Spouses who earned similar amounts of money – especially those considered high earners – often found themselves subject to a marriage tax penalty. "The marriage tax penalty means that when you ...

A FOX6 investigation found that a law has some couples with permanent disabilities living a life of forbidden love.

An inconvenient truth of marriage is that it often brings a tax hike compared with what the couple would pay as two single people. And the problem is only getting worse, says Laura Saunders.

So what can and should be done? When it comes to public policy, one way government can help is by eliminating the marriage penalty. That’s the part of the tax code where two people are taxed ...

Jennifer Updike and Lewis Fredette, of Auburn, New York, got engaged in December 2023. The couple, who are both on the autism spectrum, look forward to moving in together soon and tying the knot ...

Despite various attempts at reform, a marriage penalty still exists for some couples who earn about the same amount of money. This penalty occurs when they are pushed into a higher tax bracket due ...

This can actually happen, and it's known as a "marriage penalty." Common sense tells us that, in order to keep things equal, dollar amounts in the tax code applicable to a married couple filing a ...

The report found that lower-middle-class couples “whose oldest child is two or younger whose income falls closer to the upper threshold of the marriage penalty are about two to four percentage ...