I recently got married and was wondering why I am getting less taxes back this year?

Question

If I were single I would get 2200 dollars back and my husband if he were single would get about the same. Why is this I thought you got better tax benifits for being married we filed our taxes and we only got $157. I filled out both forms just to compare and being married is alot less.

Answer 1

Welcome to the Marriage Penalty.

It has always existed as part of the tax code, and although it was mitigated significantly a few years ago, some aspects of it still exist.