{"id":128,"date":"2025-12-15T15:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:03:55","slug":"standard-deductions-are-up-heres-what-that-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/2025\/12\/15\/standard-deductions-are-up-heres-what-that-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Deductions Are Up \u2014 Here\u2019s What That Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One notable trend for the 2025 tax year is that standard deductions have increased across the board, which may reduce taxable income for many filers. A higher standard deduction means more of your income is shielded from federal tax before calculations even begin. For some taxpayers, this can result in a lower tax bill or a larger refund, especially if you don\u2019t itemize deductions. Filing early gives your tax preparer time to review your situation and make sure you\u2019re taking full advantage of updated thresholds and deductions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One notable trend for the 2025 tax year is that standard deductions have increased across the board, which may reduce taxable income for many filers. A higher standard deduction means more of your income is shielded from federal tax before calculations even begin. For some taxpayers, this can result in a lower tax bill or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/2025\/12\/15\/standard-deductions-are-up-heres-what-that-means\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Standard Deductions Are Up \u2014 Here\u2019s What That Means<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordontaxservice.com\/taxtipsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}