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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2002-01-16T02:11:00'
draft: false
title: Marriage penalty
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My W-2 tax forms came in today. Based on a quick calculation using forms downloaded from the [IRS web site](http://www.irs.gov), the government thinks it can charge me an extra $700 because I got married at the end of October, rather than, say, getting married on the first of January. I guess this is the "marriage penalty" I kept hearing so much about. $700 could have gone a long way on the farm, too.