PlainRefund: Tax Estimator

Novema Solutions LLC

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About this app

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: PlainRefund is an independent app made by Novema Solutions LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for the IRS, any state tax or labor agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, USCIS, the U.S. Department of State, any other government entity, or any foreign government. It doesn't file tax returns or immigration forms, and it isn't tax, legal or immigration advice.

PlainRefund puts official U.S. government information in plain language, and every figure links to the government page it comes from.

CALCULATE YOUR REFUND
• Estimate your federal and state refund (or what you may owe) from your W-2 numbers.
• See the full breakdown, keep recent results on your device and download a PDF.

NEWS
• Daily news from the IRS and your state's tax agency, plus immigration notices from USCIS, the Federal Register and U.S. embassies, including the Visa Bulletin charts USCIS accepts. Each item links to its original source.

WORK
• Minimum wage, overtime and paid leave rules for your state and city.

IMMIGRATION
• Plain-language guides (ITIN, work permits, TPS, worker rights, legal help, visa line) and pages for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Colombia.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your amounts stay on your device. No account needed.

OFFICIAL SOURCES
Federal tax (IRS): rates and brackets https://www.irs.gov/filing/federal-income-tax-rates-and-brackets · standard deduction https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc551 · refunds https://www.irs.gov/refunds · news https://www.irs.gov/newsroom

State tax rates and state tax news, from each state's official tax agency (directory: https://www.usa.gov/state-taxes):
AL revenue.alabama.gov · AK dor.alaska.gov · AZ azdor.gov · AR dfa.arkansas.gov · CA ftb.ca.gov · CO tax.colorado.gov · CT portal.ct.gov/drs · DE revenue.delaware.gov · FL floridarevenue.com · GA dor.georgia.gov · HI tax.hawaii.gov · ID tax.idaho.gov · IL tax.illinois.gov · IN in.gov/dor · IA revenue.iowa.gov · KS ksrevenue.gov · KY revenue.ky.gov · LA revenue.louisiana.gov · ME maine.gov/revenue · MD marylandcomptroller.gov · MA mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-revenue · MI michigan.gov/taxes · MN revenue.state.mn.us · MS dor.ms.gov · MO dor.mo.gov/taxation/individual · MT revenue.mt.gov · NE revenue.nebraska.gov · NV tax.nv.gov · NH revenue.nh.gov · NJ nj.gov/treasury/taxation · NM tax.newmexico.gov · NY tax.ny.gov · NC ncdor.gov · ND tax.nd.gov · OH tax.ohio.gov · OK oklahoma.gov/tax.html · OR oregon.gov/dor · PA pa.gov/agencies/revenue · RI tax.ri.gov · SC dor.sc.gov · SD dor.sd.gov · TN tn.gov/revenue.html · TX comptroller.texas.gov · UT tax.utah.gov · VT tax.vermont.gov · VA tax.virginia.gov · WA dor.wa.gov · WV tax.wv.gov · WI revenue.wi.gov/pages/home.aspx · WY revenue.wyo.gov

Work: U.S. Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime; each state's labor department (directory: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/contacts); and city or county governments for local minimum wages. Each figure in the app links to its source.

Immigration: USCIS https://www.uscis.gov · U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html · Federal Register https://www.federalregister.gov · U.S. embassies https://www.usembassy.gov · ICE detainee locator https://locator.ice.gov · Immigration courts (EOIR) https://www.justice.gov/eoir · IRS ITIN https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/individual-taxpayer-identification-number-itin · and the foreign ministry or embassy of each country, linked on its page.

Full list of every source, with links: Settings › Official sources in the app, and https://plainrefund.com/sources

What’s new

• New country pages: Haiti (also in Haitian Creole), Nicaragua and Ecuador.
• News from U.S. embassies, in the News and Immigration tabs.
• Every section of the country pages and guides links to its official sources. The calculator, results and Work cards show the source of each figure.
• Every screen shows that PlainRefund is not a government app, with a link to the official sources.
• Fixes: titles no longer cut off on small phones; the "new" count shows only the last 7 days.