Started looking at 2019 tax return

[question everything]

Actually, I have a spreadsheet that I update, as needed.

Standard deductions will rise to $12,200 from $12,000 per person.

Addition to seniors or blind taxpayers will be the same: $1300 each.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Hooray!

Not a huge increase, but an increase nonetheless.

I remember how for a very long time the deduction for a child was fixed at some amount ($600? I'm not entirely sure.) for quite a few years. I vividly recall my dad commenting that the amount wasn't at all close to what it cost to raise a child. And there were six of us, some I'm guessing my parents paid little or no income taxes. Interestingly enough, I do not recall if they got a significant, or even a small tax refund. Hmmm. Not sure what to make of this, and both parents are long since gone, so I can't ask them.