Marriage Tax Bracket Penalties While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 helped reduce marriage penalties for many by aligning most federal tax bracket thresholds for joint filers with twice ...

There are tools available to help you get a sense of whether your marriage will lead to a tax penalty -- or a tax bonus. For example, take a look at the Marriage Tax Calculator at Calculator.net ...

Couples in higher-income brackets may still face a marriage penalty, says tax publisher CCH. For example, if both spouses had taxable income of $75,000, their combined income would push them from ...

According to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Boston University, over 7 percent more low-income women with children would marry by age 35 without this marriage penalty.

High-income taxpayers could feel the pinch because the tax code still contains substantial marriage penalties for couples with higher incomes. Low-income taxpayers could lose benefits that target the ...

House members, Democrats and Republicans alike, eagerly passed a bill ending the . . . "marriage penalty" paid by some couples who file taxes jointly. It will be hailed as the righting of a wrong ...

The state also imposes a marriage penalty since its tax brackets and standard deduction are not doubled for taxpayers filing jointly. Because of this, married couples in New Jersey face higher ...