DQOTD: Taxable Income Ranges for 2026 & Beyond

[Midpack]

Just planning in the event we go back to 2017 tax brackets again when TCJA is scheduled to sunset, what will the corresponding taxable income ranges be for each bracket? I have looked and haven't found anything on my own.

Just trying to plan whether we have a sunset or an extension.

I know we'd be going from 10%-12%-22%-24%-32%-35%-37% TO 10%-15%-25%-28%-33%-35%-39.6%, asking about the corresponding taxable income $ amounts.

Bonus questions: 2026 standard deductions, CG $ brackets?

 

[audreyh1]

Someone has to do the inflation indexed brackets. I suppose you could take the 2024 brackets and use today’s dollars? Just switch percentages starting 2026.

I don’t think the ranges changed before, just the percentages and inflation adjustment.

 

[SecondCor521]

Someone has to do the inflation indexed brackets. I suppose you could take the 2024 brackets and use today’s dollars? Just switch percentages starting 2026.

I don’t think the ranges changed before, just the percentages and inflation adjustment.

The TCJA changed both the percentages *and* the ranges. If the TCJA sunsets as scheduled, the rates and ranges will change.

Midpack, I asked the same question in a different thread recently which produced some answers:

https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/2026-tax-brackets-118930.html

The standard deduction will drop quite a bit if it sunsets. I believe the personal exemptions also make a return, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

There are so many changes, I'm not sure if one can even reasonably predict what their 2026 tax liability will be.

 

[Midpack]

Thank you SecondCor, sorry I missed that, I'll ask the mods to delete this thread.

 

[MichaelB]

No need to delete, we can close it and anyone interested can follow the link graciously provided by SecodnCor521