.

 

See the IRS worksheet on 1040 page 36 for how the tax is figured.  Turbo Tax uses the same worksheet.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf

 

Even though it shows up as income on the first page,if you have capital gains or qualified dividends the tax is not taken from the tax table but is calculated separately from schedule D.  The tax will be calculated on the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.  It does not get filed with your return.    See this FAQ

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/forms/help/form-1040-line-11-amount-is-less-than-standard-irs-tax-table/00/25752

 

In the online version you need to save your return as a pdf file and include all worksheets to see it.