This Amazon Flex tax calculator estimates your federal, self-employment and state tax on your Amazon Flex pay, after your mileage and other costs, how much to set aside from each payout and what you really make per hour after gas and taxes. Not sure how Flex pay is taxed? Start with Amazon Flex Taxes: 1099-NEC, Mileage and What You’ll Owe.
Amazon Flex Tax Calculator
See how much tax you’ll owe on your Amazon Flex pay in 2026, after your mileage and other costs, how much to set aside from each payout and what you really make per hour.
Your Amazon Flex earnings in 2026
Your Flex costs
Your hours and gas (optional)
Your other income
Tax you’ve already paid
About you
What you really make per hour
Your total 2026 tax: before vs. after deductions
| Before deductions | After deductions |
|---|
How your taxable income is worked out
How this is calculated
- Amazon Flex income = block pay (surge pay included) + customer tips from tip-eligible blocks.
- Flex profit = your income minus your Flex costs. It’s self-employment income, reported on Schedule C.
- Mileage uses the IRS standard mileage rates for 2026: 72.5 cents a mile from January through June, and 76 cents from July 1, when the IRS raised it. They cover gas, insurance, repairs, depreciation and wear, so gas isn’t deducted on top. Parking and tolls are.
- Self-employment tax is 15.3% (12.4% Social Security and 2.9% Medicare) on 92.35% of your self-employment profit. You only owe it when that comes to $400 or more, which means about $433 of profit. Social Security tax stops at $184,500 of combined W-2 pay and self-employment earnings, and an extra 0.9% Medicare tax applies above $200,000 ($250,000 married). Half of the 15.3% is deductible.
- Federal income tax uses the 2026 brackets and standard deduction ($16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly, $24,150 head of household). It also includes the qualified business income deduction: 20% of your self-employment profit after the self-employment tax deduction, and at least $400 when that’s $1,000 or more.
- Tips deduction: Customer tips can count as qualified tips, since the IRS lists app-based delivery workers as a tipped occupation (goods delivery people). The deduction is up to $25,000, no more than your Flex profit, and shrinks by $100 for every $1,000 of income over $150,000 ($300,000 married). It lowers federal income tax only, not self-employment tax. It runs from 2025 through 2028.
- Child tax credit is $2,200 per child under 17. Up to $1,700 per child can come back as a refund, based on 15% of your earned income over $2,500.
- State income tax uses 2026 rates, brackets, standard deductions and exemptions from the Tax Foundation, updated for the 2026 cuts in Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia. A few states (like California) hadn’t published 2026 bracket amounts, so their 2025 amounts are used. Head of household uses single brackets. The tips deduction is left out of state tax, since each state decides whether to follow it.
- Tax on your Amazon Flex income = your total tax minus what your total tax would be without Flex. That’s the extra tax Flex adds. The set-aside percentage is that tax divided by your pay and tips.
- What you really make per hour = your pay and tips divided by your block hours, then minus the gas you entered, then minus the tax on your Flex income. It leaves out insurance, repairs and wear on your car, so the real number is lower.
- Tax already paid: Tax withheld on your 1099 (box 4) and your estimated payments are subtracted to show what’s left.
- Tax forms: Amazon has to send a Form 1099-NEC when it pays you $2,000 or more in a year (the line was $600 through 2025). It’s in Amazon Tax Central. Either way, you report all of it.
- Before deductions leaves out your mileage and other Flex costs, the standard deduction, the qualified business income deduction, the tips deduction, and state deductions and exemptions, so you can see how much they save you.
Not included: the actual car expense method, the earned income tax credit, city and county income taxes (like New York City or Maryland counties), state low-income credits, itemized deductions, retirement or health insurance deductions, and tax withheld from a W-2 job. Your real tax can be lower.
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Table of Contents
How to Use the Amazon Flex Tax Calculator
Each box asks for one number. Here’s where to find it.
Your Amazon Flex earnings
- Block pay. What Amazon paid you for your blocks, surge pay included, without tips. It’s the earnings in your Flex app, or the total on your 1099-NEC from Amazon Tax Central.
- Customer tips. Only from tip-eligible blocks, the ones that show “$XX + tips.” Enter 0 if you only did standard delivery blocks.
Your Flex costs
- Miles driven January to June. From your mileage log: your delivery routes and the driving between stops. Each mile is worth 72.5¢.
- Miles driven July to December. The IRS raised the rate to 76¢ on July 1, 2026, so these miles are entered separately.
- Parking and tolls. What you paid during your blocks.
- Phone and data. The share of your phone and plan you use for Flex.
- Other Flex costs. A phone mount, a car charger, a hand truck or cart and other supplies.
Your hours and gas (optional)
- Hours on your blocks. Add up the hours of every block you worked.
- Gas you paid for. It isn’t deducted, since the mileage rate covers gas. It’s only used to show what you make per hour.
Your other income, tax already paid and you
- Other self-employment profit. DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart or other 1099 work, after expenses.
- W-2 job income. Use box 1 of your W-2. If you’re married filing jointly, add your spouse’s.
- Tax withheld on your 1099 and estimated payments. Amazon doesn’t withhold once your tax info is on file, so the first is usually $0.
- Filing status, children under 17 and state. These set your standard deduction, child tax credit and state tax.
Here’s what your miles are worth at a few levels, split evenly between the two halves of 2026:
| Miles in 2026 | Mileage deduction |
|---|---|
| 3,000 | $2,228 |
| 9,000 | $6,683 |
| 15,000 | $11,138 |
| 25,000 | $18,563 |
Who This Calculator Is For
The Amazon Flex tax calculator is built for US Flex drivers. It’s most useful if you:
- Just got your Amazon Flex 1099-NEC and want to know what you actually owe.
- Drive long routes, so your mileage deduction matters.
- Want to know your real hourly pay after gas and taxes, not just Amazon’s number.
- Have a W-2 job, so your profit is taxed from the first dollar.
- Earn enough to owe $1,000 or more and need a number for quarterly payments.
If you drive Flex outside the US, your country’s rules apply, and the numbers here won’t.
How to Read Your Results
The Amazon Flex tax calculator shows your results in four parts.
- The big number is the extra tax your Flex income adds to your bill. Underneath, you’ll see it as a share of your pay, with the percentage of each payout to set aside, rounded up. If you entered tax already paid, a line underneath shows what’s left.
- The three boxes split it into federal income tax, self-employment tax and state tax.
- What you really make per hour shows Amazon’s pay per hour, what’s left after gas and what’s left after gas and tax. It only appears when you enter your hours.
- The notes cover your 1099-NEC, your hourly pay, what your mileage saves you, whether you need to file and quarterly payments.
Below the notes, Before vs. after deductions shows your whole tax bill with and without your mileage, other costs, the standard deduction and the qualified business income deduction. Here’s what every part of the results means.
Worked Example 1: 150 Blocks, No Other Income, in Florida
This is the calculator’s starting example. A driver works 150 four-hour blocks at $90 each and drives 9,000 miles:
| Step | Amount |
|---|---|
| Block pay | $13,500 |
| Mileage (4,500 miles × 72.5¢ + 4,500 miles × 76¢) | −$6,683 |
| Phone and data | −$300 |
| Amazon Flex profit | $6,518 |
| Self-employment tax ($6,518 × 92.35% × 15.3%) | $921 |
| Federal income tax | $0 (under the standard deduction) |
| Florida income tax | $0 (no state income tax) |
| Tax on Amazon Flex income | $921 |
That’s about 7% of the $13,500 Amazon paid. Over 600 hours, Amazon’s $22.50 an hour drops to $19.83 after $1,600 in gas, and to $18.30 after tax.
Worked Example 2: The Same Driver + a $40,000 Job in California
This is the example in the screenshot above. The same 150 blocks and 9,000 miles, plus a $40,000 job:
| Step | Amount |
|---|---|
| Amazon Flex profit | $6,518 |
| Self-employment tax | $921 |
| Federal income tax (12% bracket, after the qualified business income deduction) | $581 |
| California income tax | $242 |
| Tax on Amazon Flex income | $1,745 |
That’s about 13% of the $13,500 Amazon paid, and the hourly pay after gas and tax drops to $16.93. The miles save about $1,894 in tax here. At $1,502 of federal tax, it’s over the $1,000 line for quarterly payments, or a W-4 change at the job.
Worked Example 3: A Full-Time Driver in California
A driver with no other income earns $30,000 in block pay over 1,300 hours and drives 25,000 miles, half in each part of the year. They pay $500 in parking and tolls, $600 for the Flex share of their phone and $200 for a phone mount and a hand truck, and spend $4,500 on gas:
| Step | Amount |
|---|---|
| Block pay | $30,000 |
| Mileage (12,500 miles × 72.5¢ + 12,500 miles × 76¢) | −$18,563 |
| Parking, tolls, phone and other costs | −$1,300 |
| Amazon Flex profit | $10,138 |
| Self-employment tax | $1,432 |
| Federal income tax | $0 (under the standard deduction) |
| California income tax | $0 (covered by the state’s standard deduction and exemption credit) |
| Tax on Amazon Flex income | $1,432 |
That’s about 5% of the $30,000 Amazon paid. Long routes mean a big mileage deduction, which saves this driver about $3,627. Their $23.08 an hour drops to $19.62 after gas and $18.51 after tax.
Worked Example 4: Tip-Eligible Blocks + a $40,000 Job in Texas
A driver with a $40,000 job earns $12,000 in block pay plus $3,000 in tips, and drives 8,000 miles:
| Tips | Federal income tax | Self-employment tax | Tax on Amazon Flex income |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | $514 | $814 | $1,328 |
| $3,000 | $422 | $1,238 | $1,659 |
The $3,000 in tips adds $424 of self-employment tax, but no income tax: the tips deduction takes them back out, which saves about $360. Federal income tax even drops by $92, since the extra profit also raises the qualified business income deduction and the deduction for half of your self-employment tax.
More Example Results
Here’s what the Amazon Flex tax calculator shows for a single filer in Texas, with 2 miles for every $3 of block pay, no tips and $300 for a phone:
| Situation | Federal income tax | Self-employment tax | Tax on Amazon Flex income |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 pay, no other income | $0 | $314 | $314 (6%) |
| $10,000 pay, no other income | $0 | $671 | $671 (7%) |
| $30,000 pay, no other income | $0 | $2,098 | $2,098 (7%) |
| $10,000 + a $40,000 W-2 job | $424 | $671 | $1,095 (11%) |
| $30,000 + a $40,000 W-2 job | $1,325 | $2,098 | $3,423 (11%) |
| $10,000 + a $90,000 W-2 job | $777 | $671 | $1,448 (14%) |
| $30,000 + a $90,000 W-2 job | $2,429 | $2,098 | $4,527 (15%) |
| $13,500, no miles logged, + a $40,000 W-2 job | $1,178 | $1,865 | $3,043 (23%) |
With a mileage log, it’s about 7% with no other income, about 11% in the 12% bracket and about 15% in the 22% bracket. In a state with an income tax, add your state’s rate.
How the Amazon Flex Tax Calculator Works
The Amazon Flex tax calculator figures your total tax twice, once with your Flex income and once without, and shows you the difference. That way, your other income, the standard deduction and your tax bracket are all accounted for.
Profit. Your block pay and tips minus your mileage, parking, tolls, phone and other Flex costs. That’s your self-employment income on Schedule C.
Mileage. It uses the IRS standard mileage rates for 2026: 72.5 cents a mile through June 30 and 76 cents from July 1. Parking and tolls come off on top, as the IRS allows.
Real hourly pay. Your pay and tips divided by your block hours, then minus the gas you entered, then minus the tax on your Flex income. Gas isn’t deducted for tax, since the mileage rate covers it.
Self-employment tax and income tax. Self-employment tax is 15.3% of 92.35% of your profit once that passes about $433, figured on Schedule SE. Income tax uses the current brackets, standard deduction, qualified business income deduction and tips deduction, and your state’s tax goes on top.
Quarterly payments. The note follows the IRS’s $1,000 rule for estimated taxes, after any tax withheld.
Every number it uses, from the brackets and standard deduction to each state’s rates, is on my How My Tax Calculators Work page, with sources.
What the Calculator Leaves Out
It uses the standard mileage rates, not the actual car expense method, and it can’t tell which of your miles were commuting, so enter only the miles you can deduct. The hourly pay leaves out insurance, repairs and wear on your car. It also skips the earned income tax credit, city and county income taxes, and retirement and health insurance deductions, so your real tax can be lower. Here’s the full list of what my calculators leave out.
Tips for Accurate Results
To get the most out of the Amazon Flex tax calculator:
- Start from your 1099-NEC or your Flex earnings for block pay.
- Use your own mileage log, with each day’s miles.
- Split your miles between January to June and July to December, since the rate changed.
- Only enter the Flex share of your phone and anything else you use personally.
- Add your hours and gas to see what you really make per hour.
- Re-run it after a busy month, so your quarterly payments keep up.
What to Do With Your Result
- Set aside that percentage from each payout.
- Make quarterly payments if the calculator says you’ll owe $1,000 or more in federal tax. With a job, you can raise your W-4 withholding instead.
- Keep your records: your 1099-NEC, your mileage log and receipts.
- Report it on Schedule C. Here’s how Amazon Flex taxes work, from the 1099-NEC to the mileage log.
Amazon Flex Tax Calculator FAQ
What should I enter for block pay?
What Amazon paid you for your blocks, surge pay included, without tips. It’s on your 1099-NEC or in your Flex earnings.
Why are there two mileage boxes?
The IRS raised the 2026 rate from 72.5 cents to 76 cents a mile on July 1, so miles from each half of the year are worth different amounts.
Should I include the drive to the delivery station?
Only if it isn’t commuting. The IRS treats home to a regular work location as commuting, unless your home is your principal place of business.
Why isn’t gas deducted?
The mileage rate already covers gas, insurance, repairs and wear. Gas is only used for your hourly pay.
Why is my income tax $0?
Your mileage and the standard deduction can cover all of your income. You still owe self-employment tax once your profit passes about $433.
Can I enter DoorDash or Uber Eats pay too?
Yes, under other self-employment profit, after their expenses. Count each mile only once.
What tax year does the Amazon Flex tax calculator use?
2026. I update the brackets, standard deduction, mileage rates and state rates every year.
Estimates for educational purposes only. I’m not a licensed financial advisor or tax professional, and this isn’t tax advice. Not affiliated with Amazon.