Marriage peanlty tax

Tom Condit tomcondit at igc.apc.org
Thu May 28 11:10:49 PDT 1998


The rationale for the (slightly) higher tax rate on married couples is that marriage creates economies of overhead -- that is, you're paying one rent, not two; one utility bill, not two; etc. This doesn't apply, of course, to those folks with six homes, one for each micro-season.



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