Virginia Income Tax Calculator

The Virginia income tax calculator estimates your state income tax by starting from your Virginia adjusted gross income and subtracting the Virginia standard deduction to reach Virginia taxable income, then walking that figure through the four graduated brackets. It shows what you owe before credits for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 tax years.

• • Plan withholdings: Compare the projected Virginia liability against the state withholding taken from your paycheck.
• • Check a draft return: Confirm the Virginia tax on your federal AGI before you file or send the return to a preparer.
• • Compare filing statuses: Test single versus married filing jointly, since the deduction and the result change by status.
• • Model a raise: See how moving into the 5.75% bracket changes the tax on each extra dollar of Virginia income.

Virginia is a federal starting point state: it begins with the same adjusted gross income you report to the IRS, then applies its own adjustments. That makes the link to your federal return direct but easy to overlook, which is why a dedicated estimator helps.

Because Virginia starts from the same federal AGI, try the federal income tax calculator to see how the two liabilities relate before you file.

The calculator builds Virginia taxable income from your Virginia AGI, then taxes it in four progressive layers using the current Virginia schedule.

• Virginia AGI: Your federal AGI after Virginia additions and subtractions; the state starting point.
• Standard deduction: A flat amount by filing status and year, taken before the brackets apply.
• Four brackets: 2% up to $3,000, 3% to $5,000, 5% to $17,000, and 5.75% above $17,000 of taxable income.
• Marginal rate: The top bracket your last taxable dollar falls in, which is above your effective rate.

Because only the income inside each band is taxed at that band's rate, a raise does not push your whole income into the top bracket. The Virginia income tax calculator shows both the tax and the effective rate as a share of AGI so you can judge the real impact of a change in income or filing status. If you are unsure how your AGI is assembled, the AGI calculator shows the line-by-line build from income and above-the-line deductions.

Under Va. Code § 58.1 Chapter 3, individual income tax is computed from federal AGI using the state's rate schedule and standard deduction, and the four-bracket structure has been in place since 2021.

If you are unsure what belongs in your AGI, the AGI calculator shows how adjusted gross income is built from income and above-the-line deductions.

Four ideas explain why your Virginia result looks the way it does.

To see how this annual liability is collected through pay, the Virginia paycheck calculator breaks down per-paycheck withholding across the year.

Follow these steps to produce a clean estimate.

1. 1 Pick your filing status: Choose single, married filing jointly, head of household, or married filing separately to set the standard deduction.
2. 2 Enter Virginia AGI: Use your federal AGI after any Virginia additions and subtractions as the starting figure.
3. 3 Choose the tax year: Select 2024, 2025, or 2026; the year sets the standard deduction amount.
4. 4 Read the results: Note Virginia taxable income, the estimated tax, the effective rate, and the marginal rate.
5. 5 Compare scenarios: Change the filing status or year to see how the deduction and brackets shift the outcome.
6. 6 Estimate the refund: Compare the tax to your W-2 withholding plus estimated payments to gauge a refund or balance.

A single filer with $65,000 Virginia AGI and the 2026 standard deduction lands on $55,750 of Virginia taxable income and about $2,948 of tax, an effective rate near 4.54% of AGI. To see how that annual bill is collected through pay, the Virginia paycheck calculator breaks the liability into per-paycheck withholding.

The filing-status deduction difference is easiest to weigh with the marriage penalty calculator, which quantifies joint versus separate outcomes for a couple.

A Virginia-specific estimator helps you make decisions a generic calculator cannot.

• • Spot withholding gaps: Compare the estimate with Virginia withholding so you avoid a spring surprise.
• • Model bracket transitions: See exactly how much of a bonus or raise lands in the 5.75% band.
• • Test filing-status choices: Quantify the deduction difference between single and married filing jointly before choosing how to file.
• • Catch input errors: A quick estimate flags a transposed deduction or missing adjustment on a draft return.
• • Plan estimated payments: Use the liability figure to size quarterly Virginia payments if you are self-employed.

The filing-status deduction difference is easiest to weigh with the marriage penalty calculator, which quantifies joint versus separate outcomes using the same underlying brackets. Running both tools on identical income shows whether a couple pays more or less by how they file.

Estimating before you file also gives you a number to reconcile against the Virginia withholding on your year-to-date payslips, so an unexpected balance due does not appear only after the return is submitted.

Comparing the result against the federal income tax calculator shows how much of your total liability is state versus federal, and the tax bracket calculator lays out where each dollar crosses into a higher bracket.

Several inputs move the final number more than people expect.

• • This tool estimates the income tax before credits and does not include Virginia credits, itemized deductions, or withholding already paid.
• • The standard deduction and bracket amounts change each year; the 2024 through 2026 figures here should be confirmed against the current Virginia Department of Taxation schedule before filing.

Comparing Virginia's graduated schedule with a flat-rate state such as the Arizona income tax calculator shows how much bracket design matters. The Virginia income tax calculator applies the four brackets to the income left after the standard deduction, so the same income can land in very different places depending on whether a state uses one rate or a schedule.

Income tax is only part of your state burden. The Virginia property tax calculator covers the real estate side, which does not flow through the income tax form at all. Planning both together gives a fuller picture of what you send to Richmond.

As published by the Virginia Department of Taxation, the Virginia standard deduction is tied to the federal standard deduction for each status and is indexed each year.

Income tax is only part of your state burden; the Virginia property tax calculator covers the real estate side of Virginia.