topic PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN?

tahoemcb — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:06:18 GMT

Re: PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN?

SteamTrain — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:27:27 GMT

BOTH spouses had to be 65 or older during 2019. Check their birthdates entered on the My Info page if that was true.

(or, one could be age 65 or older, and the other younger but legally blind

or one could be age 65/older and legally blind....but the blind part needs to be set in the interview if that is the case)

Re: PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN?

tahoemcb — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:32:20 GMT

We are 83 and 79, birthdays were correctly entered, so what is happening?

Re: PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN?

SteamTrain — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:39:55 GMT

But..did you actually edit each person in the My Info page to ensure the bDays were entered properly?

I tried two 65 year olds (in 2019, just in case there was one-year off in the calculation ) in a test file...and it worked just fine (at least on the Desktop software, I don't have a two-person Online test file with that situation (yet)) )

Re: PER 1040-SR STANDARD DEDUCTION SHOULD BE $27,000 VS $25,700 USED SO FAR IN PREPARING OUR RETURN,PLEASE EXPLAIN?

SteamTrain — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:24:19 GMT

I tried an 84 yo Hubby, 78 yo spouse in an Online test account...no problem:

IF you have not found an BDay entry error, Check with Customer Support. They can get a Diagnostic file from your tax file, and see what's happening:

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