Single Income Married families have some benefits, or if one party makes a lot less than the other. However there are other disadvantages in some cases; after my first wife got married to me, her financial aid went into the toilet. Even though I was making less than 50k a year myself (and paying enough in student loans/etc that we were barely making ends meet,) that income counted against her. [0]
[0] - Filing separately (as we did once we were separated before our divorce) had it's own disadvanatges; namely that I could no longer declare my student loan interest on my taxes.
Single Income Married families have some benefits, or if one party makes a lot less than the other. However there are other disadvantages in some cases; after my first wife got married to me, her financial aid went into the toilet. Even though I was making less than 50k a year myself (and paying enough in student loans/etc that we were barely making ends meet,) that income counted against her. [0]
[0] - Filing separately (as we did once we were separated before our divorce) had it's own disadvanatges; namely that I could no longer declare my student loan interest on my taxes.