Ascend910@lemmy.ml to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThere is the theory that they are a money laundering businesslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down111
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minus-squareHenchmanNumber3@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·3 months agoDepending on your situation, being married could actually mean you pay more in taxes.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·3 months agoMy wife and I pay more taxes because we are married without children. If we were not married and filed as singles, our tax burden would be much less. But IDK really, mostly because I enjoy living in a working society and that means paying taxes.
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI’m certainly not a tax expert, but I think you can both file separately. That’s what my ex and I did back when we were married.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoOur wages are not really equal and when we tried to separate it all to file separately, any benefit only helps one of us at the expense of the other.
Depending on your situation, being married could actually mean you pay more in taxes.
My wife and I pay more taxes because we are married without children. If we were not married and filed as singles, our tax burden would be much less. But IDK really, mostly because I enjoy living in a working society and that means paying taxes.
I’m certainly not a tax expert, but I think you can both file separately. That’s what my ex and I did back when we were married.
Our wages are not really equal and when we tried to separate it all to file separately, any benefit only helps one of us at the expense of the other.