United States

Delaware: what the state takes

Delaware charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.

Agency page last read 11 September 2026.

A state map on a desk beside a stack of tax forms

State rate

Banded

2025 Delaware bands. Wilmington residents pay a further city wage tax

Resident return

Form 200-01

Delaware Division of Revenue

Due

30 April

Weekends and holidays can push it on

Delaware gives residents a later date than the federal return.

Try a figure

Yearly income

How you file

Delaware tax

$3,557

Top state rate you touch

6.6%

  • Kept before federal tax$57,591
  • Federal income tax$13,852
  • Delaware tax$3,557
Two bills, not one. Federal is the same wherever you live, state is not.

Band by band

State deduction taken off first: $5,700. Taxed amount: $69,300.

  • $0 to $2,000 at %$0
  • $2,000 to $5,000 at 2.2%$66
  • $5,000 to $10,000 at 3.9%$195
  • $10,000 to $20,000 at 4.8%$480
  • $20,000 to $25,000 at 5.2%$260
  • $25,000 to $60,000 at 5.55%$1,943
  • $60,000 to above at 6.6%$614

Filing in Delaware

Who collects it
Delaware Division of Revenue
Return
Form 200-01
Deadline
Usually 30 April
Delaware Division of Revenue

Federal comes on top

Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.