IRS Announces 2026 Tax Bracket Updates, Inflation-Based Adjustments

The top tax rates are unchanged, but income thresholds, deductions, and key credits have risen to reflect higher prices.
IRS Announces 2026 Tax Bracket Updates, Inflation-Based Adjustments
The IRS in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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The IRS has announced inflation adjustments for more than 60 federal tax provisions for the 2026 tax year, including updated tax brackets, standard deductions, and key credit thresholds.

The adjustments, detailed in a document released on Oct. 9, reflect the IRS’s annual inflation indexing and include changes enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in July by President Donald Trump. The new figures take effect for the 2026 tax year and will apply to returns filed in 2027.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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