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March 7, 2025
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Blended Tax

  • March 7, 2025
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Last year we had a taxable income of $59000 and a blended tax rate of 11.1%. This year we had a taxable income of $100500 and the blended tax rate dropped to 1%. This doesn't make sense to me and I think something is not right. Can you help explain this to me?

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    DawnC
    Employee
    March 7, 2025

    Take a look at this article that explains the marginal and effective tax rates.   These ratios are more commonly used and more useful to you as a taxpayer.  

     

    Blended tax rate = tax liability / taxable income, but as shown below, the number is a modified version of the effective tax rate, used only by TurboTax.  

     

    More detailed, 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).
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