No, that is not true. There is a new deduction this year called the Qualified Business Income Deduction. With the QBI deduction, most self-employed taxpayers and small business owners can exclude up to 20% of their qualified business income from federal income tax (but not self-employment tax) whether they itemize or not. It is complicated.
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