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Standard deduction in 2023 70-year-old single individual $13,850 + $1,850 = $15,700 40-year-old single individual who is blind $13,850 + $1,850 = $15,700 Married couple, ages 78 and 80, one of whom is blind $27,700 + $1,500 + $1,500 + $1,500 = $32,200 Dependent who earns $200 in 2023 $1,250 (minimum standard deduction for dependents)
For tax year 2024, the standard deduction is $14,600 for single filers and married individuals filing separately, $21,900 for heads of household, and $29,200 for married couples filing jointly.
Because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increased the standard deduction to a level where far fewer taxpayers itemized their expenses (which is where they deduct mortgage interest), the cost to the federal government of the mortgage interest deduction was decreased by 60%, from approximately $60 billion in 2017 to $25 billion in 2018.
The standard deduction for tax year 2023 is $13,850 for single filers and $27,700 for married taxpayers filing jointly. For 2024, it’s $14,600 for single filers and $29,200 for married taxpayers ...
A married couple of two 65+ adults would take a total deduction of $27,700 (standard deduction) plus $1,500 for one 65+ adult plus $1,500 for second 65+ adult — a total of $30,700.
The act permanently exempted from taxation the capital gains on the sale of a personal residence of up to $500,000 for married couples filing jointly and $250,000 for singles. This exemption applies to residences the taxpayer(s) lived in for at least two years over the last five. Taxpayers can only claim the exemption once every two years. [4]
The standard deduction rises almost every year, and it can vary depending on your tax filing status. ... generally deduct the interest you pay on up to $750,000 in combined debt that’s secured ...
The origin of the current rate schedules is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC), [2] [3] which is separately published as Title 26 of the United States Code. [4] With that law, the U.S. Congress created four types of rate tables, all of which are based on a taxpayer's filing status (e.g., "married individuals filing joint returns," "heads of households").