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  "$comment": "Nebraska 2026: progressive rates on federal AGI − Nebraska standard deduction; nonrefundable personal exemption credit per exemption.",
  "country": "us",
  "jurisdiction": "us-ne",
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    "end": "2026-12-31",
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      "k403b": true,
      "k457": true,
      "hsa": true,
      "healthFsa": true,
      "dependentCareFsa": true,
      "section125": true
    },
    "programmes": []
  },
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    "stage": "perLine"
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  "notModelled": [
    "Additional standard deduction for age 65+/blind; itemized deductions; reduced standard deduction for dependents",
    "Nebraska child/dependent care credit, EITC, School Readiness and other credits",
    "Tax table rounding for paper filers (electronic filers use the exact calculation schedule)"
  ],
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      "field": "period",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "Nebraska 2026 individual income tax — calendar year",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
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      "field": "params.incomeTax.kind",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "2026 Form 1040N-ES — state income tax on wages computed from a rate schedule",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.brackets",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "2026 Form 1040N-ES — 2026 Nebraska Estimated Income Tax Rate Schedule: 2.46%/3.51%/4.55% (third and fourth brackets both 4.55% per Neb. Rev. Stat. §77-2715.03(2)(c)(v))",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "Provisional: the 2026 return tax calculation schedule is not yet published; the estimated-tax schedule uses the indexed 2026 bands. Brackets 3 and 4 (both 4.55%) are merged."
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      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=77-2715.03&print=true",
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      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "2026 Form 1040N-ES worksheet line 5 — standard deduction $8,850 single/MFS, $17,700 MFJ, $12,950 HoH",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.credits",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "2026 Form 1040N-ES — include $176 for each Nebraska personal exemption",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "Provisional (estimated-tax form value; 2026 return booklet not yet published)."
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      "title": "Form 1040N line 5 — federal adjusted gross income",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
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      "field": "params.conformity",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_Individual_Income_Tax_Booklet.pdf",
      "title": "Form 1040N starts from federal AGI, so 401(k)/403(b)/457(b), HSA and cafeteria-plan exclusions follow federal treatment",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
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      "field": "params.programmes",
      "url": "https://dol.nebraska.gov/webdocs/Resources/Items/2026%20UI%20guide%20to%20understanding.pdf",
      "title": "Nebraska Department of Labor — guide to UI combined tax rates: the worker does not pay any portion of the tax; no employee-paid SDI/PFML",
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      "field": "rounding",
      "url": "https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/tax-forms/2025/f_1040N-ES.pdf",
      "title": "MoneyOtter rounds the annual liability to the cent",
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