Standard Deduction For 2024 Tax Year Over 65. Your standard deduction depends on your filing status, age and whether a taxpayer is blind. For the standard deduction, if your 65th birthday was jan.

If you don’t itemize deductions, you are entitled to a higher standard deduction if you are age 65 or older at the end of the year. The personal exemption for 2024 remains at $0 (eliminating the personal exemption was part of the tax cuts.