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February 23, 2025
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what is a blended tax rate

  • February 23, 2025
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    KrisD15
    February 23, 2025

    Blended rate is 

    your tax liability including Capital gain tax, Self-Employment Tax and other additional taxes if applicable (Form 1040 line 16)

    divided by your taxable income (Form 1040 line 15)

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    rjs
    Employee
    February 23, 2025

    The blended tax rate is an attempt to give you an idea of the overall percentage of your income that you pay in tax. The basic idea is that it's the tax divided by income, expressed as a percentage. But exactly what taxes are included and what income is included is not clearly defined. (You can find posts telling you how it's calculated but they don't all say the same thing.)


    The blended tax rate has nothing to do with how your tax is calculated. It's an essentially meaningless number. You should ignore it.