Tax Compass2025 tax estimate — Kansas resident
This estimate is for tax year 2025. Your supplied current date is October 19, 2026, so the normal filing and payment deadlines for this tax year have already passed.
Based on $7,500 of W-2 wages and no other income, your estimated federal and Kansas income taxes before refundable credits are $0. If you qualify for the earned income tax credit with no qualifying children, your estimated combined refund is about $674 despite having no tax withheld.
This is an estimate, not a tax return or professional tax advice. I cannot verify current IRS or Kansas guidance live in this session.
Assumptions and filing status
I assume you were age 35 at the end of 2025, lived in Kansas and the United States throughout 2025, had $7,500 in W-2 Box 1 wages, and had no other income, adjustments, estimated payments, or special taxes. I treat “wu” as an unexplained note with no effect on this calculation.
Your head-of-household status needs particular attention. It generally requires that you were unmarried or considered unmarried, paid more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and had a qualifying person. A child claimed by the other parent can sometimes qualify you for head-of-household status if you are the custodial parent and the applicable requirements are met.
However, releasing a child’s dependency-related tax benefits to the other parent generally does not transfer head-of-household status or the earned income tax credit. If this child lived with you for more than half of 2025, your entry of zero EITC qualifying children may need correction. A child can qualify for EITC even if the child is too old for the under-17 child tax credit.
I use your requested head-of-household status and zero EITC qualifying children for the main estimate, subject to these limitations. Using single status instead would still produce $0 federal income tax before credits at this income.
Federal income calculation
W-2 wages: $7,500 Other income: $0 Total income: $7,500 Adjustments to income: $0 Adjusted gross income, or AGI: $7,500
2025 head-of-household standard deduction: $23,625 Taxable income: max($0, $7,500 − $23,625) = $0 Federal income tax before credits: $0 Self-employment tax: $0, because the reported income is W-2 wages.
If single status applies, the 2025 standard deduction is $15,750, which also reduces taxable income to $0. These federal deduction amounts reflect the increased deductions enacted for 2025.
Federal credits and refund
Earned income tax credit: approximately $576, assuming you satisfy all requirements for EITC without a qualifying child, including the applicable residency and valid Social Security number requirements. Do not send identification numbers here.
For perspective, $7,500 × 7.65% = $573.75. The IRS EITC table uses income bands; the $7,500–$7,550 band produces an estimated credit of $576 for this scenario. The final return should use the official 2025 table.
Child tax credit: $0 based on your reported zero qualifying children under age 17. Credit for other dependents: $0 based on your reported zero other dependents. Child and dependent care credit: $0 based on no reported care expenses.
Federal withholding: $0 Assumed federal estimated payments: $0 Estimated federal refund: $576 Estimated federal balance due: $0
If you are ineligible for EITC, the estimated federal refund is $0. If the child is your EITC qualifying child, the credit could be substantially higher; the approximately $576 estimate would no longer apply.
Kansas income calculation
As a full-year resident, you generally report all income to Kansas. Assuming no Kansas additions or subtractions:
Federal AGI: $7,500 Kansas adjustments: $0 Kansas AGI: $7,500
Using an assumed Kansas head-of-household standard deduction of $6,180 and personal exemption of $9,160:
Kansas taxable income: max($0, $7,500 − $6,180 − $9,160) = $0
Estimated Kansas income tax before credits: $0
I cannot verify the 2025 Kansas deduction and exemption amounts live here. Confirm them in the official 2025 K-40 instructions. The expected result remains $0 taxable income under the ordinary single or head-of-household deduction and exemption rules at this income.
Kansas credit and refund
Kansas generally provides a refundable earned income tax credit equal to 17% of the allowable federal EITC.
Estimated Kansas EITC: $576 × 17% = $97.92, rounded to approximately $98.
Kansas withholding: $0 Assumed Kansas estimated payments: $0 Estimated Kansas refund: $98 Estimated Kansas balance due: $0
This assumes the 17% refundable credit applies under the official 2025 instructions. If federal EITC is unavailable, this Kansas credit would also be $0. Other Kansas credits, including possible food sales or property tax relief, are not included because eligibility is not established.
Local taxes and payroll taxes
Estimated local income tax: $0, assuming your wages were earned in Kansas and no out-of-state city earnings tax applies. Kansas generally does not impose municipal wage income taxes, but your work location is missing and local rules cannot be verified here. Working in a city such as Kansas City, Missouri, could create a separate obligation even as a Kansas resident.
Employee Social Security and Medicare taxes are separate from income tax. On $7,500 of fully covered wages, the usual combined employee amount is $7,500 × 7.65% = $573.75, generally already withheld through payroll. That amount is not included as an income tax payment or refund in this report.
Estimated result
Federal income tax before refundable credits: $0 Kansas income tax before refundable credits: $0 Assumed local income tax: $0 Self-employment tax: $0 Total reported income tax withholding: $0
Federal refundable EITC: approximately $576 Kansas refundable EITC: approximately $98 Combined estimated refund: approximately $674
If you do not qualify for EITC, the estimated combined refund is $0, with no income tax balance due under these assumptions. The filing-status and child-residency facts are the main uncertainties.
Forms and filing steps
- Use your 2025 Form W-2 to prepare a 2025 federal Form 1040. At this income you generally would not have a federal filing requirement under the ordinary income threshold, but filing is necessary to claim the refund.
- Confirm head-of-household eligibility and whether the child qualifies you for EITC. Use Schedule EIC if claiming EITC with a qualifying child; it is generally unnecessary for EITC without a qualifying child.
- If a custodial-parent release applies, review Form 8332. That release does not itself transfer EITC or head-of-household eligibility.
- Prepare Kansas Form K-40 to claim the Kansas refund. Kansas Schedule S may be needed if state adjustments or other applicable items arise.
- File using an available electronic filing service or mail signed returns using the official instructions. Retain the W-2 and supporting household and residency records.
Deadlines and payment options
The regular deadline for 2025 federal and Kansas individual returns was April 15, 2026. A valid filing extension generally extended the filing deadline to October 15, 2026, but did not extend the deadline to pay. Both dates precede your supplied current date.
File promptly to claim any refunds. Federal late-filing penalties generally depend on unpaid tax, so a return with no unpaid tax normally has no federal failure-to-file penalty. State treatment and any special deadline relief should be checked separately. Refund claims also have time limits.
No income tax payment is estimated here. If corrected facts create a balance, federal options include IRS Direct Pay, an IRS online account, or an installment agreement. Kansas offers electronic payment and payment-plan information through its Department of Revenue.
Official sources
IRS 2025 Form 1040 instructions, including deductions and the EITC table: ***
IRS Publication 501, filing status and dependents: ***
IRS Publication 596, earned income credit: ***
IRS Form 8332 information: ***
Kansas individual income tax forms — select tax year 2025: ***
Kansas individual income tax information: ***
IRS payment options: ***
No return has been filed and no payment has been made.