[susijdjdjxa]

I don’t understand, can you elaborate? Hiding some of your income reduces your tax paid regardless of whether you take the standard deduction.

[mandelbrotwurst]

Well, unless you actually earn an amount that is less than the standard deduction, in which case you gain nothing by hiding those earnings, or if you actually earn only slightly more than the standard deduction, then you only gain slightly. That said, I think the person you're replying to is mostly wrong since most American do more than the standard deduction several times over.