Turbo Tax is calculating a much higher blended tax rate than the IRS website. How can we correct this?

[JohnB5677]

The Blended tax rate is not used anywhere on your tax return, and it can be a little deceiving.

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)

Please contact us again with any additional questions or to provide some additional details.

[Mike9241]

each uses a different formula and different amounts to compute the blended tax rate. ignore them