 First page of the form 1040, focused on line number 12, we take the greater of the standard or itemized deduction. If itemizing, we would then be including the schedule A, the schedule A being the itemized deductions, the types of itemized deductions on the left-hand side, although this is not the entire schedule. Remembering the itemized deductions have to clear the hurdle of the standard deduction. The standard deduction being tied heavily to the filing status. Single filers having a threshold or standard deduction of the 13, 8, 50, doubled for married filing joint 27,700 in the middle for head of household 20,800. If over a certain age and or blind, we increase those standard deductions for single filers, one or two of those conditions, we have the increased standard deduction on the right. Married filers, we could have four different conditions because two people, two conditions. Each here are the related standard deductions on the right.