The tax items for tax year 2018 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts:
The standard deduction for married filing jointly rises to $13,000 for tax year 2018, up $300 from the prior year.
The tax items for tax year 2018 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts:
The standard deduction for married filing jointly rises to $13,000 for tax year 2018, up $300 from the prior year.
Every year, the IRS adjusts more than 40 tax provisions for inflation. This is done to prevent what is called “bracket creep.” This is the phenomenon by which people are pushed into higher income tax brackets or have reduced value from credits or deductions due to inflation, instead of any increase in real income.