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		lotsofpulp on March 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” ... Standard deduction varies based on your filing status (single/married joint/married separate/etc). IRS will not know if that changed in the year.

hunter2_ on March 30, 2022 [–]

So the IRS calculates for each filing status, and you choose one. This would be a lot to ask years ago, but nowadays many citizen-facing government processes are web apps. Think TurboTax pre-filled with whatever has been reported.

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