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this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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Marriage tax penalties usually affect high income, especially where both spouses make a lot. In many cases taxes go down.
I was married (now divorced) and ours definitely went up. We both made about 45k at the time.
American marriage tax codes are written to benefit the sort of couple with a stay-at-home-spouse. Having one person without an income (or with a significantly lower income) in the marriage effectively pulls you down in the tax brackets as a whole.
If you both make around the same, you'll see it go up. If you make vastly different amounts (such as by having only one income), it'll go down.
Mine went down, for sure, but I'm a sole earner.