From: Louis Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 16:01:44 MDT
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> At the same time, there is this myth of a 'marriage tax' whereby it is
> claimed that those who are married pay more in taxes than those who are
> not, when in actuality the perception is due to the increase in expenses
> for having kids.
It is no myth. I maried a woman who (at that time) did not work. I
calculated my salary's tax as "single" and as "married filing jointly". I
paid more taxes on the same income just because I was in the "married"
column instead of the "single" column.
Just because I said "I do".
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