[Svartalfiar]

The standard deduction is for lazy fools. (or the stingy that give little or nothing to Yehova)

Not necessarily. Most of my deductions go on my Schedule C. So my 1040 only adds up to maybe $3k in deductions. Makes way more sense to take the standard, since it stacks on the Sched C.

[editor-surveyor]

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You’re probably missing loads of deductions.

The sched C is important, obviously since that income is double-taxed (income tax and SS tax) but I usually have about the same amount on A and C.
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