Here is an interesting paper on Taxation and marriage: "Taxation and Marriage: A Reappraisal" > Marriage taxation presents a "trilemma": An income > tax canno

Here is an interesting paper on Taxation and marriage: "Taxation and Marriage: A Reappraisal" > Marriage taxation presents a "trilemma": An income > tax cannot simultaneously maintain progressive > marginal tax rates, an equal tax burden for all married > couples with identical incomes ("couples equity"), > and neutrality with respect to the tax burden of > married versus unmarried couples ("marriage > neutrality"). Much more interesting discussion: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5924&context=fss_papers http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...