Adoption Tax Credit Calculator (2026)
Tax year
2026
2025
Filing status
Single
Married filing jointly
Head of household
Qualifying surviving spouse
Married filing separately
MFS: lived apart from spouse last 6 months (and child in your home > half the year)?
No
Yes
How many children being adopted this year?
1
2
3
Your yearly income
(Form 1040 line 11)
Federal income tax before this credit ($)
Employer adoption assistance (§137)?
Employer has a written adoption-assistance program?
No
Yes
Employer benefits paid/excluded this year ($)
Carryforward from a prior year?
Nonrefundable credit carried into this year ($)
Year that carryforward arose
Free
Adoption Tax Credit Calculator
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