Adoption Tax Credit Calculator
Estimate the adoption credit for one child, including the income phaseout, refundable amount, and carryforward.
2025 maximum $17,280. 2026 maximum $17,670. 2027 maximum $18,250.
Estimate
$10,000.00
- Credit after the income phaseout
- $10,000.00
- Refundable amount
- $5,120.00
- Nonrefundable amount allowed this year
- $4,880.00
- Carryforward to next year
- $0.00
- This estimate is calculated in your browser and is not sent to a server.
- 2026 maximum $17,670, phaseout begins at $265,080, and up to $5,120 is refundable. Figure each child separately.
Limits of this estimate
- Figure one child at a time.
- Employer adoption benefits are not subtracted automatically.
- This is educational information, not tax, legal, or accounting advice, and it does not file a return.