Australian tax brackets 2026–27 and 2025–26

Australian resident tax brackets

Rates apply to each portion of taxable income. Medicare, the low income tax offset and HELP repayments are separate.

Source: Income Tax Rates Act, Schedule 7. Calculate tax on your salary.

Each band applies to part of your income

The resident scale starts with a tax-free band and then applies different rates to successive portions of taxable income. The calculator adds the tax from the bands your income reaches.

A marginal income tax rate describes the rate on the next dollar within a band. It is different from dividing the total estimated liabilities by your entire salary.

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The tax-bracket calculation comes before the included low income tax offset. Medicare levy, Medicare levy surcharge and compulsory HELP repayments are then separate calculations.

Use the result labels carefully: an effective rate including those items answers a broader question than an income-tax-only average rate. Neither rate tells you the payroll withholding on a particular payment.

Match both year and residency

This calculator provides the supported Australian resident years shown in its selector. A later rate change has its own start date; announcing a change does not make it apply to every year.

Foreign residents, working holiday makers and part-year residents require a different calculation. An Australian address or citizenship alone is not the profile confirmation this tool needs.

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