The standard deduction for the year you select, and what it saves at your marginal rate. It is flat, needs no receipts, and is the deduction most salaried filers rely on entirely.
Also called: section 16 deduction, salary standard deduction, irs standard deduction.
$73,900.00 taxable, after a standard deduction of $16,100.00—. The deduction saves $3,542.00 at your marginal rate of 22%. Itemising instead is worth doing only if your itemised total exceeds this figure.
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The standard deduction is a flat amount subtracted from income with no proof of any expenditure required, which is why the great majority of salaried filers take it rather than itemising. What it is worth depends on where you are. In India it is set under section 16(ia) and differs between the two regimes, and professional tax paid is separately deductible under the old one. In the United States it is set under section 63(c), depends on filing status, is indexed to inflation every year, and is larger if you are 65 or older or blind. Either way the saving is the deduction times your marginal rate, not the deduction itself, which is the part most people overestimate.
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Salary after deductions$73,900.00
Rev. Proc. 2025-32 s.3.01: 16,100 for a single filer in 2026. 90,000 less that is 73,900, and at 22% the deduction saves 3,542. Nothing here resembles the Indian answer, which is the point.
Open this exampleSalary after deductions$56,150.00
boundary: 32,200 joint for 2026 plus the 1,650 additional amount under section 63(f) for one spouse aged 65 or over, both read from Rev. Proc. 2025-32 s.3.01.
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