[DoodleDawg]

Once again though, that $24k deduction per husband and wife is $12k more than it was.

You forget that this also ends the $4050 per person personal exemption. So your standard deduction goes up $12000 and your personal exemptions go down $8100. Add a kid and suddenly you have less in the way of exemptions than you had before.

[DoughtyOne]

See if this makes sense to you.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3597458/posts?page=23#23