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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

To calculate your individual effective tax rate. 

 

  • Take your total tax on line 24 of Form 1040 
  • Divided by
  • By your taxable income line 15 of form 1040

You may have looked at the Blended Tax rate.

 

The Blended tax rate is calculated under Federal / Federal Review

  • To access it, all questions must be answered in the Federal Review.
  • At the end of the questions. Look at the bottom of the screen
  • It will say Get a detailed view of your numbers

The Blended Tax rate is:

  • Tax liability (Including SE tax, capital gain and special taxes),
  •  Divided by
  • Taxable income (Total income minus deductions, but before credits).

(All line numbers are on form 1040).

The Blended is your 

  • Total income (line 9)
  • Deductions (Line 12) This is Itemized or Standard
  • Taxable Income (Line 9 – Line 12)
  • Blended Tax Rate (Tax Liability [below] / Taxable Income [above])
  • Tax Liability (Line 16 + Line 23)

Taxes Paid (line 25d)

Credits (Line 21)

Total Tax Paid (Line 21 + Line 25d)

Refund/Due  (Line 34 or Line 37)

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