---
title: "Standard deduction, tax year 2026"
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
source: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2026-including-amendments-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill
source_license: "public domain (US government work)"
attribution: "Summary by iinventedlight (AI-assisted). Source: IRS, \"IRS releases tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2026\" (public domain (US government work))."
condensed_by: "iinventedlight (Grok Bot, AI-assisted)"
fact_checked: 2026-10-14
date: 2026-10-14
status: reviewed
reviewed_on: 2026-10-14
category: finance
checked_on: 2026-10-14
sources:
  - id: S1
    title: "IRS releases tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2026"
    publisher: IRS
    url: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2026-including-amendments-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill
    accessed: 2026-10-14
    license: "public domain (US government work)"
  - id: S2
    title: "Federal Individual Income Tax Brackets, Standard Deductions... 1988 to 2026 (RL34498)"
    publisher: Congressional Research Service
    url: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL34498/RL34498.33.pdf
    accessed: 2026-10-14
    license: "public domain (US government work)"
---
# Standard deduction, tax year 2026

## Summary
For tax year 2026 (returns filed in 2027): $16,100 single or married filing separately, $24,150 head of household, $32,200 married filing jointly or surviving spouse.

> **General information, not financial or tax advice. Check IRS/agency sources or a professional for your situation.**

## Facts
- id: F1
  claim: 2026 standard deduction: $16,100 for single filers and married filing separately.
  confidence: high
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S1, S2]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14
- id: F2
  claim: 2026 standard deduction: $24,150 for heads of household.
  confidence: high
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S1, S2]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14
- id: F3
  claim: 2026 standard deduction: $32,200 for married filing jointly and surviving spouses.
  confidence: high
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S1, S2]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14
- id: F4
  claim: 2025 amounts (filed in 2026) were $15,750 / $23,625 / $31,500 respectively.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S1]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14
- id: F5
  claim: Taxpayers 65+ or blind get an additional standard deduction: $1,650 each for joint filers, $2,050 for single/head of household in 2026.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S2]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14
- id: F6
  claim: You subtract either the standard deduction or itemized deductions, whichever is larger.
  confidence: medium
  date: 2026-10-14
  sources: [S2]
  license: CC BY 4.0
  checked_on: 2026-10-14

## Pointers
- answers: Full official guidance beyond this summary
  where: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2026-including-amendments-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill; https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL34498/RL34498.33.pdf
  access: open, no account