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In United States, what are the benefits of getting legally married? (beehaw.org)

submitted 9 months ago by janabuggs@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It looks like taxes increase and any kind of post-life planning can be done with a few legal filings rather than getting married. Is there any real benefit? It kinda seems like it's just a way to trap people in relationships, probably traditionally, the woman.

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[–] worfosaurus@lemmy-api.ten4ward.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious how that could possibly be the case...

You said in another comment that you were both making $45k. According to this table from the IRS you would each be paying $3,743 as single filers and $7,483 filling jointly. That adds up to a $3 savings when you get married. Not too mention a $6k difference is 80% of the total taxes owed so it would be wild to see that big of a variation caused by filling jointly.

Perhaps there was some tax break or credit you got when you were single that you lost when you got married? In that case, couldn't you just file your taxes separately if there really was a significant difference from filing jointly?

[–] janabuggs@beehaw.org 0 points 9 months ago

This was before the recent tax change. Check out the 2021 or older marriage tax calculators. However now I pay more in taxes than ever and I file single.