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2025 California Income Tax Brackets & Rates

Federal and state tax brackets, capital gains rates, and corporate tax rates for California in tax year 2025.

Federal Income Tax Brackets (2025)

FromToRate
$0$11,92510.00%
$11,925$48,47512.00%
$48,475$103,35022.00%
$103,350$197,30024.00%
$197,300$250,52532.00%
$250,525$626,35035.00%
$626,35037.00%

California State Income Tax Brackets (2025)

FromToRate
$0$11,0791.00%
$11,079$26,2642.00%
$26,264$41,4524.00%
$41,452$57,5426.00%
$57,542$72,7248.00%
$72,724$371,4799.30%
$371,479$445,77110.30%
$445,771$742,95311.30%
$742,953$1,000,00012.30%
$1,000,00013.30%

Federal Capital Gains Tax Brackets (2025)

FromToRate
$0$48,3500.00%
$48,350$533,40015.00%
$533,40020.00%

Additional Information

Federal Corporate Tax Rate
21.00%
State Corporate Tax Rate
8.84%
Federal Standard Deduction (Single)
$15,750

Sources & Trust

Every figure above is traceable to a published source. Each source is rated by what published it, not by how confident we feel about it.

Federal (United States) — 2025

OfficialValues verified
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  1. Cited for Rate brackets · confirmed

    Primary citation recorded with the tax table entry; coverage beyond the rate brackets is unconfirmed.

  2. Cited for Rate brackets, Standard deduction, Capital gains · confirmed

    Section 2.15(1): 2025 standard deduction for unmarried individuals = $15,000 (pre-OBBBA)

  3. Cited for Standard deduction, Corporate rate · confirmed

    Section 3.01: removes Rev. Proc. 2024-40 §2.15(1); restates 2025 amount as $15,750 under OBBBA §70102

  4. Cited for Corporate rate · confirmed

    Official U.S. Code text: flat 21% corporate rate under §11(b)

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California — 2025

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  1. Cited for Rate brackets · confirmed

    Official FTB 2025 Tax Rate Schedules PDF; text extracted locally with pypdf since WebFetch's summarizer could not decode the compressed PDF streams. Schedule X table confirms all 9 brackets exactly.

  2. Cited for Capital gains · confirmed

    FTB page states verbatim: "California does not have a lower rate for capital gains. All capital gains are taxed as ordinary income."

  3. Cited for Corporate rate · confirmed

    Official FTB page: 'C Corporations: 8.84%', 'Banks and financial institutions: 10.84%'.

  4. Cited for Standard deduction · confirmed

    Official FTB 2025 540 booklet; Standard Deduction Chart for Most People lists Single: $5,706.

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