IRS Announces Tax Inflation Adjustments for 2023

News October 18, 2022 at 02:31 PM
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The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2023.

Revenue Procedure 2022-38 sets out the tax year 2023 adjustments, which generally apply to tax returns filed in 2024.

The standard deduction for married couples filing jointly for tax year 2023 rises to $27,700, up $1,800 from the prior year.

For single taxpayers and married individuals filing separately, the standard deduction rises to $13,850 for 2023, up $900, and for heads of households, the standard deduction will be $20,800 for tax year 2023, up $1,400 from the amount for tax year 2022.

As to marginal rates, for tax year 2023, the top tax rate remains 37% for individual single taxpayers with incomes greater than $578,125 ($693,750 for married couples filing jointly).

The other rates are:

  • 35% for incomes over $231,250 ($462,500 for married couples filing jointly);
  • 32% for incomes over $182,100 ($364,200 for married couples filing jointly);
  • 24% for incomes over $95,375 ($190,750 for married couples filing jointly);
  • 22% for incomes over $44,725 ($89,450 for married couples filing jointly);
  • 12% for incomes over $11,000 ($22,000 for married couples filing jointly).

The lowest rate is 10% for incomes of single individuals with incomes of $11,000 or less ($22,000 for married couples filing jointly).

For the Alternative Minimum Tax, the exemption amount for tax year 2023 is $81,300 and begins to phase out at $578,150 ($126,500 for married couples filing jointly for whom the exemption begins to phase out at $1,156,300).

The 2022 exemption amount was $75,900 and began to phase out at $539,900 ($118,100 for married couples filing jointly for whom the exemption began to phase out at $1,079,800).

Estates of decedents who die during 2023 have a basic exclusion amount of $12.9 million up from a total of just over $12 million for estates of decedents who died in 2022.

The annual exclusion for gifts increases to $17,000 for calendar year 2023, up from $16,000 for calendar year 2021.

Also, the maximum credit allowed for adoptions for tax year 2023 is the amount of qualified adoption expenses up to $15,950, up from $14,890 for 2022.

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