United States

Wisconsin: what the state takes

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin bands and sliding standard deduction, taken at the full amount

Resident return

Form 1

Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin tax

$2,877

Top state rate you touch

5.3%

  • Kept before federal tax$58,271
  • Federal income tax$13,852
  • Wisconsin tax$2,877
Two bills, not one. Federal is the same wherever you live, state is not.

Band by band

State deduction taken off first: $13,230. Taxed amount: $61,770.

  • $0 to $14,680 at 3.5%$514
  • $14,680 to $29,370 at 4.4%$646
  • $29,370 to $323,290 at 5.3%$1,717

Filing in Wisconsin

Who collects it
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Return
Form 1
Deadline
Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Wisconsin 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.