The SSI marriage penalty can cost couples up to $484 a month, forcing many to choose between love and financial security.

The SSI 'marriage penalty' can reduce or eliminate benefits for recipients who marry, threatening their financial and ...

An NPR investigation of SSI — a program run by the Social Security Administration — found that many disabled people get caught by this "marriage penalty," a left-over rule from decades ago ...

'Marriage Penalty' to Hit High-Income Earners An inconvenient truth of marriage is that it often brings a tax hike compared with what the couple would pay as two single people. And the problem is ...

Barry Dolowich is a certified public accountant and owner of a full-service accounting and tax practice with offices in Monterey. He can be reached at (831) 372-7200. Please address any questions to ...

Generally speaking, when US tax filers of any race get married, they can get hit with either a “marriage penalty” or a “marriage bonus,” meaning they pay more or less in taxes as a married ...

There is no marriage penalty for couples who are each getting their own Social Security benefit.(aldomurillo / Getty Images) I frequently get questions from soon-to-be retirees who have heard ...

Caught in a trap of dysfunctional anti-marriage penalties, millions of mothers have ended up marrying the welfare state rather than the fathers of their children. Welfare has led to a sharp ...

President Biden introduced a “potential marriage penalty” into the tax system when he ordered the IRS to conduct more audits of higher-income Americans, the agency’s inspector general said.

The Institute for Family Studies recently reported on how “marriage penalties” cause a marriage to be a financial drag. The tax system seems to make single people benefit more than married ...

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute recently dived into tax policies, as well as benefit and other programs, to see if Utah's government policies create "marriage penalties" or "marriage bonuses." ...