2025 tax year - Form 8839 estimate
2025 Adoption Credit Calculator
Estimate the partially refundable adoption credit, MAGI phaseout, current-year use, and nonrefundable carryforward from your adoption expense inputs.
Estimated 2025 benefit
$14,000$5,000 refundable + $9,000 nonrefundable usedCredit after phaseout$17,280
Carryforward$3,280
MAGI phaseout0%
Credit inputs
Estimated Form 8839 shape
Per-child statutory limit$17,280
Total child limit before prior credit$17,280
Remaining child limit$17,280
Expense base used$20,000
MAGI phaseout reduction$0
Refundable portion$5,000
Nonrefundable portion available$12,280
Nonrefundable used this year$9,000
Estimated employer benefit exclusion$0
Planner note
This is a client-side planning estimate. Form 8839 timing rules, employer benefit ordering, prior-year credits, and documentation can change the final return result.