Denys Beauchemin writes

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From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:40 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: Enlightenment?


Ahem, what "tax benefit?"  You obviously have not been paying attention
these last few years when the "marriage penalty" in the tax system has
been discussed at length.
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Well the marriage penalty is one of those "it depends".  There is a
marriage penalty if both partners make about the same amount.  However
there is a marriage reward(the joint filers pay less than two singles)
if there is a large enough discrepancy between incomes.  Large does NOT
mean one makes 500,000 and the other 20,000, but more like 2:1 or 3:1

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.

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