ABSTRACT
If you are married and a U.S. taxpayer, and you and your spouse both work, you may be paying more in U.S. income tax than you would without the marriage license. If you are single and working, and marry someone with no money income, your tax liability will go down. If you are a single parent with one dependent child, you may pay more in income tax than someone with the same income who has a nonworking spouse and no children. The differences can easily run in the thousands of dollars.
