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- From: roder@cco.caltech.edu (Brenda J. Roder)
- Subject: Re: Married/Single/Taxes
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:52:10 GMT
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- hudek@polaris.llnl.gov (David Hudek) writes:
-
- ><||>
- >In a misc.consumers article I did not save, someone mentioned the disadvantage
- >of being married with regard to taxes. Someone else disputed that claim. I think
- >that the first poster has a good argument. (The articles started out discussing
-
- [Deleted explanation of marginal tax rates for married not changing at
- twice the income levels of singles]
-
- >I would be VERY happy if someone would disprove the contention that married
- >couples are worse off tax-wise than singles, but that's how I read it.
-
- One thing to remember in your thinking about married couples is that the hit
- is worst if both partners make approximately equal amounts of money. For
- marriages where one partner is making a significant fraction of the money,
- there can be a win since even though the marginal rates do not change at
- half the singles, they are lower. I don't know the numbers to be able to
- tell where the break even point is. Also, presumably the tax laws are old
- enough that the supposed norm was a one income family not two.
-
- --
- -- Brenda (roder@cobalt.caltech.edu)
- Thought before action, if there's time.
- _The Edge_ Dick Francis
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