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I don’t want government involved in my marriage. Happy to take a bow before God and let that be enough. What are the legalities of marriage that make it beneficial?

I don’t want government involved in my marriage. Happy to take a bow before God and let that be enough. What are the legalities of marriage that make it beneficial?

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There are no tax benefits to being married.

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Ok, what are the benefits then?

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Amount of income tax paid tends to be less for a married couple, verses if the couple files separately. The exception being, if both individuals separately have enough income to be in the same high tax bracket.

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A big one is that we automatically inherit the stuff we co-own when the other one dies without having to pay any sort of capital gains tax.