Your marginal tax rate is the highest income tax rate you’ll pay on your income. Because the U.S. has a progressive tax system, different tiers of your income are taxed at different rates. The ...

Effective tax rate is your average tax rate as a percentage of total income. Marginal tax rate is the tax on your highest dollar earned, not your total income. Historically, top marginal rates have ...

Karla Dennis, EA, MST, is CFO/CEO of the award-winning tax accounting firm KDA Inc.—specializing in tax planning. Taxes can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to tax brackets. In this article ...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—passed in 2017 during the first Trump administration—wasn't really a tax cut in practice. It ended up functionally raising taxes on a lot of people. While it did lower ...