what is the standard deduction for 2023 and 2024 
for 2023 the standard deduction is 13 850 for single and married filing separately taxpayers 20 800 for heads of household and 27 700 for married filing jointly filers and surviving spouses 29 each of these amounts increase for 2024 in 2024 the standard deduction for single and married filing separate taxpayers is 14 600 while the standard deduction for heads of household is 21 900 in 2024 the standard deduction for married filing joint filers or surviving spouses is 29 200 7