Revisiting a History of Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 3
In Part 3 of this series, we explore why joint tax returns were so common even after major tax-law changes in 1917.
Revisiting a History of Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 2
In the beginning, in 1913, there were no filing statuses. There was just one tax bracket that applied to all taxpayers.
Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 13: Examples of the Marriage Penalty in the Early 1970s
This blog post shows examples of the marriage penalty, which came about in 1971.
Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 11: Meet the “Single Penalty”
In the history of marriage in the tax code, reforms in 1948 eliminated disparity between married couples in common-law vs. community property states, but opened up new inequalities, this time between married and single people.