Choose a tax year
Estimate your 2025 federal refund or balance due in a few minutes. Your estimate updates as you answer, nothing is saved, and you don’t need an account.
A few basics decide your standard deduction and which credits you can claim.
Age, relationship and a few yes/no answers decide the Child Tax Credit, dependent care and education credits.
Wages and withholding are on your W-2. Unemployment is on Form 1099-G. Round to the nearest dollar.
From Forms 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-B and 1099-R. Enter losses as negative numbers.
Net amounts after expenses. Enter a loss as a negative number.
Social Security is on Form SSA-1099. Alimony counts only for agreements made on or before December 31, 2018.
We compare these against your standard deduction and use whichever saves you more.
Most employees can no longer deduct job expenses, but these special categories still count.
Gifts to qualified charities during the year.
Tuition is on Form 1098-T and student loan interest on Form 1098-E.
Traditional IRA contributions may be deductible depending on whether you have a plan at work.
Quarterly payments you sent in during the year, not the tax withheld from your pay.
It runs on the same federal calculation engine as our filing software, using the 2025 tax rules, so with complete answers it is usually very close to your actual refund or balance. It is still an estimate: it doesn’t include state tax, and unusual situations can change the result. Your filed return is the final word.
No. Nothing you type here is stored or linked to you, and you don’t need an account. When you’re ready to file, create an account and your real return starts fresh.
You get a refund when the tax withheld from your pay, your estimated payments and any refundable credits add up to more than your total tax for the year. You owe when they add up to less.