married file separate or joint which one better?

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Hi , I am planning to file myself instead of stop by tax file center. I did quick estimate through turbotax by plugging the number (gross income, state hold, federal hold)for me and my spouse separate and joint one by one . but separate it shows $600.00 less tax , joint filing should be less than separate wondering how come this happened we do not have any deduction just straight W2s..

submark · Jan 18, 2017 4:53 PM · 10,818 views

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Married filing joint is always better.

nayapidi · Jan 20, 2017 3:53 PM

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MaGorkhe1 · Jan 20, 2017 4:31 PM

Filing Jointly you be paying 14-15% tax while single pay 25% Federal Tax. Plus your health Care deductions will be bigger too. Thats for income between 18K to 75K. Even for higher income there is atleast 5% difference between single and jointly filed ones, There u go do the math. Google federal income tax rate

Nepali Daka · Jan 20, 2017 4:47 PM

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