No. The standard deduction is a dollar amount assigned based on your filing status that allows taxpayers to reduce their income prior to calculating the tax owed. It is subtracted from adjusted gross income (AGI) to arrive at taxable income. It is from that dollar amount that the income tax is calculated.
What are Standard Deductions?
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