I read thaat in the help. It ends in 00. But I also found this in the help:
If you're not sure whether or not you itemized deductions last year, take a look at Form 1040, line 12 on your last year's tax return.
The standard deduction amounts are:
- $12,550 for Single or Married Filing Separately
- $25,100 for Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Surviving Spouse
- $18,800 for Head of Household
Note that for taxpayers who are over age 65 or blind, there is an additional standard deduction amount to add to the amounts above. If your filing status on last year's return was Single or Head of Household, add $1,700 to the amount above if you were over age 65 or blind. If both apply, then add the additional $1,700 twice. For all other filing statuses (Married Filing Jointly, Married Filing Separate, or Qualifying Surviving Spouse), add $1,400 to the amount above if blind or over age 65 (adding double the amount if both apply). If last year's filing status was Married Filing Joint, also apply the additional amount if either situation applies to your spouse. The additional $1,400 could be added to the standard deduction up to four times for a Married Filing Jointly return.
If you have an amount on line 12 that is different than the standard deduction amount for your filing status, then select I itemized my deductions.
Since we are both over 65 but neither of us is blind, if we took the standard deduction the amount should have been $27,900. It was not. The amount on line 12A is $27,800.
