I thought I did standard deduction on my federal taxes but it says on my return that the standard deduction (line 40) is 4933. Where did this amount come from?

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I thought I did standard deduction on my federal taxes but it says on my return that the standard deduction (line 40) is 4933. Where did this amount come from?

The Standard Deduction for a dependent is their Earned Income (such as from a job) plus $350 (up to a total of $6300).

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch20.html#en_US_2016_publink1000173023

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I thought I did standard deduction on my federal taxes but it says on my return that the standard deduction (line 40) is 4933. Where did this amount come from?

Are you a dependent?

I thought I did standard deduction on my federal taxes but it says on my return that the standard deduction (line 40) is 4933. Where did this amount come from?

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I thought I did standard deduction on my federal taxes but it says on my return that the standard deduction (line 40) is 4933. Where did this amount come from?

The Standard Deduction for a dependent is their Earned Income (such as from a job) plus $350 (up to a total of $6300).

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch20.html#en_US_2016_publink1000173023

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