You could make a profit by reduced tax liability. Get married in a courthouse around the end of the year, before the year of your wedding. The following year,

You could make a profit by reduced tax liability. Get married in a courthouse around the end of the year, before the year of your wedding. The following year, have your ceremony. You extend your Married Filing Jointly status to the previous year you were going to originally take credit for it. That's my best guess though, and depends on your incomes.