Calculate your United States Federal & State income tax liability easily with the help of Taxes Suck's simple, minimalist, and user-friendly design!
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin
With Taxes Suck, you can easily estimate your taxes in seconds! NO degree required! Let’s face it, paying Taxes Sucks! It’s not your fault the tax code takes an advanced degree to be an expert in.
Taxes Suck is a simple but powerful United States income tax calculator intended to help you easily estimate your Federal and State income tax liability.
Take control of your Taxes Today! Taxes Suck helps estimate the correct amount of Federal and State taxes to withhold from your paycheck (Don’t trust your W-4 from your employer). If you are self-employed, it helps to estimate your estimated taxes. If you are employed, self-employed, have investment income, etc., it helps estimate income taxes for that too!
Taxes Suck is great for Tax Planning. Whether you are self-employed, weighing business reinvestment options, or you are simply trying to decide between Traditional vs. Roth retirement contributions, Taxes Suck can help make tax decisions easier by showing you current-year tax savings.
Taxes Suck is excellent for any Do-It-Yourself type of person and great for professionals assisting clients. Taxes Suck gives you the ability to run income tax projections in seconds. Learn with Taxes Suck about different types of income, deductions, & tax credits and how those affect your tax bill.
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Tax Year 2026 is a One-Time charge of $3.99!
Tax Years 2025 & 2024 are FREE to use!
Note - States are slow to update their tax brackets. If current-year state brackets are unavailable, prior-year brackets will be used until the state issues current-year brackets.
Federal calculations include:
- Ordinary federal income tax.
- Long-term capital gain tax.
- FICA tax.
- Self-employment tax.
- Self-employment tax deduction.
- Additional Medicare (Self-employment only).
- Qualified business income deduction with threshold & phaseout.
- Net investment income tax.
- Taxable portion of Social Security Income.
- Child tax credit with phase-out.
- Earned Income Tax Credit with phase-in & phase-out.
- Standard deduction (including Age & Blind increase - Federal Only).
- Displays marginal tax rate.
- Ability to manually add certain adjustments.
- Ability to run withholding/estimated tax payment projections.
State calculations include:
- Ordinary state income tax.
- Self-Employment Tax Deduction add-back - PA.
- Standard deduction, personal exemption, dependent exemption (does not include phaseout, but a few states do not calculate these based on a low-income phaseout).
- Federal QBI Deduction - CO, ID, & ND.
- Taxable portion of Social Security Income state subtraction, if applicable in your state.
- Displays marginal tax rate.
- Ability to manually add certain adjustments.
- Ability to run withholding/estimated tax payment projections.
- Taxes Suck on most states calculates tax on state taxable income at ordinary state tax rates. This should overestimate taxes due if your state has favorable rates on certain types of income.
- I plan to add a more complete calculation for state income tax in the future, but I wanted to get the app released sooner rather than later, and I believe it gives a reasonable estimate for most people in its current build.
Taxes Suck is brought to you by Adam Myrick, CPA, a solo developer. If Taxes Suck is helping you, please consider supporting me by leaving a positive review or updating an existing one. Please share Taxes Suck with friends & family!
In-App Purchases:
Unlock 2026 Tax Year: One-Time Charge — $3.99
Tip Jar:
One-Time Charge — $0.99
One-Time Charge — $4.99
Payments and Renewal:
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
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I found this app very useful to get a quick overview of my tax situation, it’s easy to use and includes helpful tips.The one aspect I found confusing is the field “Projected Federal Tax Withholding” - I had expected that exactly this field is the output of the analysis: where am I projected to land and is this sufficient, based on my income details, tax status, and perhaps ability to enter additional withholding per paycheck. I’ve done the math myself, but would find it more intuitive if it calculated it for me.
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words 🙏. I’m happy you have found value with Taxes Suck 😊Thank you for the feedback. It really helps! I will do my best to address this in future updates. It may take me some time to revamp that section. Thanks for your patience!
Great!!!
dwight_schrute
This is a great app! Very simple and easy to use. No CPA necessary! I hate the uncertainty of how much to withhold and wondering if I’m going to owe at the end of the year. Once you enter some basic info this app shows how much federal and state tax you should be prepared to pay. No more guessing. So helpful! I also love that there are no ads/in app purchases.
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words! I am happy you are finding value with Taxes (app)!
Non-refundable credits not being applied to Other Taxes!!
iPhone2024user
Non-refundable credits such as the child tax credit are only being applied to the regular income tax BEFORE Other Taxes, such as excess APTC repayment, are added. This is incorrect for Form 1040. This results in a portion of the non-refundable credit being wasted/lost if the credit doesn’t fully offset the regular tax, resulting in taxes owed due to the Other Taxes which should have been offset by the remainder of the non-refundable credits after all taxes are added.
Developer Response
I’ll have to look into this. This situation has not affected me. At least yet :). I’ll try my best to get to it asap. Thanks!
Great app for a QUICK Fed & State Tax estimate!
JeannePhx
At last, a simple FREE application for estimating both your Federal and State taxes without having to through hoops to input the most basic information. Very handy and will use every year!You can get an estimate in less than 30 seconds and no need to create online accounts like so many others ask you to! A must try!The author actively updates it too!
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind words 🙏. It makes me happy to know you are finding value with Taxes Suck!
State 2026 tax bracket updates, info-circle updates, general fixes, optimizations, improvements, and behind-the-scenes cleanup.
Tax Year 2026 is Live!
To keep Taxes Suck free from annoying Ads, Tax Year 2026 is a One-Time Charge of $3.99!
Tax Years 2025 & 2024 are FREE to use!
Note - States are slow to update their tax brackets. If current-year state brackets are unavailable, prior-year brackets will be used until the state issues current-year brackets.
Version 4.0.1
The developer, Adam Myrick, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Adam Myrick, LLC
Size
4.9 MB
Category
Finance
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
