Estate tax exemption headroom, 2026
This works out one number from the Estate Tax Exemption figures published for 2026. Every amount it uses is below, with the document it was read from. What you enter is your own: this site has no way to check it, and the answer it produces is not a published figure.
Effective 2026-01-01Source: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (IRS)Verified 2026-08-29
How it is worked out
The published amount less the amount you enter, rounded to the nearest cent. Where what you enter is the larger of the two, the answer is nothing rather than a negative amount.
It uses Basic exclusion amount, $15,000,000, the only one this year publishes.
Figures in this colour are computed from the amounts above. They are not published figures and no document states them.
Work it out
The live calculator needs JavaScript. The table below covers common amounts and is computed the same way.
Worked out for common amounts
| Lifetime gifts already reported | Result |
|---|---|
| 0 | $15,000,000 |
| 1,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 5,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 10,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
How each figure was verified
Each number below was read from a stored copy of the document named beside it, and checked to occur word for word in the quoted sentence. The digest is of that stored text.
Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (IRS)
- Basic exclusion amount
Section 70106 of the OBBBA amends ยง 2010(c)(3) by increasing the basic exclusion amount to $15,000,000 for calendar year 2026.
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