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Tools, Tips and Tidbits – 2024/2025

Tax Year 2024 Key Amounts

Standard Deduction

– Married filing jointly — $29,200

– Single/Married filing separately — $14,600

– Head of household — $21,900

 

Additional for Elderly (over age 65)

– Married filing jointly — $1,650

– Single — $1,950

 

Child Tax Credit

– Credit — $2,000

– Maximum refundable — $1,700

– Phase-out — MFJ $400,000, Single $200,000

 

Other Dependents — $500 (nonrefundable credit)

 

Standard Mileage Rates

– Business — 67¢ per mile

– Medical — 21¢ per mile

– Charitable — 14¢ per mile

 

Tax Year 2025 Key Amounts

 

401(k) Contribution — $23,500

– Age 50 and older catch‐up — $7,500

 

IRA (Traditional & Roth)

– Maximum contribution — $7,000

– Age 50 and older catch‐up — $1,000

 

Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

– Individual contribution limit $4,300

– Family contribution limit $8,550

– Additional $1,000, if age 55 or older

 

Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)

– Household limit — $3,300

– Carryover allowed — $660

 

Social Security Wage Base — $176,100

NYSSUI Wage Base — $12,800

 

Gift Tax Exclusion — $19,000

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