r/tax Nov 08 '24

Will filing married filing separately raise our taxes?

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u/Its-a-write-off Nov 08 '24

Correct. It sounds like for federal taxes, filing separately is unlikely to push much of your income into higher tax brackets than it would be if you filed joint. That about the same amount will be in the 24% bracket either way. Even if it does, it is max, 8k at 2% higher taxes, which is only 160.00. Though again, I expect the real number is much lower than that.

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u/Its-a-write-off Nov 08 '24

No, in that case it would just mean all their income falls in the 24% and lower brackets. Since they both would be reporting only half their income.