Vanessa A
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

The regular standard deduction is not phased out by your income.  Since both you and your spouse are over 65, that would be the regular standard deduction for a couple that is filing a joint return with both people over 65.

 

The senior bonus deduction is what is phased out due to income is over $250,000, the BONUS would be fully phased out, but not the regular standard deduction. 

As long as line 13b is $0 then this is correct.  

 

The additional amount is the extra $1,600 for each of you that is part of the standard deduction.  This is NOT affected by your income. 

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