Are you Single or Married? The phaseout for Single starts at 75,000. What is your AGI on 1040 line 11b? I can put it into my spreadsheet. Phaseout means the Senior Deduction starts getting reduced at 75,000 for Single or 150,000 for Joint. If your AGI is 250,000 then you are at the Max and shouldn't get the 6,000 at all.
For Single the deduction starts to phase out at 75,000 and maxes out at 175,000
For Joint the deductions starts to phase out at 150,000 and maxes out at 250,000
For Single with AGI of 92,000 I show $4,980 deduction
For Joint with 1 over 65 I show AGI of 167,000 = $4,980
For Joint with both over 65 is AGI of 208,500 = $4,980
