When you are married, do you get more or less taxes taken out?

Answer 1

Depends on what you file.

When I was single I filed SINGLE. When i got married I file MARRIED BUT WITHOLDING AT THE SINGLE RATE. They take out about the same.

Answer 2

Check with the IRS website. My experiance is that they take less out of your check but at the end of the year you wind up taking a hit and paying more in taxes!

It's called the marriage penalty tax for a reason...Your single tax obligation might be 15% so might your husbands, but when you combine your incomes at the end of the year you get shoved into a tax bracket that is higher.

Answer 3

If you update your W-4, you'll have less taxes taken out. Otherwise, you'll get a larger refund when you file your 1040. See the tables in the link below beginning on page 37.

Answer 4

I am a victim of the marriage penalty!

I lose a couple thou a year because I am married and it stinks. When I first got married, I did them as if we were both still single and we would've made out better. I have to claim married 0 (even though I have 1 kid now) to even get close to the right amount taken out.

Answer 5

You get less taxes taken out from your paycheck and you get more back on your tax return............
and who says being married doesn't pay off!

Answer 6

less taxes---but online paycheck calculators will show you exactly what you'll net when you enter the information for your withholdings..check out http://paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp

Answer 7

It depends on several things-- try this IRS calculator:

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/page/0,,id=14806,00.html

Answer 8

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