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  2. Standard deduction - Wikipedia

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    For dependents, the standard deduction is equal to earned income (that is, compensation for services, such as wages, salaries, or tips) plus a certain amount ($400 in 2023). A dependent's standard deduction cannot be more than the basic standard deduction for non-dependents, or less than a certain minimum ($1,250 in 2023).

  3. Personal exemption - Wikipedia

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    The personal exemption amount in 1894 was $4,000 ($109,277 in 2016 dollars). The income tax enacted in 1894 was declared unconstitutional in 1895. The income tax law in its modern form—which began in the year 1913—included a provision for a personal exemption amount of $3,000 ($71,764 in 2016 dollars), or $4,000 for married couples.

  4. Earned income tax credit - Wikipedia

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    Tax credit equals $0.34 for each dollar of earned income for income up to $10,540. For income between $10,540 and $19,330, the tax credit is a constant "plateau" at $3,584. For income between $19,330 and $41,765, the tax credit decreases by $0.1598 for each dollar earned over $19,330. For income over $41,765, the tax credit is zero.

  5. Taxes 2024: Can I Claim My Parents as Dependents and Is It ...

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    If your parents earn more than the allowable gross income for the tax year in question ($4,700 per parent in 2023), then they would not be eligible to be claimed as a dependent by anyone else. In ...

  6. Child and Dependent Care Credit - Wikipedia

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    The credit is a percentage, based on the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income, of the amount of work-related child and dependent care expenses the taxpayer paid to a care provider. [10] A taxpayer can generally receive a credit anywhere from 20−35% of such costs against the taxpayer’s federal income tax liability. [11]

  7. Child tax credit (United States) - Wikipedia

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    e. The United States federal child tax credit (CTC) is a partially-refundable [a] tax credit for parents with dependent children. It provides $2,000 in tax relief per qualifying child, with up to $1,400 of that refundable (subject to a refundability threshold, phase-in and phase-out [b] ). In 2021, following the passage of the American Rescue ...

  8. US poverty rate falls, median income rises in 2016 -Census - AOL

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    The U.S. poverty rate fell for the second straight year in 2016 to 12.7 percent, according to federal government data released on Tuesday. US poverty rate falls, median income rises in 2016 ...

  9. Income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2010, 68.8% of federal individual tax receipts, including payroll taxes, were paid by the top 20% of taxpayers by income group, which earned 50% of all household income. The top 1%, which took home 19.3%, paid 24.2% whereas the bottom 20% paid 0.4% due to deductions and the earned income tax credit.