Tax year 2026 · Federal

Know your number
in four minutes.

Find out your 2026 refund in 4 minutes. Free. Your tax numbers never leave your browser. If you ask us to, we keep only the email you give us.

No account. No uploads. Email only if you ask.

A real number, not a range

The same 2026 brackets and standard deduction a preparer would use, applied to the answers you give.

Private by design

The calculation runs in this tab. Your tax numbers never leave your browser. If you ask us to send you the result, we keep only the email you give us.

Honest about limits

If your return needs a form this tool doesn't handle, it says so plainly instead of guessing at a number.

How it works

  1. 01

    Answer a dozen questions

    Filing status, a W-2 or two, and the handful of income lines that apply to you.

  2. 02

    See the whole calculation

    Income, adjustments, deductions, taxable income, tax, and payments — every line visible, nothing hidden behind a total.

  3. 03

    Print it and keep it

    A clean summary you can print for your records or hand to whoever prepares your return.

Built for straightforward returns

Most people have one job and a savings account. This covers that return properly rather than pretending to cover every return badly.

What it covers

  • W-2 wages and federal withholding
  • Taxable interest
  • Unemployment compensation
  • Tips and overtime pay
  • Children and other dependents
  • Age 65+ and blindness additions

What it doesn't

  • Self-employment and 1099-NEC income
  • Capital gains and dividends
  • Itemized deductions
  • Rental, retirement, or other income

If one of these applies, you'll see a clear explanation instead of a result.

Four minutes now beats a surprise later.

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