United States

Nebraska: what the state takes

Nebraska 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 Nebraska bands, top rate 5.20%

Resident return

Form 1040N

Nebraska Department of Revenue

Due

15 April, following the federal deadline

Weekends and holidays can push it on

Try a figure

Yearly income

How you file

Nebraska tax

$2,990

Top state rate you touch

5.2%

  • Kept before federal tax$58,158
  • Federal income tax$13,852
  • Nebraska tax$2,990
Two bills, not one. Federal is the same wherever you live, state is not.

Band by band

State deduction taken off first: $8,300. Taxed amount: $66,700.

  • $0 to $4,030 at 2.46%$99
  • $4,030 to $24,120 at 3.51%$705
  • $24,120 to $38,870 at 5.01%$739
  • $38,870 to above at 5.2%$1,447

Filing in Nebraska

Who collects it
Nebraska Department of Revenue
Return
Form 1040N
Deadline
Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Nebraska Department 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.