The marriage penalty is not so significant that it should prevent you from getting married or having babies. It works out to be $900 a year for most couples IF each person makes more than $80k per year (so $160k total) and if both of them are working.

For single income couples there is no penalty.

The marriage penalty is not so significant that it should prevent you from getting married or having babies. It works out to be $900 a year for most couples IF each person makes more than $80k per year (so $160 total) and if both of them are working.

For single income couples there is no penalty.