Answer: The page does not state a single current basic standard deduction amount; it explains that the standard deduction is adjusted each year for inflation and varies by filing status, age, blindness, and dependency. For tax year 2025, the additional standard deduction based on age or blindness is $1,600, but can increase to $2,000 if you're also unmarried and not a surviving spouse.
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Entry: tax/standard-deduction
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  Created: 2026-11-12T10:36:57Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:36:57Z
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Data:
  Field | Value | Unit | Source | As of
  Additional standard deduction (age or blindness), tax year 2 | $1,600 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Increased additional standard deduction if unmarried and not | $2,000 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Dependent standard deduction minimum, 2025 | $1,350 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Dependent earned income addition, 2025 | $450 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Enhanced senior deduction, tax year 2025 | $6,000 | USD | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Age 65 threshold birth date for tax year 2025 | January 2, 1961 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12
  Page last reviewed or updated | 24-Sep-2026 |  | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] Internal Revenue Service. "Topic no. 551, Standard deduction | Internal Revenue Service". https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc551
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z
      Quote: "For tax year 2025, your additional standard deduction based on age or blindness is $1,600" (Supports: Additional standard deduction (age or blindness), tax year 2)
      Quote: "but can increase to $2,000 if you’re also unmarried and not a surviving spouse" (Supports: Increased additional standard deduction if unmarried and not)
      Quote: "your standard deduction for 2025 is limited to the greater of: (1) $1,350" (Supports: Dependent standard deduction minimum, 2025)
      Quote: "your earned income plus $450" (Supports: Dependent earned income addition, 2025)
      Quote: "seniors age 65 and older may be eligible for an enhanced deduction for seniors of $6,000" (Supports: Enhanced senior deduction, tax year 2025)
      Quote: "for tax year 2025, you're considered to be 65 if you were born before January 2, 1961" (Supports: Age 65 threshold birth date for tax year 2025)
      Quote: "Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 24-Sep-2026" (Supports: Page last reviewed or updated)
      Published: 2026-11-12T11:27:05Z
      Snapshot SHA-256: becc007b6058636d389112aed82debc61b195e8b50ff7d60e5a7fc6266294f76 (captured 2026-11-12T10:36:57Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:36:57Z, so the values verified then were kept.
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