Editorial policy

TaxGuide Pro publishes calculator-first tax content. Our goal is to make official tax rules easier to estimate while clearly separating planning estimates from filing advice.

Standards

  • Use primary IRS, Treasury, and state revenue department sources whenever available.
  • Show calculation assumptions, caveats, and source links on calculator pages.
  • Update tax-year data when official guidance changes and record the page's last-updated date.
  • Avoid unsupported authority claims, reviewer claims, or usage statistics.
  • Correct calculator or source issues when credible feedback identifies a problem.

Review cadence

High-traffic calculator pages are reviewed when tax-year figures change and during filing-season updates. State pages are reviewed as state revenue departments publish new forms or guidance.

Corrections

Send corrections to support@taxguidepro.com with the calculator URL, the source you believe should be used, and the specific result or copy that needs review.

Source hierarchy

TaxGuide Pro prefers enacted law and official agency guidance over summaries. For federal tools, primary sources include IRS forms and instructions, revenue procedures, notices, publications, Treasury material, and Social Security guidance. State tools prioritize revenue-department rate schedules, forms, instructions, notices, payment pages, and refund-status resources. A secondary source may provide useful context but should not override an available primary source.

Calculation review

Tests cover ordinary examples, filing-status differences, thresholds, phaseouts, zero values, and boundary conditions. Worked examples are compared with the same calculation engine used by the interactive result. Future-year planning values are labeled when final official figures are not yet available.

Advertising and conflicts

Advertising placement does not control calculator outputs, rankings, source links, or editorial conclusions. Sponsored or commercial relationships must not be presented as independent tax authority, and unsupported ratings or reviewer claims are not added to structured data.

Limitations

Published calculators provide educational estimates, not individualized tax, legal, or financial advice. Users should verify material decisions with current official instructions and seek qualified help for amended returns, notices, multi-state or international facts, business entities, estates, trusts, or transactions where an incorrect treatment could be costly.