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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I was married (now divorced) and ours definitely went up. We both made about 45k at the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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.