Bryon Daly wrote:
> I'm not a tax expert, but AFAIK, there aren't any tax breaks for being
> married
> here in the US. In fact, it's generally been the opposite, where married
> people
> can end up paying more tax than two equivalent single people would. I think
> Bush's recent tax cuts may have reduced or eliminated the marriage penalty,
> but I don't know if it would be justifiable to now consider it to be a tax
> break.
It depends. If both people are working, sure there can be a penalty.
But if only one is earning a paycheck and the other is not, there's real
savings in filing jointly (married) than in filing as a single
individual.
I won't go into the SS part of the tax mess because that's a rant best
left for a time I don't have a baby between my body and the keyboard.
(He's fascinated by my hands as I type, and he's mostly stopped
fussing. We'll see what happens when I put him down so's I can eat my
dinner, though.)
Julia
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