Taxes calculators
Withholding, brackets, and take-home estimates.
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Capital Loss Carryover Calculator
Enter the prior-year Form 1040 taxable income and Schedule D lines 21, 7, and 15. The calculator follows the IRS Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet and separates the amount that goes to next year's Schedule D line 6 from the amount that goes to line 14.
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Foreign Tax Credit Limitation Calculator
Enter the foreign-source income, related deductions, U.S. tax, and creditable foreign taxes for one Form 1116 category. The calculator estimates the category limitation, allowed credit, unused pool, and U.S. tax left after the credit.
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Installment Sale Tax Calculator (Form 6252)
Enter the sale price, tax basis, assumed debt, closing cash, recapture, note terms, and tax rates. The calculator separates sale-year recapture from installment gain and builds a year-by-year seller-note tax schedule.
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Investment Tax Drag Calculator
Enter a taxable portfolio, cost basis, contribution plan, return assumptions, and tax rates. The calculator compares the after-tax result with a no-tax benchmark and shows the annualized drag.
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IRA Pro-Rata Rule & Form 8606 Calculator
Enter your IRA basis, year-end IRA value, distributions, and Roth conversions to estimate the Form 8606 pro-rata split. The result shows the taxable conversion amount, recovered basis, carryforward basis, and a line summary you can compare with the form.
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Partial Wash Sale & Adjusted Basis Calculator
Enter one loss sale and up to two replacement lots. The calculator matches eligible replacement shares in acquisition order and separates taxable-account basis deferral from IRA loss disallowance.
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Section 1231 Five-Year Lookback Calculator
Enter the current Section 1231 result and the unused loss balances from the last five years. The calculator applies the lookback rule oldest first and shows the ordinary-income amount, capital-gain amount, expiring loss, and balance entering next year.
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Tax Preparation Time & Cost Planner
Use IRS Form 1040 burden averages as a starting point, then adjust for the number of returns, tax years, state returns, and your own pace.
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Tax Refund Advance vs. Waiting Calculator
Enter the advance offer and the filing costs it requires to compare usable cash now with the refund you would keep by waiting. The calculator separates interest, loan fees, transfer charges, and extra preparation costs so the tradeoff is visible.