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Nebraska applies a four-bracket progressive tax: 2.46% on your first $4,130 of taxable income (single), 3.51% to $24,720, 5.01% to $78,990, and 5.84% above that. The state standard deduction matches the federal one ($16,100 single / $32,200 married), and Nebraska has been on a rate-cutting trajectory — every bracket rate has dropped over the past three years, and further cuts are triggered when revenue targets are met.

Run $71,000 single through it: taxable income after the $8,850 standard deduction is $62,150. The first $4,130 costs about $102 at 2.46%, the middle band about $724 at 3.51%, and the remaining $37,390 about $1,701 at 4.55% — roughly $2,526 total, a 3.6% effective rate.

Nebraska taxes Social Security for higher earners (exempt for AGI under roughly $45,000 single / $58,000 married, with a phase-out above) — one of the less retiree-friendly rules in the region. Military retirement, however, is fully exempt, and Nebraska added a targeted tax cut for veterans recently.

Property tax is high at 1.73% average — driven heavily by school funding from agricultural land valuations — while combined sales tax runs 6.94%. The overall burden is moderate but the property tax side hits homeowners.

Filing in Nebraska: the resident return is Form 1040N, sent to the Nebraska Department of Revenue by April 15. Nebraska provides free online filing, and the state accepts the federal standard deduction without adjustment.