Deductions & credits


@ramza360 wrote:

 

Married filing jointly. The only deductions I have is

Car registration - $47

EIC - $671

Child and Other Dependent Tax Credits - $2,000


Only the car registration is an itemized deduction.  EIC is a credit and the Other Dependents is a credit, neither are itemized deductions.

Your standard deduction for Married Filing Jointly is $25,900.  The standard deduction reduces your Adjusted Gross income so that you are then only taxed on the Taxable Income shown on the Form 1040 Line 15.