* Note: These changes are for 2018 taxes to be filed in 2019
Married filing jointly: Standard deduction rises $300 to $13,000.
Single taxpayers and married filing separately: Standard deduction rises to $6,500.
Head of household: The deduction will be $9,550.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
