{"id":34798,"date":"2025-10-10T16:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/the-irs-announced-new-federal-income-tax-brackets-for-2026-heres-whats-changing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:11:47","slug":"the-irs-announced-new-federal-income-tax-brackets-for-2026-heres-whats-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/the-irs-announced-new-federal-income-tax-brackets-for-2026-heres-whats-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"The IRS announced new federal income tax brackets for 2026. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s changing."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68e917b0cc993f9955cff51d?format=jpeg\" alt=\"The Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, DC\"\/><figcaption>The standard deduction is also increasing, saving taxpayers more money.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Carter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The IRS announced new federal income tax brackets for 2026.<\/li>\n<li>The standard deduction is also increasing, saving taxpayers more money.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#039;s what the new tax brackets look like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Federal income tax brackets and the standard deduction are about to look a little bit different in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The Internal Revenue Service announced changes to the tax code on Thursday, driven by both inflation adjustments and President Donald Trump&#039;s &quot;Big Beautiful Bill.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The standard deduction for married couples filing jointly is set to increase to $32,200, a $700 increase from the $31,500 deduction this year.<\/p>\n<p>For single filers, the deduction is increasing by $350, up to $16,100 in 2026 from $15,750 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The changes will begin in 2026, meaning taxpayers will notice the changes when they file their taxes in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#039;s how the tax brackets are changing for single filers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tax bracket<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10%<\/td>\n<td>$11,925 or less<\/td>\n<td>$12,400 or less<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12%<\/td>\n<td>Over $11,925<\/td>\n<td>Over $12,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22%<\/td>\n<td>Over $48,475<\/td>\n<td>Over $50,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24%<\/td>\n<td>Over $103,350<\/td>\n<td>Over $105,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32%<\/td>\n<td>Over $197,300<\/td>\n<td>Over $201,775<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35%<\/td>\n<td>Over $250,525<\/td>\n<td>Over $256,225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37%<\/td>\n<td>Over $626,350<\/td>\n<td>Over $640,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>And here&#039;s how they&#039;re changing for married couples filing jointly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tax bracket<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10%<\/td>\n<td>$23,850 or less<\/td>\n<td>$24,800 or less<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12%<\/td>\n<td>Over $23,850<\/td>\n<td>Over $24,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22%<\/td>\n<td>Over $96,950<\/td>\n<td>Over $100,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24%<\/td>\n<td>Over $206,700<\/td>\n<td>Over $211,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32%<\/td>\n<td>Over $394,600<\/td>\n<td>Over $403,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35%<\/td>\n<td>Over $501,050<\/td>\n<td>Over $512,450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37%<\/td>\n<td>Over $751,600<\/td>\n<td>Over $768,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The standard deduction is also increasing, saving taxpayers more money. 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Federal income tax brackets and the standard deduction are about to look a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}