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On the other hand, 1 person with x income pays less income tax than 2 people with 2x income.
by thrownaway2424 12y ago
On the other hand, 1 person with x income pays less income tax than 2 people with 2x income.
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- jahewson 12y agoThe US has joint filing for married couples so that's not the case, whereas it would be in e.g. the UK.
- quicklyfrozen 12y agoIt most certainly is the case in the US... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_penalty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_penalty
- Retric 12y agoIt's a generally around a 1/2 a % penalty which is swamped by other benefits. AKA 2 incomes of $87,850 x2 = 175 700 vs extra 879$ in taxes. At extreme incomes of say 20+M a year or below 18k it's actually far less than 1/2%. However, there are huge benefits for SS for being a married couple even more so if there is a large income disparity, so on average if they plan ahead Marriage tends to lower taxes. On top of lower expenses which enable better tax avoidance mechanisms.