Even the article admits the data contained therein is more an interesting point than an actual decision criteria for anyone getting married: >Few couples base

Even the article admits the data contained therein is more an interesting point than an actual decision criteria for anyone getting married: >Few couples base their marriage decisions on the tax consequences that may result. I'm willing to bet the number of 20-somethings that have "tax considerations" deciding their marital status can be measured in basis points. Furthermore, nothing I see there is a "new penalty", while the numbers have varied over time, those rules look to be exactly the same as they were 20 years ago.