es342007
Returning Member

Married Filing Separate

I had a question about filing my taxes as "married filing seperate" by taking the standard deduction, can my spouse and i each take a std deduction of $12,400 or is it $12,400 total meaning each of us can only take a std deduction of $6,200?  I'm suprised that there is no clarification on this anywhere, is it just understood?