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$6000 enhanced senior dedustion

We are filing a joint return for 2025 tax year. My wife is 66 years old, turned 65 in Dec of 2024. Her info is correct in Turbo Tax 2025 Deluxe software. We do not see this $6000 deduction/credit, we only see a $1600 deduction and this apparently is buried in the Standard Deduction for us. I am not 65. Our joint income is well below the threshold that I see in the charts online. Our gross income is below $100k. How do we use this deduction if your software does not give us the opportunity to apply it. We are finished with both Fed and NY state but have not filed yet. 

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$6000 enhanced senior dedustion

The $6,000 Enhanced Deduction for Seniors is reported on IRS Schedule 1-A Part V lines 31 through 37. The additional deduction is automatically included in your tax return when you complete the personal information section of TurboTax and enter your date of birth and filing status.  There are other qualifications.  See here.  

Deduction for Seniors

  • New deduction: Effective for 2025 through 2028, individuals who are age 65 and older may claim an additional deduction of $6,000. This new deduction is in addition to the current additional standard deduction for seniors under existing law.
    • The $6,000 senior deduction is per eligible individual (i.e., $12,000 total for a married couple where both spouses qualify).
    • Deduction phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 ($150,000 for joint filers).
  • Qualifying taxpayers: To qualify for the additional deduction, a taxpayer must attain age 65 on or before the last day of the taxable year.
  • Taxpayer eligibility: Deduction is available for both itemizing and non-itemizing taxpayers.
    • Taxpayers must:
      • include the Social Security Number of the qualifying individual(s) on the return, and
      • file jointly if married, to claim the deduction.

The total of IRS Schedule 1-A may be found on line 13b of the IRS form 1040.

 

In TurboTax Online, you may view the IRS form 1040 by selecting Tax Tools, then Tools, then View Tax Summary down the left side of the screen.

 

You may also print or view your full tax returns prior to filing after you have paid for the software.  

 

  • View the entries down the left side of the screen at Tax Tools.
  • Select Print Center.
  • Select Print, save or preview this year's return.

 


 

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JamesG1
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$6000 enhanced senior dedustion

The $6,000 Enhanced Deduction for Seniors is reported on IRS Schedule 1-A Part V lines 31 through 37. The additional deduction is automatically included in your tax return when you complete the personal information section of TurboTax and enter your date of birth and filing status.  There are other qualifications.  See here.  

Deduction for Seniors

  • New deduction: Effective for 2025 through 2028, individuals who are age 65 and older may claim an additional deduction of $6,000. This new deduction is in addition to the current additional standard deduction for seniors under existing law.
    • The $6,000 senior deduction is per eligible individual (i.e., $12,000 total for a married couple where both spouses qualify).
    • Deduction phases out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income over $75,000 ($150,000 for joint filers).
  • Qualifying taxpayers: To qualify for the additional deduction, a taxpayer must attain age 65 on or before the last day of the taxable year.
  • Taxpayer eligibility: Deduction is available for both itemizing and non-itemizing taxpayers.
    • Taxpayers must:
      • include the Social Security Number of the qualifying individual(s) on the return, and
      • file jointly if married, to claim the deduction.

The total of IRS Schedule 1-A may be found on line 13b of the IRS form 1040.

 

In TurboTax Online, you may view the IRS form 1040 by selecting Tax Tools, then Tools, then View Tax Summary down the left side of the screen.

 

You may also print or view your full tax returns prior to filing after you have paid for the software.  

 

  • View the entries down the left side of the screen at Tax Tools.
  • Select Print Center.
  • Select Print, save or preview this year's return.

 


 

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