2003 Tax Tables

The tables are easy to use. You do need to know your tax filing status: Single, Married Filing Jointly, Married Filing Separately or Head of Household. Once you know your taxable income from Line 40 of your tax return, find that amount in the table under your filing status column.

The most common mistake people make is to find the taxable amount but use the tax amount from the wrong filing status column, ie. their filing status is Married Filing Jointly, but they use the tax amount from the Single column.

For example, let's say your taxable income (from line 40 on your tax return) is $58,975. You would find the $58,000 heading in the table and try to find the amount in the first column of the table. You would see the range $58,950 to $59,000. If your filing status is Single, you would find your tax in the second column from the left: $11,554. However, if your filing status is Married Filing Jointly, you would find your tax in the third column from the right: $8,364. That is quite a difference, so it is important to spot the right column for your filing status!

Also, it might be a good idea to do a quick review of the example that the IRS provides on the top of the first page of the 2003 Tax Tables.

Note: Only use these 2003 tax tables if your taxable income for that year was less than $100,000. If your taxable income was more than $100,000 you
must use the tax rate schedules on the last page
(p.13) of the 2003 tax tables document.

Again, here is the link to the 2003 tax tables.
If you cannot see it, just scroll down to the bottom
of this page: