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Huh? In your $100K scenario, that single person pays about $6K more in taxes, but has $36K more in take home pay per person, so that additional tax bill seems
by alex43578 10mo ago
Huh?
In your $100K scenario, that single person pays about $6K more in taxes, but has $36K more in take home pay per person, so that additional tax bill seems reasonable in light of their ability to pay it and pay for their cost of living.
- willmarch 10mo agoYou’re moving the goalposts. The point is the tax bill, not “ability to pay per person.” On 100k total, MFJ owes thousands less in federal income tax than a single filer at 100k because the standard deduction and brackets are basically doubled. That’s exactly why marriage is usually a bonus at moderate incomes. The “marriage penalty” shows up mainly when both spouses have high, similar incomes/phaseouts, not in the $100k total case.