IRS Announces Higher Tax Brackets For 2025

The IRS announced its changes for the 2025 tax filing season, which included increases to the tax brackets and other key areas. What this means for taxpayers is that more income can be taxed at lower rates than previous years. There was also an increase of $400 to $800 in the standard deduction.

For 2025, single borrowers must earn over $626,351, while married couples must earn over $751,601 to be in the highest 37% tax bracket.

It’s important to remember that you only pay what you earn in that bracket. Even the highest earner in America will pay 10% on their first $11,925 in earnings.

There were also changes to the capital gains tax brackets for 2025 as well.

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Federal Tax Brackets For 2025

Here are the Federal tax brackets for 2025.

The Standard Deduction also increased for 2025. It will be:

• Single: $15,000
• Married Filing Jointly: $30,000
• Head of Household: $22,500

Check out this guide to all the Federal Tax Brackets And Tax Tables.

Capital Gains Tax Brackets Also Increased

The capital gains tax brackets also increased their ranges. While the short term capital gains are the same as your normal tax bracket, long term gains are taxed as follows:

Other Key Changes

Beyond the tax brackets, it is expected that there will be increases to the IRA Contribution Limit and 401k Contribution Limit. The HSA contribution limit increase was already announced earlier this year.

The IRS also updated the Alternative Minimum Tax exemption, and the Earned Income Tax Credit amounts.

Finally, there were updates to a variety of exclusions, include the foreign earned income exclusion and the estate and gift tax exclusion.

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