The legislation nearly
doubles standard deduction amounts to $ 12,000 for single filers (and married taxpayers filing separately), $ 18,000 for heads of household, and $ 24,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly.
Increased standard deduction: The new tax law nearly
doubles the standard deduction amount.
Not exact matches
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's higher
standard deduction was sold to the American public as a «
doubling» of the
deduction amount.
The TCJA nearly
doubles the existing
standard deduction amounts for tax years 2018 — 2025.
«The Republican tax proposal makes sensible reforms in lowering the
amount of a mortgage against which the MID can be claimed to $ 500,000 for new - home loans and
doubling the
standard deduction.
Changes being considered include the elimination of the federal tax
deduction for state and local taxes, a proposal to
double the
standard deduction — which would effectively nullify the value of the mortgage interest
deduction for all but the highest - earning families — and a cap on the
amount of mortgage interest that could be deducted.