topic When completing a return as single turbo tax is showing a standard deduction of a little over 6k rather than the new 12k. Why is that? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/when-completing-a-return-as-single-turbo-tax-is-showing-a-standard-deduction-of-a-little-over-6k/01/719636#M289364 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:58:36 GMT synatra999 2019-06-06T14:58:36Z When completing a return as single turbo tax is showing a standard deduction of a little over 6k rather than the new 12k. Why is that? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/when-completing-a-return-as-single-turbo-tax-is-showing-a-standard-deduction-of-a-little-over-6k/01/719636#M289364 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:58:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/when-completing-a-return-as-single-turbo-tax-is-showing-a-standard-deduction-of-a-little-over-6k/01/719636#M289364 synatra999 2019-06-06T14:58:36Z That change goes into effective for 2018 returns filed in... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/that-change-goes-into-effective-for-2018-returns-filed-in/01/719642#M289366 <P>That change goes into effective for 2018 returns filed in 2019, not the 2017 ones we are doing now.</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:58:37 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/that-change-goes-into-effective-for-2018-returns-filed-in/01/719642#M289366 SweetieJean 2019-06-06T14:58:37Z