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determine the amount of the standard deduction foreach of the following taxpayers for tax year 2017
a. Christina, who is single.
b. A drain and Carol, who are filling a joint return. their son isblind.
c. Peter and Elizabeth, who are married and file separate taxreturns. Elizabeth will itemize her deductions.
d. Karen, who earned $1100 working a part-time job. she can beclaimed as a dependent by her parents.
e. Rodolfo, who is over65 and is single.
f. Bernard, who is non resident alien with U.S return.
g. Manuel, who is 70 and Easter, who us 63 and blind, will file ajoint return.
h.herman, who is 75 and qualifying widower with a dependentchild

What are some ideas to altering our tax system? Who do thesechanges positively impact and who do they negatively impact?

Who do you think the stakeholders may be and why?