Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!teklds!azure!eugenez From: eugenez@azure.UUCP (Eugene Zinter) Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.singles,net.flame Subject: Re: Marriage penalty Message-ID: <132@azure.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 14:40:41 EST Article-I.D.: azure.132 Posted: Fri Mar 1 14:40:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 08:21:55 EST References: <285@calmasd.UUCP> <252@savax.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 35 Xref: watmath net.taxes:762 net.singles:6092 net.flame:8658 > > Question: What's the difference between big difference between SOs > > living together and SOs married? > > IRS: The married ones are poorer because they get to pay more taxes. > > > > It seems to me that something is terribly unfair here. And the > > incredible thing is I don't hear anybody else complaining about it. Is > > there anyone else out there that has run into the same problems? Is > > there anything we can do about it? Any suggestions? Should we get a > > divorce? > > > IRS: Don't worry. We're changing the laws now so that SOs living > together will pay the higher tax rate. (And you thought we'd lower > the married rate. HAHAHA) Perhaps it would help to write AND phone your government representatives about this. If only a few people complain, who cares? But if hundreds of thousands complain loudly AND often enough---since many government officials LIKE to be re-elected, something might be modified. Taxes should be made MORE equal. If this were done, then it would be cheaper to be married because two people share the cost of housing, etc. rather than a single person battling it out. I suppose that's the sick logic as to why married couples are taxed higher. That is---since they are financially ahead of a single person, they can be taxed more. As a simple example, I pay $335/month for my apartment. If I were married and my wife worked, we could split it and I would only have to shell out $167.50 per month. This would save me $2,010 dollars LONEe, not counting the saving in electricity, phone, etc. Thus, I suspect the government has seen fit to try to grab the savings from the married couples. Does this make sense to those with experience in this subject??? Eugene C. Zinter